What bichir for my 75g?

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75g. So far all I have is a 3 inch EB Jack Dempsey. I was gonna do a senegal but then I decided I want something that maybe gets a few inches bigger. I don't want the EBJD and the bichir to be the only fish in the tank, by the way, so it can't be toobig that I can't add anything else.

Maybe banded bichir?

and also here's an extremely stupid question but how do you prounounce bichir? I always said it "birch er" but the guy at the LFS had no idea what I was talking about when I mentioned them? So is it said some other way, or is the guy just stupid? lol thanks
 
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and a senegalus would work
 
Alot of LFS's go by polypterus(atleast those that have a lil know how).
A banded bichir is also known as an endlicheri. They can get pretty big, anywhere from 20"-30". I'd suggest a delhezi.
 
It's pronounced Biker plain and simple The Cichlids and the Bichirs are the two fish people get wrong "Can I get a *****er?" or "African Chinchillas" Honestly I don't know how people get these pronounceations. Did they learn english in grade school or not?

And Yes a Delhezi or Palmas complex can fit in a 75gal. But JDs are nasty little fish so IDK. And with a JD and Bichir Combo you can say good bye to anything other than Bichirs and Syno Cats really
 
vaine111;3701974; said:
Alot of LFS's go by polypterus(atleast those that have a lil know how).
A banded bichir is also known as an endlicheri. They can get pretty big, anywhere from 20"-30". I'd suggest a delhezi.

I'm sorry that's wrong A Delhezi is infact a Banded Bichir an endli is also called a Tiger Bichir
 
Darth Scohin;3701976; said:
...Bichirs are the two fish people get wrong "Can I get a *****er?"

actually, i do believe it can be pronounced that way as well.

to quote anne-

beblondie said:
WHY BICHIR?

When Europeans (French) discovered the genus Polypterus in 1809 it had already been known along the Nile since the time of the pharoahs. The local peoples referred to them as bichirs (unknown pronunciation and spelling). While unable to come up with an exact meaning for the word it was most likely a descriptive term (''whip'' has been suggested) for this type of fish.

The French most likely pronounced it as phonetically as possible to the orginal native word and came up with bee-sheer as a pronunciation and spelled 'bichir'. Since this would be the name of these fish for
several years until they were scientifically described and put into the proper family it became an accepted common name.

However the correct English pronunciation is up for grabs. Several dictionaries all have their own pronunciation including the below:
bee cher
beech er
biker
bercheer
bi cher
bir chir is common in England
Also known by the common name lobed fin pike,dinosaur eel.
The name Polypterus : poly=many + pterus=fins and is pronounced po-lyp'-terus.
 
Darth Scohin;3701981; said:
I'm sorry that's wrong A Delhezi is infact a Banded Bichir an endli is also called a Tiger Bichir

So would a Delhezi/banded bichir work? They get like 18" over a few years right?
 
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