Dinosaur Bichir

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gootswa

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Today I bought a Dinosaur Bichir. As soon as I put it in the tank it went for my Rope Fish which is almost 4xs the size of the Bichir. Should I be concerened torwards them. Also I have 2 Tinfoil Barbs, 2 Pictus Catfish, 1 Striped Raphael, 1 Common Pleco, 1 Brittlenose Pleco, 1 Featherfin Knifefish, 1 Angelfish, 1 Chinese Algae Eater, and 1 Green Sunfish; none of these fish seem like I should be concerned about. But these are some that I have that do concern me 2 Dalmation Mollie, 3 Tiger Barbs, 2 Gold Gourami, 1 Opaline Gourami, and 1 Sunburst Platy. What fish should I take out (I have an extra tank). Thankyou
 
How long is it?
 
The real name of it is polypterpus senegalus bichir. Pet smart sells them as dinosaur bichir or dinosaur eel. There is a community of bichir keepers in the bichir section. Whats its size ? They will eat anything that will fit in their mouths. But the poly's are not likely to damage larger fish.
 
Mine were 5 bucks each. One was 1.5 inches the other about 2(the 2" one is now 7"+ now 5 months later.
 
my ~12" rope killed my 4-5" sengal bichir so i would be careful.
the rope didnt even eat him, just killed him and left him
 
gootswa;2727153; said:
Today I bought a Dinosaur Bichir. As soon as I put it in the tank it went for my Rope Fish which is almost 4xs the size of the Bichir. Should I be concerened torwards them. Also I have 2 Tinfoil Barbs, 2 Pictus Catfish, 1 Striped Raphael, 1 Common Pleco, 1 Brittlenose Pleco, 1 Featherfin Knifefish, 1 Angelfish, 1 Chinese Algae Eater, and 1 Green Sunfish; none of these fish seem like I should be concerned about. But these are some that I have that do concern me 2 Dalmation Mollie, 3 Tiger Barbs, 2 Gold Gourami, 1 Opaline Gourami, and 1 Sunburst Platy. What fish should I take out (I have an extra tank). Thankyou
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Plecos and algae eaters don't make good tankmates for bichirs. As the bichir grows, the pleco starts eyeing up his slimecoat. And yeah yeah, most people will say only improperly fed plecos will do that, but I disagree. Not worth the risk anyhow.
 
Turns out it is afraid of everything, it is about 3-3.5" but my featherfin and sunfish were chasing it so now it just stays up by the heater (behind it that it). But why whould I be concerned about the Tinfoils? They are already huge and when full size are pretty big. And the tank is a 90 gal. Any suggestions would be appretiated.
 
Also how wide is their mouth when they get full size? I can only find max length of the fish not max width.
 
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