Schooling fish with Bichirs?
- Thread starter SwampFins
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So I have been making some changes around in the last few months and currently have sort of a central American planted community tank thing going on, bichirs aside of course lol
Everyone has gotten along great so far. I have my bichirs eating pellets now and gaining some size.
2 days ago I decided to introduce a school of 10 green barbs hoping they'd do fine and grow in the tank as everyone gets established. However my delhezi had other plans and decided to eat 4 barbs in one night, and 1 more the next.
This is not surprising in a way as that's just what they do, but I didn't think he'd go that crazy over them as they are still eating plenty of pellets and I have never done live food with them.
Anyhow, I am now wondering what kind of schooling fish options might be good with bichirs. What do you guys keep with yours?
I had some silver dollars but they started mowing my plants so I traded them in for the barbs.... and well, you can see how that played out lol
Look at this fatty ---->
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lol I had a similar experience when I got my 1st sengalus he was 2.5" and in 2 weeks he ate 50 platy soooo he got his own tank
Uaru are great with bichirs. Don’t really school but they do appreciate other Uaru in the tank.
Silver dollars would be good to get again.
Tinfoil barbs are a good larger option.
Severum (if you don’t care that they’re South American and bichirs are African) are large enough to keep themselves from being food for bichirs.
Silver dollars would be good to get again.
Tinfoil barbs are a good larger option.
Severum (if you don’t care that they’re South American and bichirs are African) are large enough to keep themselves from being food for bichirs.
My filamented barbs ate all I mean all my plants even anubias. My congos havent touch a single plant and I have seen them in many planted tanks. It's one of the main reasons I got them for this tank but unfortunately it looks like they are going to have to stay with the angels. I did remove the two offending polys that actually ate the two congos (not for that reason) but when I introduced the congos it got all the polys hyper... aware. I may or may not try it again. I might have to figure out a divider to introduce them to drop the chance of the polys getting to the congos while they are still emitting the fear pheromone. Makes fish smell like dinner.....
Oh and yes both are great with other fish. We moved my barbs to the clinic tank where my wife works. Its got a mix of African cichlids and was pretty lame boring tank. The barbs brought new life to the tank the other fish are out more now. Thats what dithers are for, if they are out and about the other fish feel safe and come out too.
Yeah but SD's are ravenous mini piranhas, and your forced to feed them past full to get food to slower eating fish.
Agreed SDs are a pain to deal with when you have bottom feeders that take their time. Plus most of the time they destroy plants.
Yeah unfortunately ^^^
I like the way they school, and honestly feeding was never an issue for me with other bottom feeders but they are relentless with plants.
I'm not talking about just shredding leaves here and there but the ate some of my plants whole. Stem and all!!
They even ate Anubias and java fern, which is impressive because I've been able to keep those with Africans in the past.
What about some of the larger Rainbows?
