r/Bichirs

By order of when I got them endli>senegal>delhezi>lapra>ansorgii (out of frame) >ornate> tuegelsi (in a separte tank since hes considerably smaller)

What size tank is best for 3 Senegal’s and a del? I currently have a 6 inch Senegal and a 5-6 inch del in a 75 with 2 angles. In a 40 gallon breeder I have 2 2-3 inch Senegal’s waiting to get bigger before joining the other 2. I was thinking a final tank size for all four plus the 2 angles at 125, fully planted. Is that enough? Should I start trying to find bigger options?

Also, side note: does anyone know why my del regrew her external gills and they have stayed?

I went to my local fish store to pick up some supplies and saw they received a new shipment of senegal bichirs. I've been looking for them to get them in and went ahead and picked one up. I got it settled into a quarantine tank and got a better look at it. I noticed it looked like another one in the tank might have taken a chunk out of it's fin and it goes a bit up into its "arm". It did go ahead and ate like a champ on some pellets, but I wanted a second opinion on if I should medicate or keep an eye on it for the time being. It seems to be moving around the tank and pvc hides with no issues that I have noticed so far. Thanks!

my little albino guy is having a hard time finding food before my normal senegal does since he’s mostly blind. i also struggle to tong feed because i almost never see him come out of hiding for more than a brief second to swim by (too many hides in the tank, heavily planted) and then straight back to where i can’t reach him again.

so i moved him to a 20 long where i can always reach him to tong feed. just gonna keep him here until he gets a bit bigger, he’s about half an inch shorter than my normal senegal already, which i find concerning since ive only had them for about 3 weeks and they were the same size when i got them.

let me know what yall think about this. i could also set up a larger pond (27gal tub, 33 gal aquarium or 40 gal tub) but id have to cycle it first and i had this 20 gal already cycled and empty of fish so i used this.

also, how big of a water change weekly? i know what to do in a properly sized tank, but with a tank much smaller than what’s recommended for this species i dont know if i may need to do larger or smaller water changes.

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100g tank, filterless (has a filter but it broke 4 months before this photo) stocked with 2 bichers, some ropefish, 20 congo tetras, and a rainbow shark. I never see planted bicher tanks and dont understand why. I see lots of people keeping bichers in barebottom tanks. I keep over 200+ aquariums and this is amoung my favorites. What are your thoughts?

It doesn't actually have a name. And I know nothing about it, my room mate left it here and I dont want it. I have been feeding it frozen bloodworms that my roommate also left. If you're near potlatch idaho and can take him in, i would be grateful.

Found at petsmart

I need help trying to figure out what this is he is 2 years old never had this happen before but i noticed it 2 days ago after he ate about 7 small goldfish im gonna stop feeding live bait all together but the water parameters are fine and i did a 25% water change he is eating like normal and his behavior is normal i just want to make sure i do wat i can to help him so he lives as long as possible i will try an epsom salt bath and maybe melafix bc i seen people on other forums say they tried those and they may work but i dont want to stress him out he is pretty big about a foot long and i am planning on getting a bigger tank for him

I've had my endlicheri for a little over a year now. He's had to graduate to 3 different tanks during this time. When he was tiny he was in a 10 gallon with some mollys and was extremely lively and ate well. He graduated to the 40 gallon and he was still lively and started to even become aggressive trying to eat others. Once we introduced ropefish that were much bigger than him he mellowed out but still ate all his meals immediately. We graduated him into a somewhat competitive 125 gallon and ever since then we haven't seen him actually eat for months at a time and lay next to it. Food would drop on his head and he'd lay still for hours. He barely swims anymore or eats. We've had 2 scares of him being dead from just being completely still. Any suggestions or similar experiences? All these months i haven't seen him come up for air either i just sometimes see him in different spots. I've only been feeding massivore delights now instead of beef heart and bloodworms because they all get sucked into the filter or eaten by the other fish.

Just got this new dino bichir and im looking for a name for them! Their young so i cant gender them, so i would like boy and girl names.