endlicheri bichir help!!

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will a 4 1/2 inch endlicheri bichir do good with a 3 inch ornate bichir or will they fight? help
 
Ha. You will be laughing that you thought that too very soon. You are good.

I have 10" and 7" ornates, and 2 5" endlis. The fighting really isn't fighting anymore actually it's sub-sided. I added the 2 endlis and the smaller ornate 2 weeks ago and at first the 2 endlis would nip each other when they got near one another and the smaller ornate ran from the bigger one even though I didn't think she needed to.

But as for them ornate/endli activity there really is nothing there. I'm sure it will change when I add 2 delhezis, lap, and a retro but we'll see.
 
nice man.so im getting a baby ornate that is going to be 3 inches. can you give me some tips on how to care it and what to feed it.
 
Well my ornate was 3" when I got him and He would only eat HBH super soft sinking krill pellets but at the time none of my other fish would touch them so the little bottle lasted me till he was about 6". now he eats 2.5" paraya @ 6",2-3" WC mono pbass, raw shrimp, tilapia, and I finally broke down and bought a $30 bag of hikari massivore pellets yesterday(I suggest getting some). Bichirs are surprisinglly cheap to accomadate if you think about it. Besides the miss haps.
 
so far I have only see the endlis eat it every time(start your fish young with what you want it to eat) but the ornates are always full and I throw way more in then what the endlis can eat and it's always gone. Sorry been a busy week with sick fish.
 
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