Ornate Bichir with Jardini?

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Jack Dempsey
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Can a Ornate Bichir go with a Jardini? My jardini is only about 3 inches and I can order a Ornate from Petsolutions that comes anywhere between 2 to 4 inches. They would both be relatively young and I'm gonna try to put them together. They occupy completely different areas in the water column and the bichir can hold its ground in a fight. I've seen Bichirs with silvers and asians but rarely any jardinis. I'm hoping I can get this to work and then it'll be like having two dragons in a tank. Has anyone ever tried and failed/succeeded?
 
Look up my threads. I keep my jardini with bichirs. And one of them being an ornate.
 
I think polypterus species are one of the few good jardini tankmates. But I would not want a 3" fish with any ornate bichir... might be lunch.
 
i think it depends on the jardini. my friend had a jardini with bichirs before, and the jar terrorized the bichirs when they went up for air. But since yours is still small, i think it'll work out in the long run since you'll be growing them up together.
 
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