Poly ID..need Help

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can you get some more pics where we can see the whole thing..
 
for sure a lapradei. Nigerian kind. and in this case, looks like it's a captive bred.
 
GarNiac;3852033; said:
can you get some more pics where we can see the whole thing..
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im at office now.:D...but this some other pictures...sory for the quality of the picture..

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definitely a nigerian lap, same one with mine, congrats..
watch out for the gravels that you use, sands or bare bottom tank also looks nice and safer. There were few cases when bichirs accidentally swallow gravels in the tank and end up dead. By the way, what size is the tank?you need a big tank for a lap, I say at least 100g or bigger.
 
GarNiac;3852154; said:
definitely a nigerian lap, same one with mine, congrats..
watch out for the gravels that you use, sands or bare bottom tank also looks nice and safer. There were few cases when bichirs accidentally swallow gravels in the tank and end up dead. By the way, what size is the tank?you need a big tank for a lap, I say at least 100g or bigger.
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so mean that my gravels are not suitable to use?
if that true than i will remove it...thanks for the info...
this kind of Poly is hard to find in Kuala Lumpur,MALAYSIA...
wish to get more rare type of poly...
currently my poly are : SEN,Albino SEN,Long Fin SEN and Lap(newly bought From LFS):D
 
GarNiac;3852154; said:
By the way, what size is the tank?you need a big tank for a lap, I say at least 100g or bigger.
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i have 3 tanks..
my main tank size about 4feet.
tank that lap juz now leave is 1.2feet. i have quarantine the lap to monitor their feeding habit...
 
vermillion;3852174; said:
so mean that my gravels are not suitable to use?
if that true than i will remove it...thanks for the info...
this kind of Poly is hard to find in Kuala Lumpur,MALAYSIA...
wish to get more rare type of poly...
currently my poly are : SEN,Albino SEN,Long Fin SEN and Lap(newly bought From LFS):D
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well some people may get away with gravels, but I would not risk it, its not save, bichirs are greedy and would eat anything they can fit in their mouth. I rather use white sands if I could find any, it looks nice and clean.
I live in indo, so maybe not so much different compare to yours in terms of bichirs. I bought mine a month ago, and it wasnt available before. And now the lfs run out of lap again. The next species I wanna get is delhezy which is also hard to get here. Currently in my 200g are, Sens, albino sens, longfinned sens, longfinned albinos, endlis, ornates, congi, and a lap.
How big is your tank?I mean in gallons?
Its best to feed them pellets or prepare food, instead of giving them live food which cost you more, and chances of bacterias infections. When I first had mine, I used to feed them live food that I quarantined, which is goldfish, but soon as I've joined this forum, I found out that live foods are no good at all and I stop using them. However, what people don't realize that goldfish is actually a steroid for your bichirs. It boost their growth for within couples months. Heck, I feel guilty telling you this info, so dont try that at home. Once they get them self on live foods, it will be very hard to get them to eat pellets.
cheers
 
GrindeL89;3851947; said:
maybe a dark Polypterus katangae, or a really dark captive bread delhezi
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Polypterus bichir katangae is no longer valid as it's a synonym of polypetrus endlciheri congicus.

The bichir is 100% Captive breed polypterus bichir lapradei "Nigeria" a bullet head too.
 
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