Hey all, I'm relatively new to the fish keeping hobby and i have 2 bichirs: one ornate and one albino. The albino was dead this morning after eating and swimming all last night as it normally did. It had red coloring in its gills and a tongue-like protrusion coming out of its mouth. I have a 30 gal community with a dwarf gourami, a ghost knife fish, some neon tetras, Cory cats and a picture catfih (all fish are relatively small) and the ornate bichir is around an inch and a half. Parameters seem normal. Any help would be appreciated.
Albino Polypterus dead suddenly
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Sell/Give away the Polypterus and knife fish. Both get two feet long, and your tank is only three feet long and a foot wide.
Is your tank cycled? The biggest cause for fish dying in new tanks is that the tank isnt cycled.
Your fish will eventually need a 180, and they grow roughly an inch per month, so you would have to upgrade your tank every few months. It's cheaper just just give away the fish or upgrade straight to the 180.
The polpypterus or knifefish will eventually get large enough to eat the neons and cories, and the cories could possibly kill them if they're eaten.
Okay, thanks for the info it helps a lot. Fish being eaten by those guys isn't too much of an issue (except cories now that I know they can cause harm). Will look into a much bigger tank very soon. Also the tank is pretty well cycled and established. I have had fish in there for about a month and a half prior to purchasing bichirs and knife with no fish dying on me. Knife and other bichir are happily eating and swimming
Could have been diseased from your lfs, or just a random death.
Captive bred Senegal bichirs have poor genetics imo had a Albino die the same way.
