Senagal Bichirs !!!!!!!!!!!
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i feed my 4 inch senegalus bichirs brine shrimp and sinking pellets. the temp could range from 70 to 78 degrees. They are a slender and ETREMELY hardy fish. they are not very aggresive so you can keep them with basicly any fish that is 1 or 2 inches bigger then them exept for very aggresive tankmates like large cichlids. hopes it helps. check google for more info!
I have 3 senegal bichirs... they love massivore, and sinking shrimp pellets, but they eat pretty much anything sinking..
I house them with the following: Jaguar, Midas, 17" RTxTSN, 2 common plecos, 1 ornate, 2 palmas, and 1 zaire green.
They all get along fine, and my senegals are little hams.!
And for those reading: NO, my RTxTSN is not going to eat my bichirs... they lay together, and he shows no interest in any thing alive.
I house them with the following: Jaguar, Midas, 17" RTxTSN, 2 common plecos, 1 ornate, 2 palmas, and 1 zaire green.
They all get along fine, and my senegals are little hams.!
And for those reading: NO, my RTxTSN is not going to eat my bichirs... they lay together, and he shows no interest in any thing alive.
baby bass;4894208; said:
Food: Frozen is good, bloodworms, brine shrimp, you can also feed small pieces of market shrimp, earth worms, when they get big enough hikari sinking carnivore and massive pellets
Temperature: 78-84 degrees farenheit, they do well in relatively warm water
Structure: Basic Driftwood/plants etc
Compatible fish: Virtually anything that won't eat them and anything they can't fit in their mouth
Check out the bichir section here on MFK, there is lots to read over there. They tend to be a pretty hardy fish.
actually, among all freshwater fishes, bichirs are the hardiest and the easiest fish to keep in a home tank even for a newbie. It is always better if you can train them to accept pellets which contains sufficient nutrition, instead of live food since young. If you have enough tank size for them, they are better be housed within their own species. The are stickies in this forum which will give you ideas on each maximum sizes.
LOL you are posting in the Polypterus section. I can assure you that at least 60% of the active users here have experience with them since they are the most common bichir available and to a certain extent, a beginner bichir.
Read up on the Bible of Polypterids.
Most information can be found right here (thanks beblondie)
Read up on the Bible of Polypterids.
Most information can be found right here (thanks beblondie)
phobull;4894994; said:COVER THE TANK NO HOLES!!!!!!!!! that's my 2 cents
Rule 1 of the bichir text book