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 Jul 13 2008, 05:09 PM
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 Fish Addict  Group: Members Posts: 661 Joined: 25-February 07 From: Florida Member No.: 29612  |
I have been thinking of changing the fish in one of my tanks as peaceful community fish bore me now. I was thinking of getting peacock eels but now maybe I'll do bichirs instead. Its a 48 gallon tank with sharp gravel (my dads idea...) and it doesnt have much hiding places. Questions...
1. Is there any kind of bichir that can be put in a 48 gallon? 2. Will sharp gravel hurt the bichir? This post has been edited by Rex740: Jul 13 2008, 05:12 PM |
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Jul 13 2008, 05:28 PM
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 Eater Of The Fishies!!! Group: Members Posts: 2988 Joined: 2-October 06 From: Scotland, Glasgow (ish) Member No.: 25430 |
Yes you can keep Senegals, Palmas etc in that tank....but i wouldnt purely becuase you have sharp gravel, if you swap the gravel for sand then any of the upperjaws (except the Ornate) will do nicely
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Jul 13 2008, 05:34 PM
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Fish Addict Group: Members Posts: 661 Joined: 25-February 07 From: Florida Member No.: 29612 |
I dont have many hiding places, I dont think any if the bichir gets large. Is it possible that I can put a layer of sand above the gravel, or would that not work? And what type of bichirs are there that I can put? Also, I want to make an oddball tank and is there any other fish I can put with the bichir in a 48 gallon?
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Jul 13 2008, 05:42 PM
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 Why are the best looking fish hardest to keep? Group: Members Posts: 1951 Joined: 20-January 08 From: South Dakota, USA Member No.: 38583 |
QUOTE (Rex740 @ Jul 13 2008, 12:34 PM)  I dont have many hiding places, I dont think any if the bichir gets large. Is it possible that I can put a layer of sand above the gravel, or would that not work? No the sand would settle and the bichir would still get stabbed by the gravel. QUOTE (Rex740 @ Jul 13 2008, 12:34 PM) And what type of bichirs are there that I can put? Also, I want to make an oddball tank and is there any other fish I can put with the bichir in a 48 gallon? I would do a sengal. p.s. I don't know much about them...just read a little bit |
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Jul 13 2008, 05:55 PM
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Fish Addict Group: Members Posts: 661 Joined: 25-February 07 From: Florida Member No.: 29612 |
How do you clean sand?
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Jul 13 2008, 06:12 PM
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Fish Addict Group: Members Posts: 661 Joined: 25-February 07 From: Florida Member No.: 29612 |
Here is a pic of the tank right now. It was taken a while ago and so there isnt many fish in there right now... I am afraid it will be awhile before I get a bichir because I do not want to part with the few fish I have now. The fish I have right now are 1 golden killifish, 4 black skirt tetras, 4 cherry barbs, 1 american flagfish, 1 mystery snail, 2 dojo loaches, 1 farlowella, and 1 mickey mouse platy.
This post has been edited by Rex740: Jul 13 2008, 06:15 PM |
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Jul 13 2008, 06:20 PM
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Why are the best looking fish hardest to keep? Group: Members Posts: 1951 Joined: 20-January 08 From: South Dakota, USA Member No.: 38583 |
Hold the siphon above the sand a little bit and hoover the junk off the top of the sand. If you get it too close you'll get sand in the tube
 Drives me crazy(I have sand)But sand is better for alot of animals anyway. |
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Jul 13 2008, 08:13 PM
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 www.charliebearsuk.com Group: Members Posts: 1329 Joined: 1-January 07 From: Kingsteignton, South Devon UK Member No.: 27751 |
saldy it dosent sound a good tank for a birchir, for the main 2 reasons of, gravel because birchirs can eat it and can kill the birchir also it may cut and hurt the birchir and the second reason is that ll of your fish would probably be eaten, birchirs have large mouths and are spose to be kept with any fish tht is half its aqdult size so a senegal could get 8/10" so 4/5" fish are minimum.
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Jul 16 2008, 01:46 PM
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Why are the best looking fish hardest to keep? Group: Members Posts: 1951 Joined: 20-January 08 From: South Dakota, USA Member No.: 38583 |
QUOTE (DiscusAngel @ Jul 13 2008, 03:13 PM) saldy it dosent sound a good tank for a birchir, for the main 2 reasons of, gravel because birchirs can eat it and can kill the birchir also it may cut and hurt the birchir And that's why he's asking about sand....he's willing to learn QUOTE (DiscusAngel @ Jul 13 2008, 03:13 PM) and the second reason is that ll of your fish would probably be eaten, birchirs have large mouths and are spose to be kept with any fish tht is half its aqdult size so a senegal could get 8/10" so 4/5" fish are minimum. LOL This is what he said in his last post "I am afraid it will be awhile before I get a bichir because I do not want to part with the few fish I have now." 
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