I plan on having a 75 gallon aquarium and I am choosing between a single cichlid or having a smaller Bichir and some sort of tankmates or a tankmate with it. Any advice
Tankmates for Bichir
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If you went with upper jaw bichirs (the smaller ones) you could have a few along with tankmates.
What kind of tankmates were you thinking/wanting?
I know you've been looking into pretty aggressive, larger cichlids... has that plan changed? You can still do cichlids with bichirs, but you'd have to totally change your plans in that case to something smaller and less aggressive.
What kind of tankmates were you thinking/wanting?
I know you've been looking into pretty aggressive, larger cichlids... has that plan changed? You can still do cichlids with bichirs, but you'd have to totally change your plans in that case to something smaller and less aggressive.
I totally agree with this. I have one male African Peacock in with 4 mature Senegal polys but had to switch out the last male African Peacock that was placed in prior due aggressive behavior towards one of the female polys. I suggest only adding a Cichlid only if you understand their behavior.
I keep two senegal polys in my 75 with 4 African knifefish, a snakeskin gourami and a featherfin synodontis catfish. Lots of fun in the tank.
You'll need some rather mild cichlids to go with polypterus. They're softies
You'll need some rather mild cichlids to go with polypterus. They're softies
But I just saw a Bichir and I thought immediately that this would add some fun to my tank but I do not know anything about their diet besides they are carnivores.
What are the Cichlids you have in mind.
Imo bioload not that bad but depends on how large and how many you have also depend on the filtration and aquarium size.
i plan to keep just one Bichir and one that doesn’t get too big and have a sump filter with my tank