Hey all,
This is long overdue but I wanted to wait to share my platinum endlicheri Bichir growth and development. Since platinum endlicheri bichirs are notorious for slow growth, I hope this thread can provide some insights for any new or current platinum endlicheri Bichir keepers.
Shameless plug but I made a Instagram page for this Bichir and any other projects/fish I plan on keeping so please take a look and follow if you want more up to date footage and videos of my platinum endlicheri Bichir. You can find me @rayoddballfish
Before I get started I want to thank
Hao
Burbotman
and
giseok jung
for their wealth knowledge throughout the last few months. Their expertise and information were vital to my success.
Maintenance and Care:
- Daily 1-2 90 percent water changes
- Live feeding rosy red minnows and comet goldfish (treated with general cure and quarantined before use, gutloaded with massivores)
- Supplemental feeding of silversides, salmon, tilapia, shrimp
Okay let’s dive in (No pun intended) :
October 17th 2023:
She came in from my buddy I Ihor Mashtalir . Started her out in my fluval flex 15 gallon aquarium. Fed her some quarantined serpae tetras as well as rosy red minnows. Daily water changes 90 percent.
November 9th 2023:
Upgraded her to a 30 gallon long aquarium. At this point she is roughly 5.5-6 inch. Starting to eat small size comet goldfish as well as her usual rosy red minnows. Started doing 2 90 percent water changes a day (cause I guess I had time) and to keep up with the goldfish bioload (I would release 100 at a time to make it easier for her to hunt and have a constant food source).
November 28th:
Added black diamond blasting sand week prior to this day to help bring out the whiteness of the fish as well as help it seem more at home. From my experience Bichir seem to eat better in a tank with substrate and decorations compared to bare bottom and I definitely saw an improvement in appetite (although she was still eating pretty well before). From the measuring tape she looks around 7inch at this point (fish is not flush against glass so it’s always a semi estimate for me).
December 7th 2023:
Platinum Endlicheri bichir is now approaching 9 inches. As you can see her external gills actually got even larger. My guess is this is due to clean and high oxygenation in the water. At this point most of her diet has been live fish that have of course been treated and quarantined.
This is long overdue but I wanted to wait to share my platinum endlicheri Bichir growth and development. Since platinum endlicheri bichirs are notorious for slow growth, I hope this thread can provide some insights for any new or current platinum endlicheri Bichir keepers.
Shameless plug but I made a Instagram page for this Bichir and any other projects/fish I plan on keeping so please take a look and follow if you want more up to date footage and videos of my platinum endlicheri Bichir. You can find me @rayoddballfish
Before I get started I want to thank
Hao
Burbotman
and
giseok jung
for their wealth knowledge throughout the last few months. Their expertise and information were vital to my success.Maintenance and Care:
- Daily 1-2 90 percent water changes
- Live feeding rosy red minnows and comet goldfish (treated with general cure and quarantined before use, gutloaded with massivores)
- Supplemental feeding of silversides, salmon, tilapia, shrimp
Okay let’s dive in (No pun intended) :
October 17th 2023:She came in from my buddy I Ihor Mashtalir . Started her out in my fluval flex 15 gallon aquarium. Fed her some quarantined serpae tetras as well as rosy red minnows. Daily water changes 90 percent.
November 9th 2023:
Upgraded her to a 30 gallon long aquarium. At this point she is roughly 5.5-6 inch. Starting to eat small size comet goldfish as well as her usual rosy red minnows. Started doing 2 90 percent water changes a day (cause I guess I had time) and to keep up with the goldfish bioload (I would release 100 at a time to make it easier for her to hunt and have a constant food source).
November 28th:
Added black diamond blasting sand week prior to this day to help bring out the whiteness of the fish as well as help it seem more at home. From my experience Bichir seem to eat better in a tank with substrate and decorations compared to bare bottom and I definitely saw an improvement in appetite (although she was still eating pretty well before). From the measuring tape she looks around 7inch at this point (fish is not flush against glass so it’s always a semi estimate for me).
December 7th 2023:
Platinum Endlicheri bichir is now approaching 9 inches. As you can see her external gills actually got even larger. My guess is this is due to clean and high oxygenation in the water. At this point most of her diet has been live fish that have of course been treated and quarantined.
