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I thought that toirtis said that Ornates could get as big around as your rist or was that jason rs? btw i wish i have another tank to i wanted to get some of the bichirs on aquabid that they had. they were so cool. also how big is your Ornate right now? i cant wait till i can geed mine(being the polypterus sengulas) feeders.

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Ornates get pretty hefty once they hit 14" or so. About the heftiest are the female palmas polli, but since they only get 12"-14"...

Some endlicheri endlicheri can get pretty hefty as they mature.

Toirtis, the topic of ounciation came up earlier. Is it ounced Polyp-terus or Poly-terus with the second P silent?

i thought we were discussing the unctation of bichir. o well i always said polterus and i spelled it that way then when i wasnt finding anything i figured it out. but i've never said polterus to anyone i always says bichir

It doesnt seem to want to chase down its food, but it is taking dead/wounded feeders. This was with the lights on though, who knows whats going on right now in the dark.

wounded??? as in like stabbed by you im thinking of raiseing my own feeders. Im think of getting some guppies and useing those but im not sure if i would want to.

here are some new pics that i took today.

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looks like i've killed the thread with those pics. Well i have some great news my neighsbors fish died and so he MIGHT want to get rid of it its a 46 gallon. with stand gravel 2 pengiun 170 filters fake plants etc. not sure how much hes willing to sell it for but im going to talk to him tomorrow would this be a better tank for my bichirs?

Bigger is always better.

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The aquarist is one who must learn the ways of the biologist, the chemist, and the veterinarian.

Agreed...all my bichirs would be in 500 gallon aquariums, if I had the room.

ok then i have another ? should i get my friends and my neighbors tank and spilt the bichirs up??

Im trying to upload some pics, but im not satisfied with the quality of any of the ones i took so far. His diet (at this point) consists of
krill (freeze-dried)
Ghost Shrimp (live)
Minnows (live)
Beefheart (frozen)
I also tried dropping in half of a frozen ball of bloodworms (my 25g gets half a serving and i usually just re-freeze the rest) and he did gobble it up, so i guess i will add that to the menu. Any input?

Oh and I was wondering Toirtis, i assume hand-feeding them is unwise? I wouldnt be worried about my 5" ornate (he is too shy to hand-feed anyways) but the bite from my 8" endlicheri seems like something to stay away from. The endlicheri will closely watch my hand as i try to plant some krill for him in the gravel and will even follow it if I move it around and he will come upto it, but ive never let him feed from my hand.

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i might have to try some small ghost shrimp soon im running out of thing to feed him.

Well i put 2 3" cichlids in there thinking that they would be too big for him. Boy was I wrong. You can even see a bulge in his body like a snake gets. Here are some pics i took.
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how do i put multiple pics in one post?

i dont think you can well i think you might be able to upload it to photbucket and use the img tags that works.

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