New Polypterus And Some Of My Other Two

[ChilliPepper]

I ordered my Endlicheri endlicheri online along with two rainbowfish for my other tank. Paid for 'before 12pm delivery'. This time came and went so I emailed the seller who was straight on the phone to the couriers. 3pm came and went. I rang them back to say they are still not here. He phoned couriers again to rant. Phoned me back to say that they'd be here around 5pm. 5pm came, my OH had finished work and was at home by this point! I rang the seller back and got the details, and rang the courier demanding to know where the hell my fish were. The lorry then turns up

Of course the driver is full of excuses "I was delivering to someone down your road, but couldn't find your parcel as it was loaded wrong". He turned up, red in the face and saying "I bet you're cursing me" - yes. I am incredibly p£££d off that my fish were transported around all night and day in a large lorry when they were in a priority parcel that should have arrived yesterday morning!

I shall be complaining.

Anyway, THANKFULLY, all the fish seem OK. They all ate last night. My Endli had one pellet that I saw, but not too bothered, he had a stressful journey so to eat one pellet is good. My Ornate and Senegalus haven't battered an eyelid at him. Seem very happy with him. He's smaller than I thought though, was told he'd be 6"+ but he's about 4 1/2".

Here's some pics anyway:

My fat Ornate

My greedy Senegalus

All three

Hard to believe how skinny the Endli is - won't be for long if my other two are anything to go by

 

[england]

Congrats on getting newbie, stunning shots,love how the tank looks

 

[ChilliPepper]

Thanks Nelly Just had one set of lights on last night, so the endli could decide whether to go into the light or not (which they did).

 

[Hunterprey]

Stunning Fish! Love your Ornate. I wanted to add a Delhezi in my tank but the one available at my LFS at the time was 10" and were really thick haha wouldnt have worked since my Albino Senegal and Retropinnis are in the 5.5" range and really havnt developed their girth yet. Good luck with your Endli!

 

[gasmask]

Looking good buddy!

Might want to change substrate, the lighter color is washing the color/patterns of the Bichirs out.

 

[ChilliPepper]

Yeah, the polys did look better on my black gravel, but the sand is better for the cichlids so a compromise needed to be made. The polys love burying their heads in the sand though and building sand castles

 

[always4lora]

love the endli, really nice There's a few bichir's on wildwoods site atm although theyre a little pricey imo

 

[ChilliPepper]

love the endli, really nice There's a few bichir's on wildwoods site atm although theyre a little pricey imo

Yeah tbh mine was over priced, but he's a pretty fish

I was tempted by wildwood's lap as well