My delhezi bichir is 4 inches at the moment and still has his ful external gills. I shtis normal? Will he lose these? I think it makes him look cool. BTW i got him from "Anthony's Tropical Fish" and I highly reccomend him, Great Fish!!
Delhezi Bichir- External Gills
- Thread starter Beansray
- Start date
Its not normal but its cool lol most external gills are not retained much past an inch ot two in size-Anne
actually for delhezis their external gills are retained with them for a longer period of time as compared to other bichirs( senegals, ornates, pollipalmas)
however they eventually will be gone. if u want to retain it for a longer time, u can keep ur specimen alone away from other bichirs, as other bichirs are always on the move nipping away ur bichir's external gills. if everything goes well, u could keep ur delhezi with external gills for as long as if reaches 7" before it starts to get reabsorbed back.
other bichirs that u shld consider if u are so into that external gill look would be polyterus endlicheri, buy the small ones can keep em alone in a specimen tank. get the farm bred ones, and see the length of the external gills grow even when its like 8", selectively bred endlicheri from indonesian farms can continue to grow large, with gills growing till up to 2" long. at the size of 10" before they slowly get absorbed back.
one thing to note is if u are keen on keeping the external gills of ur bichir for as long as possible, a tank which is highly aerated and with veyr pristine water condition is needed
however they eventually will be gone. if u want to retain it for a longer time, u can keep ur specimen alone away from other bichirs, as other bichirs are always on the move nipping away ur bichir's external gills. if everything goes well, u could keep ur delhezi with external gills for as long as if reaches 7" before it starts to get reabsorbed back.
other bichirs that u shld consider if u are so into that external gill look would be polyterus endlicheri, buy the small ones can keep em alone in a specimen tank. get the farm bred ones, and see the length of the external gills grow even when its like 8", selectively bred endlicheri from indonesian farms can continue to grow large, with gills growing till up to 2" long. at the size of 10" before they slowly get absorbed back.
one thing to note is if u are keen on keeping the external gills of ur bichir for as long as possible, a tank which is highly aerated and with veyr pristine water condition is needed
how much did you get your delhezi bichir for? and does your LFS do shipping? give me some info here please.. thanks! 
I paid 25 or 35 dollars and I got them from anthony robles of anthony's tropical fish. He was a seller on here but as you might remember Ivan(alfon76) had a huge discrepency with him over LOADS of money. Anyway he dont sell here any more but you could go over to watwerwolves.com and shoot him pm and see if he has any in. I found him to be a great seller imo and i would reccomend him to anyone.
ps- I also got a endlicheri bichir from him and it also had great markings and external gills, you should check them out too!!
ps- I also got a endlicheri bichir from him and it also had great markings and external gills, you should check them out too!!
Gotta wait till I get a new computer to post pics 
. And the endi didnt make it, he was torn apart by my jack dempsey about a week after I got him and boy was I f*cking pissed. If anbody else has pics of bichirs with the external gills I'd like to see them tho
. And the endi didnt make it, he was torn apart by my jack dempsey about a week after I got him and boy was I f*cking pissed. If anbody else has pics of bichirs with the external gills I'd like to see them thomy 10" weeksii still has her external gills. i just happen to have
some recent pictures.......enjoy!
--ray
some recent pictures.......enjoy!
--ray
