delhezi a good choice?

[azfishfool]

looking for something kinda oddball for my tank. ive owned a senegal and all it seemed to want to eat was live, which i dont mind but dont want it eating my smaller fish. my question is are delhezi hard to get off live? And how big to delhezi get, i googled and got anywhere from 14-18 inches. my stocklist is in my sig the jag being the smallest at 2.5 inches or so and will be adding two small severum

 

[is300zx]

Dels max out at 14". It's actually quite easy to take any bichir off of live foods. It'll just take a little patience but it can be done with any bichir. Also bichirs and plecos usually don't go well together. Plecos are known to suck the slime coat off of a bichir. And the Jag might be too aggressive.

 

[azfishfool]

the jag is the smallest one in the tank and i have no issues loosin the pleco its a poopin machine

 

[willie_peeps]

I have better luck with Delhezi's as community fish then any other poly. Slower growth rate, smaller mouths, and great looks. I have never had a problem getting them to eat silversides and krill.

 

[Buttercup_21]

My Del never has anything live and eats whatever he finds no problem, even algae wafers.

In fact he's fast becoming my fav fish as he's such a cool dude.

So get one.

 

[azfishfool]

i have made home made food that everyone accept my snook eat so dont see why a poly wouldnt eat it