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Meet La & Loyd

This is my 1.5 ft * 1ft * 1ft tank with 2 albino Senegal Bichir. I have had them for 15 days now. Don't be alarmed tho my 38in * 15-18in * 18in tank is on its way in a week or so. They are currently around 3in each, idk if they hit a growth spurt or smth but I remember them being no more than 2.3 inches when I got them. Maybe it was cause of the platy feast they had💀(long story Short- I had 6 platy - 2 eaten by Loyd, 1 by La, 2 killed, 1 survived). Meaning they have settled pretty well with the tank.

How long can I have them in the smaller tank until I get the bigger tank cycled and ready?

Any suggestions before I get the bigger tank?

Also any Tank mates suggestion ? (I was thinking of adding 2-4 Angel fish moderately sized to not fit in bichirs mouth, and few gaint danio)

u/hanginball299 — 1 day ago
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Odd Bichir behavior

This is Fenty my 1 yr old Bichir,, He is friendly with all tank mates until recently ! I noticed back behind the corner cave where my Angel fish sometimes hide , I caught him biting on his tank mates fin but not hard enough to damage the fin? Has anyone else seen this behavior from their Bichir?? And he's fed plenty as you can see he doesn't skip a meal!

u/Greedy_Complex2885 — 2 days ago
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Normal behavior or not?

I currently have 4 Senegals 1 male and 3 females I believe all around a year in age. All 4 are in a 125 gallon community tank. 2 of the females are the same size as the male and the 3rd is biting and throwing the females around while also longing with them. I assume they are breeding but they have recently started eating my corys over night but also killed and ate the blue crayfish I have. It didnt molt or anything it just lived in a cave about a foot away from where they like to be. Im trying to figure out if Im doing anything wrong or if its normal behavior? I feed them twice sometimes 3 times a day with Hikari Carnivore Sinking Pellets I drop in between 10-20 pellets per feeding. After they ate the crayfish Im thinking of downsizing to just 1 or 2 but I love them all.

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u/kpdbos — 4 days ago
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Would this current be considered too high for a Senegal bichir and angelfish?

I've been cycling my tank for 9 days now and I am going to add in an angelfish and bichir (they're both in a temporary tank)when it is cycled. But I feel like this current is too high but I need the opinions from other peiple

u/BroadCartoonist973 — 7 days ago
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Digital drawing of one of my bichirs

Whipped out my computer and drew one of my bichirs (Serigala)! I’m still getting the hang of drawing fish so I roughly traced an image I took of her so I could get the shape right
I love her to pieces so maybe I will get some stickers made of this so I can hand them out at my local events
Listed it as a meme because it’s not actually a fish picture

u/Its-Rozari — 7 days ago
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Why she wiggle her fins like that

Did a cold water change with softer water in hopes of getting my two senegals to breed and shes been doing this fanning motion with her fins ever since . The burrying isnt new this is kind of her favorite spot for that.

u/drugsaregoodbutbad — 8 days ago
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Teaching my partners Senegal how to top feed.

He's going into the community tank soon with the Cichilds so he's learning how to feed beforehand

u/Jay_me94 — 11 days ago
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Is this decent growth for 5 months?

She’s not growing very fast (about 2 inches in 5 months) but she seems healthy
I feed her raw tilapia, scallop, shrimp, being shrimp, bloodworms and carnivore pellets (I mix them up so she doesn’t get bored)
I got her from a petco, nothing fancy

u/Its-Rozari — 12 days ago