tetras_corys_loaches_oh_my Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Is there any such thing as a dwarf bichir? im am just getting back into the hobby and bichirs are ... sorry girlie moment... CUTE! but the first tank I am getting is a 33... and from what i can find they get pretty big pretty fast. but i see them in LFS in average tanks. what are their growth rates? i am just happy my hub is allowing tanks in the house again LOL and i want to try something out of the box... mind you... i will have another loach colony soon enough and MAYBE take to breeding corys again... :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayfong Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 The smallest bichir would be the polypterus senegalus, aka senegal bichir, cuvier's bichir. It tops out around 12 inches, less for the albino variety. A good site to check out besides mfk would be www.polypterus.info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang74 Posted August 12, 2011 Report Share Posted August 12, 2011 Mine seems to have topped out at 6 - 7 " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macdre Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 [feed them night crawlers or dew worms whole, also hunks of real meat seem to dramatically explode there growth, my sengalus was "maxed" at 6 inches , then he got thrown in with the big boys , and his ddiet changed dramatically and he began explode in size, unfortunately shortly after i was so excited he was begining to explode he was then EATEN lol there are also draw backs to living with the big boys quote name=Bang74' timestamp='1313189531' post='2245710] Mine seems to have topped out at 6 - 7 " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StickS Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Senegals stay pretty small and could probably be kept in there. Mine topped off at 11" which may be pushing it in a 35g but if you get one small and don't overfeed then you could probably keep it a long time. Not much of a chance with any others unless you want to get rid of them around 8-9" when get start to get more girth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocellatus Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 I kept a variety of poly's over the years, and agree that the senegals will remain the smallest at ~ 10" for the male, and 11" for the female. They are fairly active for polypterids, and although they have poor eyesight, are somewhat predatory. Loaches may be tempting them...... They are a great fish, extremely hardy and easy to care for. O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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