Teugelsi & Gachua: Strange kind of friendship!

[uwe]

Hello,

i'm keeping a Channa gachua (20cm) together with several bichirs - also with a big Teugelsi (50cm) ...

The Gachua and the Teugelsi are together the most time ... swimming together, chilling together and eating together!
Normally the Teugelsi is a bit aggressive against other fish - except the Gachua, who can swim in front of his mouth without been bitten anytime.

There are many threads about keeping together bichirs with other fish, especially with cichlids. Cichlids & Bichirs do not work as one can see in several threads about the theme ... remembering the senegalus without eyes? Those stressed bichirs ...
In another tank i'm keeping Channa pulchra with several bichirs been smaller than in the other tank. It also works well and it seems to be the beginning of a wonderful friendship between Pulchra & Ornatipinnis. They are spending more and more time together in the same way Gachua & Teugelsi are doing ...

The only stress factor is? ... Yes, a left-over cichlid! This Sajica is the only survivor from a party that had my bigger ornate - he ate dozens of cichlids (most of them were Jack Dempseys up to 15cm lenght).
The Sajica is too smart to be catched without doing out everything out of the tank - driftwood, plants and ... water. So some day Pulchra, Weeksi or Ornatipinnis will rule ...

Greetings

Uwe

 

[Bichirs4life]

Neat thread. It's funny to see bichirs that have relationships with other bichirs and other fish. My Ornate is the biggest bichir in my tank by far, and he doesn't let any other bichirs stay in or near his little area of the tank for long without getting bitten. Except for my Retropinnis that is. She is able to hang out as long as she wants without any problems. My Ornate likes to lay on and around her as if they are friends. It's kinda funny to see.

 

[haynchinook334]

thats cool

 

[Wildzone]

Thanks for sharing, awsome looking Poly's

 

[proaquatics]

great shots

 

[StripeGirl]

Awesome fish and pictures,They look to be in love.

 

[Loubard]

Great fish and pics! They indeed make great tankmates.

 

[CDM]

Nice pics. My asiatica and polyps are doing great together too.

 

[Cohazard]

Great shots Uwe! Glad to see SH get along well with the polys.

There are many threads about keeping together bichirs with other fish, especially with cichlids. Cichlids & Bichirs do not work as one can see in several threads about the theme ... remembering the senegalus without eyes? Those stressed bichirs ...

When you say 'cichlids' thats too broad of a statement. As myself and several other members mentioned in another thread where you said cichlids can't work with bichirs, it's dependent on the type of cichlids you keep them with.

I keep red sevs (a type of cichlid) with my bichirs, and the sevs have never picked on the bichirs, and never will, it's not in their nature. And sevs aren't the only cichlids that can work, there are plenty of cichlids that just aren't as aggressive as jags, dovii, etc...

 

[itstrickytorock]

awesome photos & awesome fish!...i love them all, they really are posing together. i hadn't thought of mixing these two types fish, but they look great!!