You never cease to get the good pictures! That is priceless and one picture to remember. Now if you can get him to blow bubbles for the pose I would bow!
You never cease to get the good pictures! That is priceless and one picture to remember. Now if you can get him to blow bubbles for the pose I would bow!
He was only $13.95 I think, if I remember right. He's currently 7 inches. The albinos usually don't get much larger than that, but occasionally can get to 12 inches. Other sites say 20 inches, but I'm not really sure about that.
He's in the standard 75G. 6-7 inches is usually as big as albinos get, but some can get bigger. But not usually more than 12 inches. Will see if he get's any bigger. They are a good size for a 55/75G tank.
As for tank mates, BN Plecos, Bolivian Rams, Roseline Shark, Red Tail Shark, rummy nose tetras, and a bunch of cory cats.
And yes, they do eat fish, lol. I think I'm missing 2 rummies now.
And as for the Devil, the 6 inch red tail shark, he just ignores him, lol. The red tail may be evil, but the bichir just shrugs his head and doesn't budge, lol.
Shrimp pellets, Hikari Sinking Carnivore Pellets, he even eats flake food as well, also krill, chopped pieces of frozen shrimp and fish, and also nibbles on algae wafers and vegi flake. He eats just about anything, really, lol. Oh, and frozen bloodworms too.
They also seem to have a very keen sense of smell. Anytime I put food in the tank, he senses it almost immediately, and comes looking for it, lol. His thinking is, stomach first, and everything else waits, lol.
im actually considering getting one, id have to buy a 44 long or something for the guys in my 55 and id be alot of work hauling all those bags of gravel down the stairs (i also have a great cave idea for cories that ill explain later) but id sure love to. ill just start saving my money. you should head to a lfs and buy like 2 ghost shrimp just to see if that bichir would eat em
lol, i live in a prett big city with about 10 lfs' so ill go look around and see if i cant find me a good tank and a bichir. jeez ill probly have to mow the lawn like 100 times for the money though
I lost my lone ghost shrimp who has been in my tank for about 6 months. Either the loaches or the 4-inches Senegal bichir got the better of the poor dear.:? He has been staying among the powerheads and driftwoods away from the large cave where all loaches congregate.
lol yeah i decided to get 2 ghost shrimp one day and i thought they both got eaten, i looked a week later and saw one but that was a month ago and i think my comet goldfish got a hold of em
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