Part of my bichir collections

[CDM]

Thanks guys for the comments.
I've kept bichirs since 1990, the oldest are the ornate, one of endlicheri, and one of lapradei. I''ve got 18 bichirs in the 180gal tank, and 7 smaller speceis in another 100gal tank. The main food is feederfishes. I spend usd15 every week on feederfishes for them. Occasionally, I feed them crickets, chicken hearts, river loaches, shrimps.

As for the one with weird eyes. It born to be like that, and there are some batches from JP with the similar weird eyes. It's not only with darker base of color, but, also has slight humpback. Infact, it's from JP through private resource.

The tigrinus is weird too. I know it's hard to maintain neat stripes for a trignus, but, I think it's also hard to grow a tigrinus with stripes as fuzzy as this one. It has even more labyrinth like stripes on the other side of its body.

Thanks again brothers for the nice words.

 

[Super Ape]

wow! nice bichirs.

how big is the congicus?

 

[Steve_89]

Woah love that tigrinus!

Very nice collection of birchirs too.

 

[mon]

beautiful pics....

 

[weicong]

wah u got a great collection.

 

[redtailfool]

Very nice pics! Rallysman always wants to ask how the hell one might say "bichir" but he's too afraid to look like an idiot

its pronounced as "Bike-keer" but ive also heard ppl say "bi- sheer".

CDM - great collection and pics ! What do you feed your bichirs with?

 

[weicong]

its pronounced as "Bike-keer" but ive also heard ppl say "bi- sheer".

CDM - great collection and pics ! What do you feed your bichirs with?

Thanks guys for the comments.
I've kept bichirs since 1990, the oldest are the ornate, one of endlicheri, and one of lapradei. I''ve got 18 bichirs in the 180gal tank, and 7 smaller speceis in another 100gal tank. The main food is feederfishes. I spend usd15 every week on feederfishes for them. Occasionally, I feed them crickets, chicken hearts, river loaches, shrimps.

As for the one with weird eyes. It born to be like that, and there are some batches from JP with the similar weird eyes. It's not only with darker base of color, but, also has slight humpback. Infact, it's from JP through private resource.

The tigrinus is weird too. I know it's hard to maintain neat stripes for a trignus, but, I think it's also hard to grow a tigrinus with stripes as fuzzy as this one. It has even more labyrinth like stripes on the other side of its body.

Thanks again brothers for the nice words.



That was his prev reply on wat he feed it with.

 

[deD3]

the one with the weird eye looks really unique.. like it just came out from some japanese comic. i wonder how the japs did it?

 

[ezman]

bro CDM, i always enjoy looking at the pics you took...............your fishes are beautiful especially your Tigrinius!!!!

 

[Loubard]

Very nice photo's! What are your experiences with P. bichir lapradei? As you could have red here on the board, I am getting 4! Are there agressive, are they active?