bichirs are are bottemless pits

[Hendre]

just like the fish they keep

Yeah cichlids are a whoooole different ball game. The African riverines are pretty cool

 

[Mattk1996]

Yeah, people love bichirs here. But I guarantee you that any poly owner would not suggest bichirs with loaches.

And no - no size rope fish is recommended with any lower jaw bichir.

You can gain experience by learning from OTHERS mistakes. You don't have to make them yourself.

I keep two of my Birchers with my clown loaches and haven't had any problems just keep my big ornate away from my loaches until the loaches put on some size honestly surprised my little rainbow shark hasn't been eaten yet though

 

[thefredpit]

I used to have a jackass rainbow shark that when it wouldn't leave the rest of the fish alone in my community tank I put him in my bichir tank not caring if he survived. Of course he immediately tried to mess with my 7" ornate and the ornate lunged at him. After that the rainbow shark was very well behaved lol

 

[Hendre]

Bwahahaha that's good ^^

My polys nipped the fins off of my paradise fish, luckily not big enough to eat them

 

[candidpets]

I was offered a huge one but i know he is just gonna eat anything that fits in his mouth, probably my red wolf first.

 

[Lizardslap]

I sent those eels down the road a little while after that to a guy with a much larger tank
Got a couple of very well behaved delhizi now and there the only bottom dwellers been doing great except for the random hunger strikes

 

[Boomer1224]

I had bircher about 15 yrs ago in a 125 gal tank I added a 6 inch texas cichlid the bircher was about 4 inches and as soon as the lights went out the bircher started attacking the texas and nearly ripped his tail off these fish are no joke

 

[thefredpit]

I had bircher about 15 yrs ago in a 125 gal tank I added a 6 inch texas cichlid the bircher was about 4 inches and as soon as the lights went out the bircher started attacking the texas and nearly ripped his tail off these fish are no joke

let me guess it was either an endlicheri or ornate?

 

[GyradosOwner]

What a bastard! Worth the shot, at least.