how agressive are lapradei

[dunga]

my bud just gave me a 15inch lapradei but my 9 inch ornate and hujeta are missing plus he is picking on my other bichirs xept my endli he is taking no crap from him

 

[darthbravo]

Nice pick-up! I have found that my lapradei will test every fish to see if he can eat it! Here he is eatin a clown loach!

 

[dunga]

my endli ate my 4 loaches and he is only 12 inches

 

[dunga]

what size is your lapradei i will soon post pictures

 

[Infblue]

a lot of times bichir aggression has more to do with the individual fish rather than the species. But they sure are predatory.

 

[darthbravo]

Yeah mine isnt aggressive just very very hungry!

 

[cenecker]

oh yes my lap eats ANYTHING that even MIGHT fit in his mouth and bites everything at least once to test.

 

[dunga]

yes i notice he bites everything or every fish he even tried to go afte my peacock bass

 

[vanimate]

I havent seen my laps move in days

 

[Cohazard]

Nice pick-up! I have found that my lapradei will test every fish to see if he can eat it! Here he is eatin a clown loach!

This is why I sold my first lap. Within a few weeks of having her, she had one of my clowns in her jaws, but the clown survived and went to John later on, and now I have 7 laps

a lot of times bichir aggression has more to do with the individual fish rather than the species. But they sure are predatory.

I couldn't agree more. This is a very important point to note for the noobs in bichir keeping, or those who have never mixed them before.

havent seen my laps move in days

Are you feeding them bro? :j/k:

Mine are fairly placid most of the day, but they all seem to flick the activity switch at the exact same moment... when the shrimp hits the water.