I currently own 2 bichirs in separate tanks. The Senegal is 5 1/2 inches while the delhezi is 4 inches. Would the Senegal be able to eat him?
Senegal bichir with delhezi bichir
- Thread starter Jacob._.merc
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Is the Del as thick as the Senegal? If so I don't see the Senegal eating the Del.
You are good. My dels grew up with my sens being larger. Now it's the other way.
Are you sure? The sen is pretty thick. The Del is like maybe a little less thicker
Should be fine as long as the smaller one doesn’t literally look like a tooth pic. If they are similar girth and both eating the same size pieces of food you should be fine.* I have a 6 inch sen with a 8-9 inch del. del is larger in girth, but both get along peacefully. The sen is a pig.
*The only time I’ve had a poly eat another poly is: My 7 inch moke/1 inch thick, get hungry after living for 2 months with my 2 inch/extremely skinny del. However the del wasn’t really food motivated...I had to hand feed it. Moke was also with a 3 inch/.25 girth Senegal.
Pic from May 23,2017:
Obviously this major size difference was a little risky..... Could have both ended up snacks. Didn’t know the moke would be a blob lol. This extreme size difference did lead to aggression from the moke until she was with similar size polys.
Here’s a pic of them now:
Same moke^
Different moke dec 31,2017
The whole crew.
Here’s another pic of my del and sen I took literally two seconds ago. Dec 31, 2017:
Hope this helps.
*The only time I’ve had a poly eat another poly is: My 7 inch moke/1 inch thick, get hungry after living for 2 months with my 2 inch/extremely skinny del. However the del wasn’t really food motivated...I had to hand feed it. Moke was also with a 3 inch/.25 girth Senegal.
Pic from May 23,2017:
Obviously this major size difference was a little risky..... Could have both ended up snacks. Didn’t know the moke would be a blob lol. This extreme size difference did lead to aggression from the moke until she was with similar size polys.
Here’s a pic of them now:
Same moke^
Different moke dec 31,2017
The whole crew.
Here’s another pic of my del and sen I took literally two seconds ago. Dec 31, 2017:
Hope this helps.
If you aren’t sure, you can post a pic.
Should be fine as long as the smaller one doesn’t literally look like a tooth pic. If they are similar girth and both eating the same size pieces of food you should be fine.* I have a 6 inch sen with a 8-9 inch del. del is larger in girth, but both get along peacefully. The sen is a pig.
*The only time I’ve had a poly eat another poly is: My 7 inch moke/1 inch thick, get hungry after living for 2 months with my 2 inch/extremely skinny del. However the del wasn’t really food motivated...I had to hand feed it. Moke was also with a 3 inch/.25 girth Senegal.
Pic from May 23,2017:
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Obviously this major size difference was a little risky..... Could have both ended up snacks. Didn’t know the moke would be a blob lol. This extreme size difference did lead to aggression from the moke until she was with similar size polys.
Here’s a pic of them now:
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Same moke^
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Different moke dec 31,2017
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The whole crew.
Here’s another pic of my del and sen I took literally two seconds ago. Dec 31, 2017:
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Hope this helps.
If you aren’t sure, you can post a pic.
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it shouldn't be a problem just make sure they get fed daily at least until the del puts on a little size, The best thing for growth is Poly Miracle Grow also known as Tilapia I cut it in small pieces and run it through a food processor to shred it.