New Ornate Bichir

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Your ornate is a pretty decent size so anything less than 2/3 of its body is pretty much fair game especially since ornates are notorious for being aggressive. At least the ones I've kept


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My Ornate is obviously interested in my Iridescents, I moved them away. They watch the fish as they swim past and want to eat them, they get ready for a lunge. They only eat live food, they eat little Cyprinids, and not to mention my Iridescents, it now has a bit of interest in my Clown Knife. I have two 8 inch Clowns but one is only about 6 inches, I'm afraid it might get chomped up. My Iridescents are gone, but I think I might replace them with a Peacock Bass. This is gonna bring me to the Pbass forum. But I haven't settled this yet.
 
Peacocks might work, Jardinis are aggressive, Ornates are, Senegals are quite, Clown Knife are, but Pbass too!
 
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I hope my senegal is fine......
 
My ornate is quite fat, it is constantly looking for fish to eat, it doesn't take small ones, it takes the bigger ones.
 
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Like Awesome said, i wouldnt put anything less then then 10 inches in the tank with that beast, they get pretty aggro after ten inches. I got mine from a buddy who bred them, his snapped at everything. I hope mine doesnt get like that or i may have to sell :/ hes only around 7 inches right now.

Peacock Bass work, top swimming characins like false gar, barracuda, etc work, african arowana i have heard works, if your senegal isnt full grown its in danger. My cousins 8 incher ate a 5 inch senegall. Deathrolled it and everything. be careful w/ tank mates
 
Wait I forgot to say, my bichir looks like a delhezi but doesn't in some ways because its stripes are very very light and kind of get covered by dots or something then it's fins are dotted. I still wonder if its an ornate or if its a delhezi.
 
Even if it was a delhezi it's exactly the same as you explained, it's aggressive and large, and it's over the max size of a delhezi at around 16 inches.
 
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