@BTK....I've had a senegal for about a year now, he was about 9 inches long when i bought him and hasn't grown since, but he eats a ton!! i feed him jumbo shrimp and sinking pellets which he readily takes sometimes right out of my hand. He has a great temperment and doesn't attack anything in the tank. As other have said don't keep him in the tank with anything that can fit in his mouth because he will definitelty eat it...oh yea and keep the lid on tight i've heard they're great escape artists.
i am looking for info...sengal birchir
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My senegal bichirs :
Growth-grew pretty quickly to about about7 then slowled down and are slowly fattening nicely.
Temperment-very mellow fish. Does well in groups or as a single specimen. Will eat other fish no matter how fast they are that can fit in their mouths. They hunt at night while others sleep.
Diet- I feed mine good quality sinking carnivore pellets, live gut loaded shrimp, occasional feeder fish, veg pellets.
Tankmates- I have kept mine with African cichlids, knifefish, dat, angelfish, tinfoils, silver dollars and currently with 7" jag cichlid and 6" GT (they are not harrased by my cichlids as they see them as no threat).
I hope this helps although I must take the side of those advising you to do research and read. We all did it.
Growth-grew pretty quickly to about about7 then slowled down and are slowly fattening nicely.
Temperment-very mellow fish. Does well in groups or as a single specimen. Will eat other fish no matter how fast they are that can fit in their mouths. They hunt at night while others sleep.
Diet- I feed mine good quality sinking carnivore pellets, live gut loaded shrimp, occasional feeder fish, veg pellets.
Tankmates- I have kept mine with African cichlids, knifefish, dat, angelfish, tinfoils, silver dollars and currently with 7" jag cichlid and 6" GT (they are not harrased by my cichlids as they see them as no threat).
I hope this helps although I must take the side of those advising you to do research and read. We all did it.
You shouldn´t keep him with any aggressive cichlids. Look, i don´t know what you want? Do you want the best for your pets or just put as much species into a tank as possible? Your senegal couldn´t even defend itself... So try to explain me your intentions behind that, because i don´t understand it.
