I watched my Delhezi swallow a rock when i had gravel but he must have spit it or ***** it...So i switched to sand but didn't get every rock and roughly 4-5 remained when i added the sand....Now what are the odds of one eating one of 4 small river rocks left? Well my dumb Senegal did which was 4 inches at the time but he is fine today? My guess they were small and rounded enought to eject..The recent pic shown on this forum with the bichir cut open were sharp edged rockes which probably enlarged into tissue and got stuck? I don't know but Bare bottom or a sand no larger than pool filter sand is best for these buggers!
My Bichir passed
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regalt;3299094; said:
You don't get "problems", you get dead bichirs. It just happens, you can't watch them 24/7. Years ago when I noticed my first palmas eating gravel it was in the middle of the day, no where near feeding time. It was sniffing about as they do, and then just found a rock it liked and swallowed it! Of course I panicked and had every last bit of the gravel out of the tank in half an hour.
Never again will I keep a bichir with bite-sized rocks, its a ticking time bomb and I cringe every time I hear some fool saying "mine has been fine so far". What are you waiting for, the fish to drop dead? Quite frankly anyone who loses a bichir to gravel deserved a kick in the balls for being so naive.
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David R;3299847; said:You don't get "problems", you get dead bichirs. It just happens, you can't watch them 24/7. Years ago when I noticed my first palmas eating gravel it was in the middle of the day, no where near feeding time. It was sniffing about as they do, and then just found a rock it liked and swallowed it! Of course I panicked and had every last bit of the gravel out of the tank in half an hour.
Never again will I keep a bichir with bite-sized rocks, its a ticking time bomb and I cringe every time I hear some fool saying "mine has been fine so far". What are you waiting for, the fish to drop dead? Quite frankly anyone who loses a bichir to gravel deserved a kick in the balls for being so naive.
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we all have to learn some way... i learned it the easy way..
nilly:research
). i think the death of the bichir is like a kick in the nuts...IMO
David R;3299847; said:You don't get "problems", you get dead bichirs. It just happens, you can't watch them 24/7. Years ago when I noticed my first palmas eating gravel it was in the middle of the day, no where near feeding time. It was sniffing about as they do, and then just found a rock it liked and swallowed it! Of course I panicked and had every last bit of the gravel out of the tank in half an hour.
Never again will I keep a bichir with bite-sized rocks, its a ticking time bomb and I cringe every time I hear some fool saying "mine has been fine so far". What are you waiting for, the fish to drop dead? Quite frankly anyone who loses a bichir to gravel deserved a kick in the balls for being so naive.
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Well until it happens to me the gravel is staying in, I don’t think their dumb enough to not no that its food or not and I don’t think that just because it caught their eye or "just found a rock it liked and just swallowed it" , Iv had mine in with gravel a little over a year now and have had no problems and never had problems in the past and I no i wont have any problems in the future.
One thing I do have a problem some punk start running his mouth talking about fools and how naive people are and getting kicked in the balls what kind of *** does that ****, Seriously don’t ****ing worry about what I have with my **** or what happens with my stuff, I don’t give a **** about what you have with yours or what happened in the past with yours.
regalt;3300250; said:
Can you explain how you KNOW you won't have problems in the future? Can I borrow your crystal ball?
Have a look on the most recent two pages of the Polypterus forum and count the number of threads about polys dying from swallowing gravel. You seem pretty defensive about it, why are you so attached to the gravel that you're willing to risk your bichirs life? Would you keep them in an open top tank just because they haven't jumped out yet...
ps. cut the bad language, trying to sound tough to make up for a lack of substance in your arguement only makes you look more foolish.
I just learned this lesson myself, I too was using the "it's been fine thus far" argument. Perhaps losing a prized fish is ALMOST as bad as a kick in the balls. I'd say that punishment doesn't fit the crime thoughDavid R;3299847; said:You don't get "problems", you get dead bichirs. It just happens, you can't watch them 24/7. Years ago when I noticed my first palmas eating gravel it was in the middle of the day, no where near feeding time. It was sniffing about as they do, and then just found a rock it liked and swallowed it! Of course I panicked and had every last bit of the gravel out of the tank in half an hour.
Never again will I keep a bichir with bite-sized rocks, its a ticking time bomb and I cringe every time I hear some fool saying "mine has been fine so far". What are you waiting for, the fish to drop dead? Quite frankly anyone who loses a bichir to gravel deserved a kick in the balls for being so naive.
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shenzhenluohan;3301072; said:I just learned this lesson myself, I too was using the "it's been fine thus far" argument. Perhaps losing a prized fish is ALMOST as bad as a kick in the balls. I'd say that punishment doesn't fit the crime though
Yeah, I guess its just frustrating, as I'm sure you will agree given that it just happened to you, seeing people put their fish at risk over something that can so easily be avoided...
