Aquariums: what is this fish and where to I get one
Hi guys, I was at petco to look at fish tanks for a potential upgrade, and this creature caught my eye… can anybody tell me what it is? It didn’t have a tag or anything!
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SeriouslyTrying2Help on
I wanted to say albino Dojo loach, but the fins along the top rear half make me thing Birchir instead…..
IntegrousT on
Albino Bishir
IntegrousT on
Bichir*
kiwiplague on
Polypterus Senegalus – Senegal Bichir. This is a juvenile albino variant.
I have one of these, she’s now 16 years old and is probably the coolest fish I have.
CaRpEt_MoTh on
Senegal Birchir, needs a sandy substrate and gets super big so get a 75 gallon tank
VdB95 on
Like mentioned already it’s polypterus senegalus.
They are great fish in a lot off ways. Most aren’t that shy and they are a more active species compared to somehting like polypterus delhezi. They can be kept in a planted tank if you go for plants that are strong enough to not be uprooted by an idiot that tries to lay in them or plants that handle the ocasionally uprooting just fine. They aren’t territorial so you can keep them with other bichirs or with other bottomdwellers.
The downside to them is that you can’t combine them with all fish. Polypterus are predators so anything they think that fits their mouth is at risk. They do well around bigger but peacefull fish like rainbowfish, congo tetra’s, ctenopoma, african butterfly fish, raphael catfish,… I even keep my bichirs with angelfish, three spot gourami and blue phantom pleco’s, not a usual combo but it works for me. Pleco’s with bichirs are a controversial topic, some claim all pleco’s will suck the bichirs slimecoat, others say only sailfin pleco’s do that but there are also people who combine bichirs and sailfins without problems.
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I wanted to say albino Dojo loach, but the fins along the top rear half make me thing Birchir instead…..
Albino Bishir
Bichir*
Polypterus Senegalus – Senegal Bichir. This is a juvenile albino variant.
I have one of these, she’s now 16 years old and is probably the coolest fish I have.
Senegal Birchir, needs a sandy substrate and gets super big so get a 75 gallon tank
Like mentioned already it’s polypterus senegalus.
They are great fish in a lot off ways. Most aren’t that shy and they are a more active species compared to somehting like polypterus delhezi. They can be kept in a planted tank if you go for plants that are strong enough to not be uprooted by an idiot that tries to lay in them or plants that handle the ocasionally uprooting just fine. They aren’t territorial so you can keep them with other bichirs or with other bottomdwellers.
The downside to them is that you can’t combine them with all fish. Polypterus are predators so anything they think that fits their mouth is at risk. They do well around bigger but peacefull fish like rainbowfish, congo tetra’s, ctenopoma, african butterfly fish, raphael catfish,… I even keep my bichirs with angelfish, three spot gourami and blue phantom pleco’s, not a usual combo but it works for me. Pleco’s with bichirs are a controversial topic, some claim all pleco’s will suck the bichirs slimecoat, others say only sailfin pleco’s do that but there are also people who combine bichirs and sailfins without problems.