Burbot's Bichirs

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
Rounding out the poly collection is a garden variety cb sen. Who at only 8" leads a scary life at times with the others. Lucky but I have never had a cannibal issue with my bichirs. From the the pic you can tell the sen does not know that

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That's is all of them, tank is overstocked as is. Someday in the future perhaps a bigger tank and then on to some of the "fancier" varieties
 
Burbotman said:
My hardest fish to get pictures of are my laps. The first one (drab green) I refer to as the sibling of my big weeksii as I got him on the the same order I placed with Canadian aquatics. The second one was a rare find at the lfs

The drab green one is long and slender at around 19" the second is shorter but thicker around 17-18"
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Nice to see an update from you bro! I have always loved your set ups and this hardcape is really awesome for the bichirs.


Can you give me some info about your lighting and how you're able to get those amazon swords growing? I want something similar in my tank but when I tried it back in 2009 the bichirs just destroyed most of the plants.
 
Cohazard said:
Nice to see an update from you bro! I have always loved your set ups and this hardcape is really awesome for the bichirs.


Can you give me some info about your lighting and how you're able to get those amazon swords growing? I want something similar in my tank but when I tried it back in 2009 the bichirs just destroyed most of the plants.
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Thanks Serg, it has been awhile. Plant wise truth be told I struggle but am persistent. The swords in the tank now are the only plants that I can't seem to kill. I use a single t 5 bulb with 3 hours on in the morning and 4 in the evening. Any more than that and I get to much algae on my anubias
I am holding off adding more plants as I am expecting to final upgrade into the 200 gallon range this spring. I like the foot print of your tank and will likely go with something in that range
Of course bigger tank means..........more bichirs!
 
Burbotman said:
Thanks Serg, it has been awhile. Plant wise truth be told I struggle but am persistent. The swords in the tank now are the only plants that I can't seem to kill. I use a single t 5 bulb with 3 hours on in the morning and 4 in the evening. Any more than that and I get to much algae on my anubias
I am holding off adding more plants as I am expecting to final upgrade into the 200 gallon range this spring. I like the foot print of your tank and will likely go with something in that range
Of course bigger tank means..........more bichirs!
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Going to go with 6'x2.5'x2'? :D
 
Hao said:
Going to go with 6'x2.5'x2'? :D
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That is the ideal big Bichir tank, as you and Serg can both attest to. Right now I am 60"X 26w X 24h, I will likely have the tank custom built by the same guy that built my current tank. He does great work with full euro bracing. The 26"w does fit nice in the living room so I may settle with 72X26x24h
 
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