What bichir for my 75g?

[Rockbass6]

Look at all the upperjaw species in the sticky.. I think you will be ok with those just stay away from the ornates, and I have heard weeksi can get pretty big too. You will be fine with the palmas sp., moke, sens, delhezi, I suggest a palmas b. the gold dust bichir.

 

[Rockbass6]

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

Not in aquaria, you are thinking of the banded bichir the endli. I think delhezi is called the armored bichir.

 

[BlackShark11k]

Not in aquaria, you are thinking of the banded bichir the endli. I think delhezi is called the armored bichir.

i'm pretty sure dels get that big too-
http://fishbase.com/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=8116&genusname=Polypterus&speciesname=delhezi
http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/fish/bandedbichir.php

 

[Rockbass6]

i'm pretty sure dels get that big too-
http://fishbase.com/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=8116&genusname=Polypterus&speciesname=delhezi
http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/fish/bandedbichir.php

If you bought it wild and already at 14'', but if you raise them in a tank from a 3''er growth in a delhezi slows down a ton at around 9-10''.

 

[TTTT]

So should I go with Delhezi or endli

 

[BlackShark11k]

If you bought it wild and already at 14'', but if you raise them in a tank from a 3''er growth in a delhezi slows down a ton at around 9-10''.

slows but doesn't stop

 

[jclyde13]

So should I go with Delhezi or endli

If the choice is between del and endli, definitely go with the del, but I really wouldn't put either in a 75g (unless it's a 75 wide).

 

[TTTT]

It's 4' by 20" by 18"

Is that too small for the Delhezi

 

[moonchild1970]

Yeah you could also get a long finned Senegal too. Those are sweet. I have had one.

 

[King-eL]

Here are the sizes of different bichirs

Polypteridae
-Guinean bichir (Polypterus ansorgii) WILD=39" AQUARIA=18-25"+
-Saddled bichir (Polypterus endlicheri endlicheri) WILD=36" AQUARIA=18-25"+
-Congo bichir (Polypterus endlicheri congicus) WILD=41" AQUARIA=22-30"+
-Lapen bichir (Polypterus sp. "lapen") WILD=?" AQUARIA=18-25"+
-Dabola bichir (Polypterus sp. "dabola") WILD=? AQUARIA=18-25"+
-Nile bichir (Polypterus bichir bichir) WILD=38" AQUARIA=18-25"+
-Laprade's bichir (Polypterus bichir lapradei) WILD=32" AQUARIA=15-22"+
-Koliba bichir (Polypterus bichir sp. "koliba") WILD=30" AQUARIA=18-22"+
-Koloton bichir (Polypterus bichir sp. "koloton") WILD=? AQUARIA=18-22"+
-Barred bichir (Polypterus delhezi) WILD=16" AQUARIA=10-14"+
-Fathead bichir (Polypterus weeksii) WILD=24" AQUARIA=18-21"+
-Shortfin bichir (Polypterus palmas palmas) WILD=14"+ AQUARIA=12=13"+
-Golddust bichir (Polypterus palmas buettikoferi) WILD=21" AQUARIA=12-13"+
-Marble bichir (Polypterus palmas polli) WILD=16" AQUARIA=10-14"+
-Mokele-mbembe bichir (Polypterus mokelembembe) WILD=14-16" AQUARIA=10-12"+
-Retro bichir (Polypterus retropinnis) WILD=16" AQUARIA=10-13"+
-Crossriver bichir (Polypterus teugelsi) WILD=25"+ AQUARIA=18-20"+
-Ornate bichir (Polypterus ornatipinnis) WILD=20-26" AQUARIA=18-25"+
-Gray bichir (Polypterus senegalus senegalus) WILD=12-21" AQUARIA=7-13"+
-Ropefish (Erpetoichthys calabaricus) WILD=20" AQUARIA=13-18"+