Can bichirs live with Canadian/US native fish?? Need help ASAP!

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lix.ma14

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Hey guys, I just got back from my local fishing trip with:

an 8 inch yellow perch

a 1.5 inch largemouth bass

a 7 inch sunfish of some sort.

I was wondering if they can life with my three 5 inch bichirs and two mature angelfish peacefully in my 75 gallon tank. Of course the LMB can't live there for life but can the perch and sunfish?? I have a few questions:

1. The temperature is set to 27 degrees but right now, i turned my heater off since it's a hot summer. Can the "coldwater" fish survive?? i've seen LMBs with arowanas in some huge tanks. What's a safe temp for the native fish AND the bichirs??

2. Will the native fish harass my bichirs??

3. What do they eat??

4. Has one of you guys kept these fish with tropical fish specificly with bichirs?

5. Are they huge pooping machines.

6. Any health or disease hazards? (from hotter water at high 70s etc)

7. Are they hard to keep alive??

8. can all of them (except the bass) live in the 75 gal for life?

If these fish are too hard to handle, I'll just release them where I got them them. They are swimming fine right now.
 
the water temps might be a bit hard to find a middle ground for them... also sun fish get big man... You wont be able to keep them all in a 75... I know the LMB will eat what ever fish it can in there also. Local laws in ontario it is phohibited to transport live fish. Shouldnt have takend them out brother ! I would release them. IN THE SAME PLACE YOU GOT THEM FROM


My buddy has a 180 gallon with wild caught ( I know i lectured him too but he also took the risk of moving live fish) Sun with look REALLY nice when fed well. He just drops sinking pellets for chichlids in, and night crawler worms in all the time for the bass...
 
so the bass is going to eat my bichirs and angelfish?? i'm going to release the sunfish back to the pond.
 
Is the perch safe to keep?? Will it nip my bichir's fins and harass them??
 
I had 5 bluegill in a 55 gallons for a year I think they will be fine bit all of mine died when I put in some crappie because the were sick when I got them out of the lake but I don't think it illegal to move live fish where I live at least it is the size that u can catch them and eat them


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perch with tankmates??? I am planning to put one with my bichirs. is that a problem?
 
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