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well, um, village photos wont let me update my album! yahoo i !!! snap fish didnt come up and web shots was weird i might have to try photobucket
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yeah photobukcet is probably the best

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i just tried it and i dont like it i think i will just make my own web site! for pictures
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GUESS WHAT i feed him last night and they ate some pellets i accutally think they like it!
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ok so noone is here anymore??? i really dont get it why arent there any replies!
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this threasd is dead no one will reply...im sorry but i think photobucket is the best
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o, ok, well if it is dead then there is no point in getting pictures o well!
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Hardly dead...we are just waiting for pix.
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Well there are pics of fish1's bichir in the photo booth now.

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yea so i declare this thread dead!...umm...nevermind i cant do that
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Come'on fish, where are the pics?
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Toirtis, quick question...how big do P. endlicheri endlicheri grow? I've checked around the net and only size I've found was 29". I was unable to get the P. palmas buttikoferi so I've been considering the P. endlicheri endlicheri but I want to know how big a tank I'll eventually need.

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its alive !!! here are the pix http://img32.imageshack.us/my.php?loc=img32&image=DinoShark.jpg and how do you make this clikable and heres another!http://img5.imageshack.us/my.php?loc=img5&image=newellfromepetsmartpoic2.jpg here it is
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I barely remember mine being that size, he has grown ALOT in 3 weeks. You make the link clickable by using the "link" button bellow the post reply button.
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I use mine to keep my guppy fry under check. Hasn't grown that much though.
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[link=http://img32.imageshack.us/my.php?loc=img32&image=DinoShark.jpg ]http://img32.imageshack.us/my.php?loc=img32&image=DinoShark.jpg [/link]

[link=http://img5.imageshack.us/my.php?loc=img5&image=newellfromepetsmartpoic2.jpg ]http://img5.imageshack.us/my.php?loc=img5&image=newellfromepetsmartpoic2.jpg [/link]



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thanks guys for the link thing lol! i will try to get more pic as soon as i get my digital camera from ebay!
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ok this link thing is hard hearse a test [link=http://img5.imageshack.us/my.php?loc=img5&image=newellfromepetsmartpoic2.jpg ]http://img5.imageshack.us/my.php?loc=img5&image=newellfromepetsmartpoic2.jpg [/link]

wow it worked thank lunker!

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Glad you finally got the pics to work. Nice shots too
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That is a baby P. s. senegalus.

Jason...those P. e. endlicheri (one o the most expensive and highly sought after bichirs) has been observed to reach 34", but 28"-30" is more common. Err on the large side when choosing a tank for these guys...I have my pairs in 275 gallon, wide tanks that are 6' x 3' x 2'. If you wish, I have an excellent article on their care, housing and breeding (with good pics), by the pioneer H. Azuma that I could copy/scan for you.

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that would be great toirtis, I'd love to read it. My biggest tanks are 125 and 150 gallon, both of which have a 72" x 18" footprint. How long do you think it would be before I need a larger tank for an endlicheri endlicheri?

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That is a baby P. s. senegalus.
are you talking to me i think mine is a p.palmas!
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more pixs of my p.palmas on this thread last post i did!
http://www.fishprofiles.com/interactive/forums/thread.asp?id=41766
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How long do you think it would be before I need a larger tank for an endlicheri endlicheri?


Depends on how large & old they are now.
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"That is a baby P. s. senegalus." are you talking to me i think mine is a p.palmas!


Yes, I am...it does not look like a P. palmas ssp. at all.
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I second what Toirtis said. It looks like a senegalus. I do believe most pet shops mis-label their stock as palmas but a true palmas is actually a rare find (I think ).
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o thanks tortis can i keep them in a 35 gallon with whisper 30 and penguin 170 for life or no??
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Depends on how large & old they are now.


Yeah, I guess that information would help huh?

If I ordered one, the range is from 5"-12"+ but I would ask for one in the 5-6" range.

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o thanks tortis can i keep them in a 35 gallon with whisper 30 and penguin 170 for life or no??


Sure, a pair of senegals will do OK in a 35 for life.
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If I ordered one, the range is from 5"-12"+ but I would ask for one in the 5-6" range.


Probably be OK for 12-18 months...but where on earth are you able to get 6" P. e. endlicheri in the US? Typically, only WC specimens of 10" or more are available in North America unless you are ordering from a Japanese breeder, which is ugly expensive.

Opps...never mind...I think I have guessed: http://www.rehobothaquatics.com/stock.htm

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Sure, a pair of senegals will do OK in a 35 for life.


Wait, don't senegals get about a foot long? If so, I most certainly would not keep it in a 35 gallon for life.


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Kinda off-topic from your main thread fish, but seeing as to this became more of a General Polypterus Info thread rather than a thread on Fish's new bichir, i decided to post this: http://imageevent.com/codomo/bichirspecies

I LOVE that site, truly some great pics. I think i identified my LFS Bichir as a Polypterus Bichir Bichir and i plan on picking it up this thursday.

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Wait, don't senegals get about a foot long? If so, I most certainly would not keep it in a 35 gallon for life.
10 tops and tortis is the EXPERT and they dont really move i think at least mine dont! o ya tortis when do you think it will be a good size to feed my bichir earthworms


cool, lunker101 i hope it is still there for you!


and i was wundering tortis! i want my bichir to grow so i am going to feed it strictly live or frozen food with accosional FLAKES (i dont know why they eat that) how often should i do this?? i would kinda prefer not to do it every night cause i dont want to bloat/ overfeed my tank
,but i will be getting them a new tank soon within the next couple weeks!! thanks for your time

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Kinda off-topic from your main thread fish, but seeing as to this became more of a General Polypterus Info thread rather than a thread on Fish's new bichir, i decided to post this: http://imageevent.com/codomo/bichirspecies


Heh...it is...Yu-Chia provided a lot of the photography and a fair amount on anecdote for my book.
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Wait, don't senegals get about a foot long? If so, I most certainly would not keep it in a 35 gallon for life.


They can, although 10" is a lt more common as a maximum size. A pair (no other fish) will do OK in a 35 gallon tank, so long as it is 12" or greater wide, although personally, I would prefer a minimum of a 40 gallon wide/breeder tank.
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Fish1....stick with frozen and fresh foods....flakes will simply unecessarily cloud your water. You can feed your bichir small earthorms when he is 8-10cm (3"-4" long.
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no, tortis accosionally he will eat the flakes when i feed my tetras!and such!
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Well, yes...at this size he will eat a few bits of flake, but assuming you had him in his own tank and dumped some flake in, he would likely only eat 10% of it (even less as he gets bigger), which would foul your water something terrible.
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I agree, loose the flakes.. If you want to supplement his diet with prepared foods, then use some kind of sinking meaty pellet like shrimp pellets..

Toirtis, you guessed right...www.rehobothaquatics.com always has a nice selection of hard to find polypterus. He's supposed to be getting lapradei and retropinnis in soon, and for the last few months at least he has always had P. endlicheri congicus and P. endlicheri endlicheri available.

and they dont really move i think at least mine dont


Give him some time...my 2 senegals are very active

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ok, i have shrimp pellets! to use! the tank i will be getting is about 13in long! when can i feed them live food ie. fish and such? also will he eat crickets or live ghost shrimp or wood shrimp or something like that! also would this be ok water phirimeters

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nitrate 5 (omeone said earleir in the post that nitrate had to be kept at 0 than shinigami said no so what do i have to keep it at? thanks for all your time toitis!
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I'm sure they would eat live shrimp assuming the bichir could find the shrimp. you can also buy frozen shell-on shrimp at your grocery store pretty cheap to feed them as well. I thaw out a piece of shrimp, remove the shell and cut it into bitesize pieces. assuming not all the shrimp gets eaten by the cichlids I have and some reaches the bottom, the bichirs will gobble it up in a hurry..

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I thaw out a piece of shrimp, remove the shell and cut it into bitesize pieces.


And once your bichir is full-grown, or nearly so, you can leave the shell on the shrimp...just be sure to buy raw shrimp, not cooked.
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o ok thanks! i might get my digital camera today and if i do i will get some more pics! i feed them bloodworms last night! and they ate that up in a hurry!
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ok this pic thing got really anoing so i didnt do it i will post like 1 pic soon
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when i turn the lights out for them to eat, how long should they be off for before i dump in the food? and then what size should the earthworms be when i feeed them to him and should i buy the worms or should i find them in my yard!
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If you are 100% sure there have never been any pesticides or other chemicals used in your yard, then you can take earthworms directly from your back yard. Otherwise, I would go to a local bait shop or lfs. Many lfs will sell earthworms, meal worms and nightcrawlers. IME, when my bichirs were smaller they seemed to have a difficult time eating meal worms. You can always take a nightcrawler and cut it in half or even smaller pieces if necessary to get an appropriate sized piece for your bichir.

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If you are 100% sure there have never been any pesticides or other chemicals used in your yard, then you can take earthworms directly from your back yard.


I agree...or at least 3 years pesticideherbicide free. I feed mine just before, at, or just after lights out.
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ok so here is the pic of him flying across the aquaruim a pretty good one if i dont say so my self1!http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/8900/DSCF16.jpg
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anyone around! i have another question!
how quick will my dinosaur eel have to be moved from my other 33 gallon tank? they are growing! so i think i should be planing on moving them soon is this correct?
and i have another ? about feeding when i have them in their own tank is this a fine rutine for feeding??

sun- water change and pellets
mon-no feeding
tues- frozen brine shrimp
wed- pellets
thurs- no feeding
frid- worms
sat- no feeding

is this ok or should i plan on feeding them every day this is not what i feed them now! so i was just wundering what your guys suggesions would be?!thanks for your help!
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Personally i dont like following a strict feeding schedule. I like to mix up foods to the point where i could never organize a schedule out of them. You might want to add feeder fish to the menu, as they get bigger. May I ask why you dont want to feed them every day? As long as you take care not to over-feed (they will make enough of a mess as it is ) I would do feedings everyday.

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You might want to add feeder fish to the menu, as they get bigger.


Just make sure you raise your own. Not only will this reduce the chance of introducing diseases but you'll also know exactly what the feeders are getting to eat. If the feeders haven't been fed a good quality diet then they are of virtually no nutritional use as feeders.

If you raise your own feeders and feed them a high quality diet, then your bichirs will be forever grateful and happy.

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ok ,well, what do you mean by raise your own do you mean like get some from lfs and then feed it worms and shrimp for a week or feed it fry or something? i have guppies and am looking out for some fry! do any of you guys have experience tring to buy the lfs's fry they like always have some and the fry always dies cause they never notice them! also what would be the grow rate of this bichir will he get about 6in and then slow down?
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I brought home 6 feeders for my big poly (whom recently did a dive and layed on the floor for hours and is now doing his best to recover and i took 2 small feeders that wouldnt even be a snack for the large poly and put them in my baby ornate's tank, to my delight he ate them up. He is only about 4" but u can almost watch him grow bigger with each feeding.
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ok ,well, what do you mean by raise your own


I mean, buy some swordtails, mollies or platys from your lfs' regular tanks. Don't buy feeder anything! I'd set up a separate breeding tank for the livebearers and feed the fry when they are big enough. Or, let the livebearers produce fry, then gradually feed the parents to the bichir while growing up the fry. When the fry get big enough to reproduce, you'd then feed the new parents to the bichir and so on.

If your bichir is small enough, you could just put larger swordtails or mollies in the tank and when they release fry the bichir will most likely find and eat them.

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The senegals get to about 8", then slow considerably, whereas the ornates get to 14"-16" before their growth slows.
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well ok i got you. im not sure how good he is going to eat live food though considering hes with neons right now!
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well after some quick abserving at feeding time i have realized he is trying to eat the neons hes mouth is litterally 8x to small! but i like the neons so they will be moving soon ( being the bichirs)! all they ate was a couple of flakes and some shrimp pellet! well the shrimp pellet took him a while is there anyway i could break it into smaller hunks so he could eat the hole thing!! i think he is big enough to eat fry so i am going to go to my lfs and see if the have any for sale anyone have any experience with this! i cant get my guppeis to breed but i am giving them time!
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here a pic of the 2 that i took this morning the look pretty cool ones behide the heater and the other one you should be able to find!http://img33.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img33&image=EELrezized.jpg
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i did some experimenting on feeding the bichirs and i found that they will eat betta bites and freze dried tubifex worms1
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One of the ones in that pic (the one swimming downwards) looks really skinny, make sure you fatten him up!!!
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ya i will try! ya i need to try today i geuss i will have to give him a couple of good helpings of food! Guess what i have another ? (lol) will it ever be possible to feed him crickets if so what size allso i saw some pretty small feeders at my lfs could i just keep those in a seperate tank for a week or 2 feed them a high protien diet and then feed them 2 my bichirs if so what size?
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Well, its been three weeks since we last posted here...I was wondering how everyone's baby bichirs are doing.
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hey my man hows that book coming! my bichirs are looking great very fat i think thats a good thing! hmm i'd say much bigger than the eraser of a pencil im feeding them frozen brine shrimp in the morning and worms at night sometimes i skip the worms for pellets! um they are both pretty even in wideth but one of them is now 2.7in and the other 2.3 inch! they have grow a bit from the 2in and 1.7 inches i got them at! eating very well! right now in a small tank 6 gallon since i dumped a can of food into my 33 will be going back into my 33 soon like today and i'm getting my 35 gallon soon to! i would get some pics but the batteries on my camera are low! i will get some tonight or around 4pm easteren time i think i am going bolwing so i will try to get them before then cause then you will see them before 4! also i have a qiuck ?
what type of internet connection do you all have my camera can take with no sound in an avi and i could show you it eating or something! i would make the web site to post it on and since it would be an avi! so i was wundering what type of internet connection you all have! thanks fish1
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Well, its been three weeks since we last posted here...I was wondering how everyone's baby bichirs are doing.


I have a hard time calling mine a baby anymore. He is now in my 29g holding and growing very nicely. I am afraid though that i may have to find him a new home eventually because i doubt an ornate can live in a 180g forever.
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you can sell him when he gets to big but by that time you will want to hold on to him! i still call mine a baby!

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fish1, I have high-speed cable.

Lunker...if your 180 is wide enough, and he is more or less solitary in it, you sould do fine...and if you do decide to sell him, the going rate in North America for a 24" ornate is $150-$250 (in Aus, he would be a $1500 fish).
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ok im thinking of setting up a site were i could post some of those there really cool! um tortios should i be worried about stunting in the 6gallon cause i think i might leave them in a little longer also i dont think this was good about a months ago i was stupid and tossed a little peice of lemon pepper chicken and my eels ate it i emidiately thought that after they ate it ! but it seems it did know harm! im thinking about try night crawlers soon!
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Keep up with water changes every 3-4 days on that 6, and you shoul be good for a couple more weeks.
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well in that case its do for a change!
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Looks like a pair of my P. palmas polli may be doing the spawning dance....its a bit late in the season, but she appears to be ovulating, so keep your fingers crossed.
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cool well i moved them from the 6 cause im giong to set it up for fidlers! they are doing good and get fat! i keep em croosed
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That would be awsome if they are spawning. I would love to see some of your setups, im sure you have numerous polypterus tanks. I really hate worrying about my ornate becoming too big, im sure it will be awhile before that becomes a problem but i really dont see myself getting a larger tank after the 180. BTW Toirtis, i was wondering what you would say is the PH range on bichirs. Many of the sites i have been to do not list anything higher than 7.5, but i thought some have been found in some of the same very alkaline enviroments as some cichlids?.

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They seem to tolerate pHs between 6.0-8.6 quite well (as you may know, ornates are found in Tanganyika)....I keep mine at around 7.4.
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i keep mine 7.0! if that helpswell toirtis i can see them growing like every other other day so im expecting they will polish off those neons soon they only bother the neons during feeding time! but i figure some day they will be down the old gullit! o ya i go to the beach every summer last week of august and we go crabbing every day! well my grandma cooks em in all but i was wundering if i could feed some of that meat 2 my bichirs??it would be un seasoned well this one anyway i would just grab a claw right be she put them in the boil is seperately or when i got home! i will try to get some pics tonight! fish1
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Yes, but not too much....it is an incomplete meal, and rather fatty.
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ok thanks toitis! um well the smallest neon is missing! so im looking to get that tank like this weekend!] what about minnows could i feed them those?
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Sure...feeder minnows, feeder guppies (I prefer using livebearers, especially home-grown ones), or even thawed frozen bait minnows.
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yes. i go to a lake in the summer and they have minnows all over the place!
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I don't suggest wild minnows, as you could be introducing all sorts of parasites, etc into your tank.
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o well what if a qt them for 2weeks or not! i dont really want to feed my eels live fish to often anyway!
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hey, here are some new pics that i took tonight! sorry it took so long and sorry that they are kinda junky!I think i might ask babs for some pointers! cause they are always moving now in there ever search for food!
do you know any .avi hosters? im thinking of manking a web site to host bichir movies but not srue!http://img46.exs.cx/img46/4237/usethiseel.jpg
there is the first!
this one is a tad bigger so you should be able to see him better! ]]]
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p.s the neons are disapearing trying to get my friends take soon! i lost one and thought it might have been a quinsidnce (sp) but i losts another today and am thinking its those bichirs! They are eating well and are nice and round! looking to start feeding them earthworms soon. sorry for all the ! i can type that faster than a .

{] talk to y'all later!

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double p.s. did you know that http://www.imageshack.us made it so it can host a little more than a mb for one pic! and it can also hold .swf no quite sure what those are but o well!
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Argh! Quit calling them eels!
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Im still not sure if i want to house one with african or american cichlids when i get the 180g. I like the africans better but for some reason i keep thinking it would be better off with SAs.
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Argh! Quit calling them eels!

darn common name! i saw some more of the at a different petsmart the were a little bigger and 3-4in and they had about 10-12. i was tempted to buy one!
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Im still not sure if i want to house one with african or american cichlids when i get the 180g. I like the africans better but for some reason i keep thinking it would be better off with SAs.


Senegals and palmas ssp. all go great with most Africans, and ornates do well with big Africans, like frontosa.
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Endlicheri endlicheri, Africans or Americans?
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I thought africans like harder higher ph water were as the bichir liked ph more around 7.0 7.4 ish!
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I know some (but i am un-aware of all species) are found in the same high PH enviroments as african cichlids.
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All Polypteridae are African in origin. They accept pH levels between 7.0-8.6 quite readily, and ornates are actually found in Lake Tanganyika, which has pH values of up to 9.2, depending on the region of the lake.
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I know they are all from africa, but i was saying that I was un-sure if all are from high-PH regions since some sites i have read actually reccomend an acidic PH for some species. But then again, Toirtis is the most qualified to answer any polypterus related question .
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ya toirtis is great! um toirtis are the any boards that you know of that specialist on polyterus specius in gerneral? thanks fish1
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There is an Endlicheri "club" webpage somewhere that i used to look at. I dont remember the URL but they have boards for all differant species and such. I think i found a link to it from predatoryfish. Predatoryfish also has some forums where bichirs are a hot topic.
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ok thanks lunker i will look in that!
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Hey Toirtis, I was just wondering how that book was coming? Can't say I've seen anything online about it.

Also, I was curious what Polypterids I could keep in my 125 gallon tank? It's current inhabitants are a Bala and a Royal Plec (though a Tigrinus Catfish could be a temporary inhabitant some day). I have seen tanks with plecs that do not suck on bichirs; I'm aware of the danger, but I'd like to try it out. If in fact there is no aggression from the Plec, I'd be more worried about the bichirs taking all of the plec's food! For bichirs, I am planning two Ornates, two Pollis, and maybe two Delhezi for now. Since I've seen what I think is a 180 gallon with over 10 bichirs, I don't think I'm at the maximum number of bichirs quite yet. What do you think?

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There is an Endlicheri "club" webpage somewhere that i used to look at


Used to be...its been offline for awhile.
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Hey Toirtis, I was just wondering how that book was coming? Can't say I've seen anything online about it.


Chances are you won't until publishing date.

Since I've seen what I think is a 180 gallon with over 10 bichirs, I don't think I'm at the maximum number of bichirs quite yet. What do you think?


Depends on the species you pick...10 smaller bichirs in a 180 is just fine, but I cannot imagine more than 4 ornates or endlicheri ssp. in some thing that size.
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Well the pollis and delhezis are on the smaller side and could stay in there, but since ornates get to 24"+ you couldnt keep them in there for good.

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That does it. Ornates are lazy fish anyway. So it seems I'll just go with the four Bichirs if there are no further suggestions.:%)

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I have seen tanks with plecs that do not suck on bichirs;
My bn tried to suck on my bichir i think it was an accident but my bichir bit its fine clean off! it grew back though!
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wow cool, for some reason i thought you were already cycling your 180 but you dont even have it???
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Nope i dont even have it yet. Im in the process of remodeling my basement. Once im done, it is going to go down there.
Step1: Plan the new basement
Step2: Clean out basement
Step3: Remove cabinets
Step4: Get someone to check walls (they feel damp, last thing i need is a leaky basement)
Step5: Have someone come to do electrical work (old electrical work down there, tends to crap out on me, not risking running my 180g on a faulty circuit)
Step6 New Carpet or flooring (This is a BIG maybe, the carpetting down there now sucks but this would be extra time and of course extra $)
Step7: Setup Tank

Im on step 4/5, I have people coming this week to check those things out but i doubt any electrical work will actually be done this week. The cabinets were one of the biggest steps, when we moved into the house there was a large area of the basement taken up by what seemed to be a bar. Removing it was an all-day project but its gone now.
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o i see. i want to but a 150 gallon in my basement but i dont have the money right now.Or mabe like a 100gallon.


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Figured i would jump back into this thread since i got my baby ornate right when fish1 got his baby . The "polypeterus bichir" has been re-labeled "polypeterus congenitis (or something like that) I think that is the Nile/Congo bichir, correct? Its about 10" and im thinking of putting it on hold and putting it in my 90g since my baby ornate still has a while of growth before he is ready for a tank like that. Anyone have a site with good info on the congo bichir?
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cool lunker, im getting a bigger tank as soon as my baby bichir grows to be bout 4-6 in.! what do you feed yours
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Ive tried krill, shrimp pellets, tubifex cubes, live blackworms and carnivore wafers. He has taken the tubifex cubes, shrimp pellets (his favorite) and the live blackworms.
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wow mine dont like the SP as much as the frozen food ow well
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add earthworms to the list of foods my ornate will devour . I just went outside for a bit and found 3 small earthworms, dropped one in and it took my poly all of 5 seconds to find it and slurp it up
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how big is yours ??? 2 in im not sure mine could hang
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it was about 3" when i first got him. I am tempted to say he has already grown and inch but that might just be wishful thinking
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awsome according to you siggy you have it in a 10 all bi itself??
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yep, but i may put some small fish in their soon as feeders. After seeing him gulp down the worm im sure he will go after some smaller fish already.
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That bichir on Aquabid looks like it could, indeed, be a P. p. buettikoferi, and if anyone in the US has them, Rehoboth would be it. $100 is a pretty decent price, too.
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The "polypeterus bichir" has been re-labeled "polypeterus congenitis


It could be a congo bichir, Polypterus endlicheri congicus (I have two), and if it is, a 10" specimen is just a baby, as this beastie can hit 42" or more (the largest known bichir species).
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add earthworms to the list of foods my ornate will devour


...and all bichir species...I believe earthworms to be the favourite food of all my bichirs.
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If only I had my 180g already http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?fw&1092146484


Hey, thats Rudy's...he was supposed to give that one to me!]
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Toirtis, do you have a favorite species?
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Ohh...thats a hard one...my top four are ornatapinnis, endlicheri endlicheri palmas polli and bichir bichir.
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I think i showed u that auction of the Endlicheri endlicheri that was listed as a color variation or possibly a new species, you remember it?
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