Just wow Uwe, I now have a tank to model my big tank after. I wish I had been into Bichir keeping when I lived in Germany and had the chance to see such amazing homes for these fish.
Polypterus Enclosures pics
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Hello BichirRelic,
you had lived in Germany?
It's not a German phenomena - most people think it's a lot of work to manage such tanks ... but quite the contrary: You have not to do as much partial water changes, you have a better stability of the water chemistry - and even a better look!
I will recommend the plants i'm using: Echinodorus (in English: sword plant) ... grows well and is robust - - - Anubias ... it takes a while to grow, tends to rot after been done in a new water milieu (necessary after been bought ...), but is a real African water plant!
There are also those water lenses - in swome cases a plaque, but one of the best natural nitrate killers - it will give a tank this "twilight look", the ideal light situation for bichirs! But water lenses tends to proliferate ... you have to keep care about this fact.
Greetings
Uwe
you had lived in Germany?
It's not a German phenomena - most people think it's a lot of work to manage such tanks ... but quite the contrary: You have not to do as much partial water changes, you have a better stability of the water chemistry - and even a better look!
I will recommend the plants i'm using: Echinodorus (in English: sword plant) ... grows well and is robust - - - Anubias ... it takes a while to grow, tends to rot after been done in a new water milieu (necessary after been bought ...), but is a real African water plant!
There are also those water lenses - in swome cases a plaque, but one of the best natural nitrate killers - it will give a tank this "twilight look", the ideal light situation for bichirs! But water lenses tends to proliferate ... you have to keep care about this fact.
Greetings
Uwe
Yes, I lived in Heidelberg (well Bad Schoenborn was the town) for around 3 years from 2002-2005. Thank you for all the advice, your tanks really are phenomenal, what size are they?
Hello BichirRelic,
thanks for the nice words ...
My tanks ar not so big as it may seem - the smaller has 240 Liter, the bigger one 330 Liter (i don't know what this is in Gallons).
In an unplanted tank you will find the bichirs the most time on the ground. In planted tanks the "ground is everywhere" - it's a big win caused by using all three dimensions ... if the bichirs are only bottom dwellers they are living in two dimensions - except for breathing or hunting.
It's not only the tank size - it's also the use of space!
Greetings
Uwe
thanks for the nice words ...
My tanks ar not so big as it may seem - the smaller has 240 Liter, the bigger one 330 Liter (i don't know what this is in Gallons).
In an unplanted tank you will find the bichirs the most time on the ground. In planted tanks the "ground is everywhere" - it's a big win caused by using all three dimensions ... if the bichirs are only bottom dwellers they are living in two dimensions - except for breathing or hunting.
It's not only the tank size - it's also the use of space!
Greetings
Uwe
Interesting way of putting it, and I would really like to see my bichirs use the rest of their hom, so I will definitley take that into account. As soon as I get home I will go ahead and take some snapshots of my bichiry home and post them up. The 240 liter is around 65 gallons and the 330 is close to 90, the one I have at home is a 75 gallon or 283 liters
Well mine sure looks pretty boring and plain compared to a lot of these...
75 gallons
filtration: AC 110, Fluval 305, Penguin 330
pool filter sand substrate w/ driftwood, some rocks, hornwart and java moss
polys are 2 3.5" Senegals (one normal, one albino)
other tankmates:
3" flagtail prochilodus
5 clown loaches (4@3", 1@1.5-2")
11" buffalo knife
3" green severum
3 4" silver dollars
5" Syno. nigrita
75 gallons
filtration: AC 110, Fluval 305, Penguin 330
pool filter sand substrate w/ driftwood, some rocks, hornwart and java moss
polys are 2 3.5" Senegals (one normal, one albino)
other tankmates:
3" flagtail prochilodus
5 clown loaches (4@3", 1@1.5-2")
11" buffalo knife
3" green severum
3 4" silver dollars
5" Syno. nigrita
uwe;2152396; said:Hello,
here is my other tank (where my sens had bred), the fish you can see is a Channa ...
What kind of channa is it?
Hi,
it's a Channa pulchra, 25cm / 10 inches long ... he's "heavy stuff" 'cause he's eating fish more than half of his own size. On this pic he is NOT together with his best friend - Polypterus ornatipinnis ... together they are "duo infernale"
Greetings
Uwe
it's a Channa pulchra, 25cm / 10 inches long ... he's "heavy stuff" 'cause he's eating fish more than half of his own size. On this pic he is NOT together with his best friend - Polypterus ornatipinnis ... together they are "duo infernale"
Greetings
Uwe
