Making an edit. My endlicheri bichir is almost 12". Just eyeballed it. It's length nearly matches the width of the 55 gallon grow out which is 12" wide.
Mixing bichir sizes
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Well for me this was fine.The 20"er has A LOT of girth on it. The 10"er isn't getting that fat anytime soon, I'm afraid.
LOL! The photo is almost comical. I wonder if it worked out because there were so many bichirs in the tank? If I put my 10-12 incher in my 300g, it would just be him and my big one as far as bichirs go.
At the time, I only had about 8 bichirs in that tank. Which isn't too many imo. Yah the smaller fella is 10"-12" as well.
Only just seen the tag, looks like it's been covered already, but will add for future reference.
Like a lot of young animals, producing growth hormones identifies them as juveniles to mature animals. Adult animals will kill or eat the juveniles to prevent them from becoming competition. Bichirs have sensory pits and tubular nares which detects the slightest hormone changes in water, and the juveniles produce them up to 7 inches (+/- 10%). Any juvenile bichir this size or smaller is at huge risk of being eaten. Also, bichirs (especially lower-jaws) under 7 inches kept with others of similar sizes may try to each other too; again eradicating competition at the earliest opportunity.
As Hao showed though, provided they are above 7 inch, you can have huge size differences between your bichirs. 8 inches with 24 inches isn't unheard of.
Although try to remember, bichirs are opportunistic predators which may still eat each other, it's just far less likely to happen with bichir mixes over 7 inches.
Like a lot of young animals, producing growth hormones identifies them as juveniles to mature animals. Adult animals will kill or eat the juveniles to prevent them from becoming competition. Bichirs have sensory pits and tubular nares which detects the slightest hormone changes in water, and the juveniles produce them up to 7 inches (+/- 10%). Any juvenile bichir this size or smaller is at huge risk of being eaten. Also, bichirs (especially lower-jaws) under 7 inches kept with others of similar sizes may try to each other too; again eradicating competition at the earliest opportunity.
As Hao showed though, provided they are above 7 inch, you can have huge size differences between your bichirs. 8 inches with 24 inches isn't unheard of.
Although try to remember, bichirs are opportunistic predators which may still eat each other, it's just far less likely to happen with bichir mixes over 7 inches.
