My Senegal Bichir "Rex"

[FISHandJEEPS]

What do yall think? I got him at about 3 inches in January. He has grown a lot. He is atleast 8 1/2 inches, probably closer to 9 now. I have him with pool filter sand subtrate which he loves. Rex is very light colored compared to other Senegals that i have seen. I don't know if it is because of the sand or what. The background is black though. Are there a lot of Senegals this light colored? He is not an albino, his eyes are black but the flash in the camera messed his eyes up. I like how he looks.

 

[evilxyardxgnome]

Nice fat bichir!

 

[beblondie]

Its most likely due to the sand substrate-Anne

 

[south coast nelly]

thats one mean fat birchir
would it in well with my huge fat gibbicep
what do you feed him?
i got one two weeks ago and mainly at mo he will only it bottom feeder pellets :WTF:

 

[JESToner]

very nice, how did you get him to grow so fast?

 

[FISHandJEEPS]

thats one mean fat birchir
would it in well with my huge fat gibbicep
what do you feed him?
i got one two weeks ago and mainly at mo he will only it bottom feeder pellets :WTF:

Isn't a Gibbicep a type of pleco? If so I heard plecos don't mix good with bichirs.

Mine will eat almost anything. He eats alot of cichlid pellets, floating and sinking, massivore delite, shrimp, worms, about anything.

Shawn

 

[south coast nelly]

oh...havent heard that one....let me see what other people say...thanks
beautiful birchir

 

[smpage]

yeah plecos and bichirs aren't a good mix