Midas with Bichir

[Kyel3840]

Is it possible to keep a Bichir with my Barred Midas. Since the Midas is still young

 

[Gourami Swami]

I have had good success keeping bichirs with large cichlids in the past. I would say that as long as the bichir is large enough to avoid being a meal, and vice versa, it will probably be fine.

 

[RD.]

Depends on the midas. As an example, my male midas would kill it, just for sport. Meal size had nothing to do with his killing sprees. He has always been a highly territorial fish, even as a juvenile. Hope for the best, but plan for the worst. A common theme when dealing with large aggro cichlids.

 

[NW Cichlid Keith]

Have several midas - have never bother bichirs, but they have always had other Cichlids to focus their attention on

 

[RD.]

....but they have always had other Cichlids to focus their attention on

I think that is key. Adding anything in with a single male midas that has already established himself as the King, is going to be a gamble.

 

[J. H.]

J jaws7777 had a Pearsei that liked chewing on his bichirs until he separated them. A Midas is a good few levels nastier than a Pearsei. I am not saying it is impossible, I am just saying that someone on here tried it and chose to end the setup, not that it was a failure. I don't think any of the fish suffered lasting harm, just thought I should mention that someone tried something similar and decided it wasn't a good idea.

 

[J. H.]

If you use the mfk search bar to search 'cichlid with bichir', you will get a lot of relevant results.

 

[jaws7777]

I would probably pass on this combo. Never keeping midas tho i would still not try it bichirs arent built to fight back

 

[Twonvito]

I have a single Barred Midas because of killings that lead to him being single. He also killed my WC red terrors. Very vicious he will spend his life alone

 

[Boomer1224]

I had several midas,i wouldn't do it