I know this has probably been asked before heaps but i wanted to know what sorta chances are there of a senegal eating gravel? The gravel i have is about 5-8mm i have no idea what that is in inches but i guess most of the pieces are about half the size of your fingernail. I see lots of you with great collections of polys mainly seem to use gravel so it musnt be that big a chance of swallowing. Ide prefer not to change to sand but i will if i have too. At the moment its in a small 10g bare bottom tank but he really needs to go into one of my bigger tanks which all have gravel. Im looking at getting another one and they are fairly expensive here (hundreds of $) so ide hate to loose them to something as stupid as that.
What Substrate for senegal.
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Your options are pretty much sand,fine crushed gravel (its generally a lil bit lager than sand and heavier) or barebottom I paint the outside bottom glass black or a sandy tan color if I want to do a bare bottom tank-Anne
Thanks heaps for the quick answers. Im guessing with the small fairly docile stuff ille havta keep with the senegal shouldnt kick the sand around to much anyway? The only experience ive had with sand was a friend with sand and big cichlids and they used to kick it up all over the place.
I know its off topic but since it sounds like it might be a good idea to make a sort of species tank for them would i have any chance of breeding them in a 5x2x2? I know they are hard to breed anyway but is that an appropriate size tank to try to breed them in and would something like guppies and platys for food whenever they want it and abit more movement in the tank be ok tankmates and not stress them out or interrupt breeding? I realize ide havta pull out everything once eggs where laid. Would make a fortune breeding them here though so maybe worth a try.
I know its off topic but since it sounds like it might be a good idea to make a sort of species tank for them would i have any chance of breeding them in a 5x2x2? I know they are hard to breed anyway but is that an appropriate size tank to try to breed them in and would something like guppies and platys for food whenever they want it and abit more movement in the tank be ok tankmates and not stress them out or interrupt breeding? I realize ide havta pull out everything once eggs where laid. Would make a fortune breeding them here though so maybe worth a try.
i have my bichirs in a tank with both gravel and sand.
no problems yet.
the powerheads are raised high so they dont kick sand and have it sucked up.
senegals are the easiest to breed.
they will breed at 1 year of age.
yes,you can breed them in that tank.
there will be a larger chance of breeding with just the male and female in the tank.
they might eat their own eggs so they should be removed after mating.
theres more on the stickies.
no problems yet.
the powerheads are raised high so they dont kick sand and have it sucked up.
senegals are the easiest to breed.
they will breed at 1 year of age.
yes,you can breed them in that tank.
there will be a larger chance of breeding with just the male and female in the tank.
they might eat their own eggs so they should be removed after mating.
theres more on the stickies.
I have sand in my 30, and in my cycling 55, and both have (and will have) bichirs in them.
I think sand is a all-around better substrate for any fish, my senegal even burrows in it sometimes.
By the way, is that normal for a bichir?
Cheers,
GobyMaster
I think sand is a all-around better substrate for any fish, my senegal even burrows in it sometimes.
By the way, is that normal for a bichir?
Cheers,
GobyMaster
I've heard of endis and delhezis burrowing but this is the first time i've heard of a senegal doing it-Anne
I've only seen my Senegal do it once.
I walked up to the tank to feed them, and my bichir just came zooming out of the sand and was acting all hyper.
I haven't seen her do it since.
Cheers,
GobyMaster
I walked up to the tank to feed them, and my bichir just came zooming out of the sand and was acting all hyper.
I haven't seen her do it since.
Cheers,
GobyMaster