It is like seeing the Loch Ness monster

[Burbotman]

A rare sighting, two of my least seen bichirs came out for some pics, typically the are either buried in the vegetation or at the bottom of a poly pile I sometimes think I forget they are in the tank( could be a sign your tank is overstocked)

My green lap and dark weeksii

 

[Hendre]

Ooh they have some shady looks to them.

How do you keep the plants rooted? My little sens always knock out my small crypts but not the ludwigia, I see you have some real good plants there!

 

[jaws7777]

Both look great and to be the size of the lochness monster lol how big are they ?

 

[Burbotman]

Ooh they have some shady looks to them.

How do you keep the plants rooted? My little sens always knock out my small crypts but not the ludwigia, I see you have some real good plants there!

My substrate is a 50/50 mixture of PFS and blasting sand for most of the tank. the plant areas are a base of pure blasting sand capped with the 50/50 mixture. The roots hold strong in the blasting sand. I use long narrow rocks to cordon off the plant areas to keep the pure blasting sand in place.

 

[Burbotman]

Both look great and to be the size of the lochness monster lol how big are they ?

Thanks, I was able to measure them. The dark Weeksii is 16" the lap is oh so close to hitting the 20 mark. About 19 3/4"

 

[Polyaddict86]

Both are beast, it is a rare sighting.

 

[clm08k]

wow! Looks great! They definitely look like mythical creatures. Love the weeksii and nice greens on the lap.

 

[Burbotman]

wow! Looks great! They definitely look like mythical creatures. Love the weeksii and nice greens on the lap.

Thanks, considering how long I have had these two I have very few pics of them. The lap is the "sister" to my giant weeksii having got them together back in 2011? The little weeksii I got the following year, nice fish but certainly not the same genetics of my 22" one .

 

[magpie]

Love the greens in both of them!