NEVER trust an endli!!!!!

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so i have a 15"+ endli and it is with 2x 9" sens, a 11"+ ornate, some arowanas, some gar, dat, sunfish, smallmouth bass, a sal, a tsn and a rtcxtsn. i decided to place my 9" siberian sturgeon into the tank aswell since the sens and ornate have been just fine with it for over a year now. i felt unsure of the endli so i watch the tank for 3 hours with the light on for about half of the time. the endli nipped once at the sturgeon, but it was just a passing nip like it does to almost everything else in the tank. so now it has been about 6 hours since the addition of the sturgeon and i look in to find the endli with the back half of the sturgeon down its throat! :swear: so i threw my taquito that i was eatting(still don't know were it went to) and started pulling all the rocks that hold the top on and threw them on the floor...grabbed the net and scooped them up. the endli spat the sturgeon out instantly and i put the sturgeon into a diff tank again. it looks like it was in the endlis mouth for a while so idk yet if it will pull through, but i hope so.

this incedent made me start to worry about my smaller bichirs so i am selling them. i will be keeping my endli cause it is way to badass to sell. it isn't the endli's fault i mixed it with smaller fish so my dumbness causes someone to get some nice bichirs.

lesson learned NEVER EVER trust an endli with a smaller prized fish!
 
crisper said:
big fish will eat smaller fish given a chance. ecspecially big bichirs at lights out.
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ya, but i figured it would have been sooner and givin it's company it was a slim chance. more so since i was watching it for hours in the dark aswell with no actions by the offender.
 
Sorry for the loss :irked:
From what I've heard Endli can be pretty mean but as long as the other Bichirs aren't mouth size they should be fine.
 
cmj15 said:
maybe he was too shy to eat in front of you... but hopefully your sturgeon will pull through
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never was shy before i have had it since it was 2". maybe it just didn't have a good chance at it while i watched. idk. i hope the sturgeon makes it aswell. i will be selling it if it does cause i wont risk it with the endli again and i need that 12ogal for my saltwater preds that are outgrowing there current house.

JustinDavis said:
Sorry for the loss :irked:
From what I've heard Endli can be pretty mean but as long as the other Bichirs aren't mouth size they should be fine.
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thanx, though it hasn't died yet and i hope it doesn't. the other bichirs are alittle smaller the the sturgeon. all of them could fit in the endlis mouth if it wanted to. thats why i am selling the sens for sure and the ornate it the price is right. i just went off what i have seen around here in MN for a price on them.
 
That makes me think about my 16" Endli and all my Clown & Golden Zebra Loaches ranging 5" - 7.5" (16 total) in the same tank. Also, hope the sturgeon pulls through.
 
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