Teugs external gills growing?

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Look at this sexy freak! It came from FB. It looks as if this Cb lap got a lot on his mind.

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This is one of my favorite external gill photos. S/He's got those frequent flyer miles. The little strings are so big! It's so cute. Would this mean that the poly is extremely stressed out though?
 
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over the last 2 days my 6.5" teug(3.5" growth in a month) has sprouted small external gills so I immediately checked the water no ammonia, nitrates, or nitrites. No aggression what so ever in the tank. Plenty of hides. The only thing I can think of is the 4 hyper active elephant nose running around the tank and crashing into him I wonder whats going on hell he is even the longest bichir now and the 2nd widest
 
1st let me say it is awesome that your teug has grow so much in a month. Wow!
If I was a fish, I know hyperactive fish crashing into me would stress me out. Lol. Maybe he is stressed from growing so much? Haha who knows. Elephant noses are cool though. Have they always been in the tank with him or are they more recent?

Aren't they elephant noses slightly electric? I am not sure if this would cause problems though. I don't think so, but I do not know much about them.
 
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