I have an Aquaclear 802 powerhead in my 55 gallon that I *used* to have my 7" p. senegalus in.. that is until I woke up one morning to find my poor guy sucked into the bottom of the powerhead head first 
Powerhead + bichir = death
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i lost an orange fin loach t oa power head, it had that cone shape attachment you put in an undergravel filter port, dam thing thought it was a hiding place, i noticed one was missing one day, and i saw alittle bit of tail sticking out so i took it out and my loach had both eyes sucked out if its head, it was dead of coarse.
M|L said:
I know, I guess I under estimated the strength of the powerhead and over estimated my fishes
PhullTank57 said:sorry to hear about your loss... lost a fish or 2 the same way before in the past.
Yea it was a sad day! I had lost a couple raphael cats the same way a few months before but they were small so I wasnt worried about the Bichir... but I was wrong
I have lost a Fire Eel before when the idiot jumped INSIDE an Aqua Clear filter and got into the impeller. That bastard would try to get into tinniest spaces. 
I have also lost a spiny eel that way, lots of fish will try to swim with the flow. I was relying on the little plastic sieve on the intake to keep out the fish but my pleco jostled it off.