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[Razman]

hello anne, are those (second set) nostrils the holes almost under the eyes? i noticed a while back that my albino does have a lot of "holes" on its head. ckecked the other bichirs and all of them appeared to have these holes under the eyes, near the gills, etc.
i also suspect they use these holes for balance or something... is that right?

yeah mines got a bunch of holes to, i thought that that was what they took air through.

 

[HunterX]

75G (soon to be moved to 260G)
6" Albino Senegal
8" Regular Senegal
10" Ornate

10" Synspilum Cichlid
5" Nigaraguense Cichlid
5" Red Tail Tiger Loach
7" Clown Knife
6" Pleco

 

[sma]

180 g
10" Silver Aro
8" Silver Aro
7" Oscar
9" Ornate
8" Senegal
4" Convict

55g
4 x 3-4" Delhezi
7 x 2-3" Indo Dats

 

[PhullTank57]

Have had numerous polypterus and numerous tankmates over the years... Right off the top of my head...

Polypterus species kept:
P. endlicheri endlicheri
P. endlicheri congicus
P. bichir lapradei
P. weeksii
P. delhezi
P. palmas polli
P. retropinnis (moke)
P. ornatapinnis
P. senegalus
P. senegalus (albino)
And others...

Some Tankmates Kept were:
Arowanas
Gars
Datnioides
rays
Hydrolycus sp.
Rhaphioidon vulpinus
H. fossilis
B. juruennse
B. filamentosum
And many many other species!

Tank sizes:
125g
120g
240g
450g
And others... Some old past pics.

 

[Isis_Nebthet]

75 gallon:
3 senegal
3 albino senegal
2 ornate
1 ob peacock cichlid (was four two got eaten by the 6" goby so I moved him and the other got tail chewed suspect one of the ornates)
2 small marble goby
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I want to up my tank to about 150-200 gallons add two dels maybe a syno and a few more peacocks or electric blues. It will be a divided tank though so we'll see when I get it if there's still floor space...

 

[elbeatch]

I've got a 3 Ornates, 8", 11", and 13". The 8" is the yellowish one. One pair of 10" Sens and a pair of 7" sens. 2 5" albiono sens and a brand new 3" delhezi in a separate little chamber. I've kept Tiger Shovelnose and a Clown Knife. Currently I have a fire eel housed with them. I'll add I have yet to see a polypterus die. Best fish ever!

 

[bOTTOMdWELLER]

In my sig:

Thinking about getting another, as the ornate is growing rapidly & it'll probably end up being a Poly tank before long....

 

[spider90804]

90 gal

2 x senegals 8", 8.5"
1 x ornate - 13"
1 x palmas - 10"

Tank mates:

2 x Raphael catfish - 3", 4", 7"
1 x gold nugget pleco - 4"
1 x green pleco - 4"
1 x frontosa - 4"

 

[Andri Pogo]

~50gallon

1 Senegalus ~5"

Tank mates:
1 Clown knife 4"
1 Black Ghost Knife 4"
3 Pangasius Sutchi 3"
5 Rainbowfish 2-3"
2 Dwarf Guramis 3"
1 Angel (Scala) 4"
4 Tetras 1,5"

The Senegalus having his first worm (i do cut them down now):

The Black Ghost and Senegalus:

 

[David R]

48"x20"x20", around 80g, filtered by a huge sump and a big canister. Have plans to upgrade to something around 5-6' long by 30" wide, maybe bigger if we buy a house with a concrete floor....

10" ornate
8" palmas
7" indo dat
17" fire eel
3x 5-6" uaru a.
4x 3-5" clown loaches
4" raphael cat
and a little clown pleco I almost never see.