my endli bichir is getting too big i wanna feed him minimum amount. and also second question i got a senegal bichir which has not grown as fast as the endli, ive had the senegal much longer then the endli and he has not grown, but he eats a lot, i feed him more than the endli.
whats the minimum days to feed a endli bichir
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what is the size of the Endie. whan mine were 10, 11 inches I feed them once a day 6 times a week a verity of foods fish ,shrimp, krill, clam, lance fish. sand eels ,beef heart, smelt and tailopia. they are now 18, 20 inches now I feed them every other day. diffrent factor determine size and growth, water perameters, temp ,space, food and genetics. not feeding your Bichirs for a couple of days want harm them in nature they don,t eat every day. and in captivitythey tend to be less active but the Senagalus are vary active. and they exspend a lot of energy.
There is NO minimum days to feed your bichirs. That is up to you if you wanna starve them for weeks or months.
Individual bichirs have different growth rate, not are all the same even the same species.
Individual bichirs have different growth rate, not are all the same even the same species.
endlis have one of the fastes growths rates....their one of the biggest bichirs in their family..senegals dont get that big so they got a slower rate of growing..what size tank do you have ?
What do you mean the fish is too big? Don't you mean your tank/tankmates are too small? 
Endlis [can] grow to nearly twice the size of senegals, of course they're going to grow faster...
Endlis [can] grow to nearly twice the size of senegals, of course they're going to grow faster...
I am probably gessing that you are expecting your sent to be around 16-20'' right???? if thats the case they only usualy grow to 10''
As you can tell by now, most people around here would never consider the fish as 'growing too fast', but rather that you either don't have a big enough tank and need to re-home it, or that you're worrying about it eating your sen, which actually becomes more likely the less you feed it.
Let the fish grow to it's potential.
Let the fish grow to it's potential.
I know a guy that is working on something that might help with your dilemma.... Maybe you know him...
