Polys for a 75 gallon?

[bluegryffin]

So, I just received 2 delhezis last week, and today, I already lost one! I came home to find it stuck in the intake tube for the HOB! Sadly, it never recovered. . . So, I would like some input on which polys would be good for a 75 gallon tank, besides the delhezis and senegals. Do laps grow too big for sure, or do they stay a bit smaller in captivity? Any ideas? Thanks guys!

 

[dbcb314]

any of the upper jaw guys would be fine easy for life except ornates


and you coudl keep something like an ornate and probably a lap for long time.

 

[bluegryffin]

How long is a "long time" ? A year? 1-3 years?

 

[bluegryffin]

Anyone else? How about a weeksii? Or will any short-bodied variants fit?

 

[bichir_first]

i got my ornate in a 55 and he is around 6 years old so you could keep an ornate a long time in a 75

 

[benzjamin13]

I would think SB be fine in there.

 

[beblondie]

P. palmas palmas ('palmas' bichir)- 13"
(subspecies)P. palmas polli ('marbled bichir)- 14"
(subspecies) P. palmas buettikoferi ('buettikoferi' bichir)- 13"
P. delhezi ('armoured' or 'delhez's' bichir)- 14"
P. senegalus senegalus ('Senegal' or 'Cuiver's' bichir)- 12"
(possible subspecies)P. senegalus meridionalis- 12"+
There is, Also the possibility of a third member of the Polypterus senegalus
group that is found in the Nile River
P. retropinnis ('retropinnis' bichir)- 14"
P .mokelembembe
Any of the above should be fine in the 75 for life -Anne

 

[bluegryffin]

How long for a younger endlicheri to outgrow a 75?