I bought a new bichir...

[buddah101]

Here are pictures of my new bichir. sorry they are kind of blurry.
I believe it is either a Nile bichir (Polypterus bichir bichir) or Polypterus lapradei (lap)
It was labled P. palmas.
I used this website to properly identify it www.polypterus.info/profiles.htm





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[fishfreaks]

wow! neat pics

[buddah101]

Anyone else keep any type of Polypterus? If so I would like to hear about your experiences.
Thanks again!

Here is one of my Oscars saying hello to you all! LOL

[melonhead]

well, i got a new ropefish (Erpetoichthys calabaricus) just a couple of weeks ago. he's so cool looking, but he doesn't come out very often...and he's a pain in the butt to feed.

he won't eat any of the dried food we've offered him--shrimp pellets, cichlid pellets, etc--even dried whole shrimp. he didn't eat the fresh boiled shrimp we put in either. he's not aggressive about getting food at all.
so far, all we can get him to eat is frozen beefheart, and we have to watch him and makes sure he gets it before someone else does.

any suggestions would be appreciated. i'll try to get a pic up here soon.

peace.

[flynngriff]

I have one 12+ inch Polypterus delhezi, one 8 inch Polypterus senegalus and a 20+ inch ropefish in my 125 gallon. They're are some of my favorites. I've even got them eating normal flake food and cichlid pellets.

The delhezi is an aggressive eater, but he only has been for the past 6 months or so. A year ago he was much smaller, and hid a lot. Now he's out all the time and eats like a pig! The ropefish and senegalus are a bit more shy, but I've got them eating the same thing. I give them treats of different meaty foods pretty frequently, though.

I need to take some pictures...

[buddah101]

I have never known a bichir to refuse raw, cut smelt (deboned)! They go nuts and the best part is that you can buy big bags in your local supermarket for only a couple of bucks!