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Empyreal

Empyreal

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Hi guys just picked up my first bichir and he/she is awesome! Wondering if I can get an ID pretty sure its an Endli but not positive as I don't have much experience with them. Please feel free to give suggestions and comments on owning a bichir. Thanks!

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Yep endli! I love them. As far as suggestions, lots of wc's of at least 50%, feed as much as they can eat, try to make the diet as varied as possible, keep the water in the low 80's and enjoy. They grow fast too.


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Aw3s0m3 said:
Yep endli! I love them. As far as suggestions, lots of wc's of at least 50%, feed as much as they can eat, try to make the diet as varied as possible, keep the water in the low 80's and enjoy. They grow fast too.


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Ok so I do 40% a week on my tank, and its set at 80 so I think im good. He shares his tank with some cichlids, can he eat hikari bio gold and blood worms? I also have a small bag of sinking carnivore pellets as well.
 
Sinking carnivore are for them I think, I know massivore are and I can't tell the difference. Water changes depend on a lot of things, I do ginormous water changes daily.
 
Empyreal said:
Ok so I do 40% a week on my tank, and its set at 80 so I think im good. He shares his tank with some cichlids, can he eat hikari bio gold and blood worms? I also have a small bag of sinking carnivore pellets as well.
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what kind of cichlids and what sizes? Depending on how big they are or will get they might end up as a treat for the endli.
 
Dr.B said:
what kind of cichlids and what sizes? Depending on how big they are or will get they might end up as a treat for the endli.
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Yes I did think about this before hand though. The Endli is about 9in and he with a 6in jack dempsey, 8in festae, and 10 in oscar. I dont think he could swallow any of these guys as they are much bigger.
 
Empyreal said:
Yes I did think about this before hand though. The Endli is about 9in and he with a 6in jack dempsey, 8in festae, and 10 in oscar. I dont think he could swallow any of these guys as they are much bigger.
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Ya those guys get pretty big so they'll most likely be fine. The festae or JD might harass it a little since they're pretty territorial but I had a 12" manguensis with my, at the time, 12" endli and that thing was always harassing the endli and the endli wasn't phased at all by it. I could tell it would get annoyed though cuz it would just be chillin and out of nowhere it was being pushed around.


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Aw3s0m3 said:
Ya those guys get pretty big so they'll most likely be fine. The festae or JD might harass it a little since they're pretty territorial but I had a 12" manguensis with my, at the time, 12" endli and that thing was always harassing the endli and the endli wasn't phased at all by it. I could tell it would get annoyed though cuz it would just be chillin and out of nowhere it was being pushed around.


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Yes was a little worried about that with my Festae but from what I understand Endlis are pretty tuff with their scales and aren't very phased.
 
Empyreal said:
Yes was a little worried about that with my Festae but from what I understand Endlis are pretty tuff with their scales and aren't very phased.
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most polys are like that which makes them very hardy and able to withstand nippy tank mates
 
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