My bichirs are grounded! For life!

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I mentioned this in another forum but I thought you guys would like a laugh. I personally don't find it that funny.

My senegals, 6'' Lil Girl and 7'' Lil Guy (creative, I know) ravaged, savaged, tortured and ate a young black ghost knife. I think my ornate was in on it too, but I think the senegals were the main trouble starters. Lil azzholes. Nice pricey dinner. I really liked that BGK too. They didn't even leave its tail behind. All of it is gone. The BGK was more than half their size, so you know it had a rough death. Poor guy.... I swore I wouldn't feed them for a week but I just picked up a 55 gallon at PetsMart and 3 dozen feeders. Might last til Monday night if I'm lucky.
 
Lil tragedy!
 
yah i dont find that funny. its sad actually. sorry for ur loss.
 
sorry for the loss of your BGK
 
I know what you feel..I mistakingly put a malawi peacock in my bichir tank what i didnt realize was it could fit into my endli's mouth, I figured it was safe since none of the other cichlids were harmed by the bichirs..How wrong i was, it is now fertilizer... RIP peacock...
 
get an african knife next time. more personable
 
I have some. One large one and two smaller ones. They are usually quite passive and don't even try to eat the feeder fish. I don't think it was them - must have been the bichirs. I've been waiting on the day when they'll FINALLY eat my emerald green cory so the lil butthead will quit eating my plants. They stalk it around the tank but haven't taken a chunk out of him yet. They evidentally have more expensive tastes.

P.S. The funny was that I was stupid enough to put a fragile species like a young BGK in with my growing, very hungry monsters. The loss of the BGK wasnt funny... my inexperience was... ;)
 
Keeper of the Ropes said:
I have some. One large one and two smaller ones. They are usually quite passive and don't even try to eat the feeder fish. I don't think it was them - must have been the bichirs. I've been waiting on the day when they'll FINALLY eat my emerald green cory so the lil butthead will quit eating my plants. They stalk it around the tank but haven't taken a chunk out of him yet. They evidentally have more expensive tastes.

P.S. The funny was that I was stupid enough to put a fragile species like a young BGK in with my growing, very hungry monsters. The loss of the BGK wasnt funny... my inexperience was... ;)
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I think your mistake was feeding them feeders. Ive always fed my bichers blood worms when young and sinking pellets when bigger, occasional feeder. Ive had a BGK in there for a year and no problems, but then again, the BGK is at a nice size, but i did have a smaller one b4 that died from ick, not the bichers. The feeders make them ferocious towards Anything small enough moving when u constantly feed feeders.
 
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