ive seen the "+1" several times, but what do people mean by that?
In a post abobe I suggested a bunch of african readily available fish that live where Bichirs/polys live. Also stuff like rainbows (larger) would work well, angels, oddballs, anything that wont fit in your polys mouth or pick on the poly. What will fit in your polys mouth figure 3+" and you will be good.
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By rainbows he means the Melanotaeniidae family. "Oddball" is a loose term that usually means strange or especially exotic fish. Examples are ABF, Pink tail chalceus, flagtail, etc.
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Other fish like deeper bodied tetras like diamond, bleeding heart, black skirts may work. Larger barbs. Lots of options. Again just watch out for really agressive fish as polys dont really fight back. If its doesnt fit in their mouths they usually leave it alone. Not always but usually. Typically they are looking for food they dont really care about or acknowledge territories.
ok makes sense. my brother also had mollies in the aquarium with the bichirs (he had two at that point). and one day, we noticed that the bichirs killed one of the mollies and were eating it. it was waaaay too big to fit in either of their mouths, but they just ate at it. like sharks eating a dead floating whale. so thats what im still worried about. even though the tankmates might not fit into his mouth, he can still eat one small piece at a time if the fish isnt aggressive enough to fight for itself.
