Information on Bichirs and different species..colors.. whatever?

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Recently saw a dark gray bichir and I liked the look of it. I used to think they were ugly:)
Im setting up a 55 gallon in a couple months, would it be able to live its whole life comfortably in there? If so, what are some good tankmates? A peacock eel is on my list, so if itll end up eating the eel.. Ill pass on the bichir!


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jaxy4 said:
Recently saw a dark gray bichir and I liked the look of it. I used to think they were ugly:)
Im setting up a 55 gallon in a couple months, would it be able to live its whole life comfortably in there? If so, what are some good tankmates? A peacock eel is on my list, so if itll end up eating the eel.. Ill pass on the bichir!


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Was there any markings on the body? if no then its a senegal bichir and yea it could live in a 55 for life and yes it could live with a peacock eel provided that the eel is longer then the bichir.

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archers said:
Was there any markings on the body? if no then its a senegal bichir and yea it could live in a 55 for life and yes it could live with a peacock eel provided that the eel is longer then the bichir.

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Yes there were markings. It kind of reminded me of a snake skin.


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Most Bichir's except for a Senegalus (the kind seen at petsmart) will require a tank wider than a 55. While it does provide enough gallons 13" is tight. A 40B or something else with equal or more water volume but at least a 18" foot print would be better. If you can get a picture or Google image search Bichir. That may help you with the ID.
 
Just Prince said:
Most Bichir's except for a Senegalus (the kind seen at petsmart) will require a tank wider than a 55. While it does provide enough gallons 13" is tight. A 40B or something else with equal or more water volume but at least a 18" foot print would be better. If you can get a picture or Google image search Bichir. That may help you with the ID.
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Thank you. I will just hold off then. Hopefully I will have a "monster" tank for it someday. Slowly upgrading tank size :)


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