My bichir sometimes has external gills...

MrBlueDream

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Every once in a while, my bichirs (6 dels and 1 teugelsi) will have weird looking root like gills.

What is the cause? Harmful?
 

kno4te

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That is normal. As it grows and matures it will go away. It's used to get the oxygen from the water.
 

DMD123

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Completely normal. This was my Delhezi when I first got it


This was my weesii with gills

The weeksii took forever to get rid of the gills. The pic above was when I got it at 7". Notice below she has little buds still showing at almost 13". They are gone now but weeksii are one of the slowest to get rid of them.
 
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