i just found out it is a senegal bichir. So it sounds like this would work. Now i have to convince the wife we need more fish. 
Can a 9 inch bichir eat a 4 inch oscar?
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I see u got it figured out but I have a 125. I also forgot I have a maybe inch and a half to 2inch serevum in there too and it hides from the oscar in the ornates cave.
My senegal bichir is only about 4 inches right now and fatally wounded a 4 inch baby whale. With the oscar being fairly aggressive it may be a love hate relationship.
actually, the bichir ended up being only 7 inches and it is an ornate. They have been together since 7/27.
My issue is getting food down to the bichir before the oscar and other fish get to it. I have been successful with frozen blood worms and live tubifex worms, but only when i distract the other fish with floating food and i dump a huge load of worms in and cross my fingers. He was eating sinking pellets before i got him, but he just doesn't react fast enough. I catch him sifting through the sand looking for it after it is all gone. I have also tried feeding at night, but the oscar has figured out my routine and is still awake even an hour after i shut off the lights.
I don't want to have to keep up with the live worms and even the frozen is not a guarantee he will get to it in time. Should i just keep doing what i am doing and see if his appetite picks up and he can get to the food faster when he is hungry enough?
It has only been a little over week since he has been in there.
My issue is getting food down to the bichir before the oscar and other fish get to it. I have been successful with frozen blood worms and live tubifex worms, but only when i distract the other fish with floating food and i dump a huge load of worms in and cross my fingers. He was eating sinking pellets before i got him, but he just doesn't react fast enough. I catch him sifting through the sand looking for it after it is all gone. I have also tried feeding at night, but the oscar has figured out my routine and is still awake even an hour after i shut off the lights.
I don't want to have to keep up with the live worms and even the frozen is not a guarantee he will get to it in time. Should i just keep doing what i am doing and see if his appetite picks up and he can get to the food faster when he is hungry enough?
It has only been a little over week since he has been in there.
