fishy_t Posted April 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 expensive??! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snookie Posted April 25, 2007 Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 only bout $30 couple of years ago though . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishy_t Posted April 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 Hmm... not too bad Does anyone know of any around?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candy Posted April 25, 2007 Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 Yes you can still get the african knife but it will out grow your tank but then so will your bichir. $30-35 normaly give ur local fish shop a call and see if they can get you one...also butterflys eat worms and pretty much anything that floats. wax moth bugs work well. $49.00 from memmory. congo tetras work as wel.. kribs will one day get eaten. real cute little fishy you go there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 It looks like a little P. palmas, same as mine! I keep mine with three uaru, a tiger dat, clown loaches and (in about an hours time) a big fire eel. Mine seems to be pretty laid back, I think they'd be alright with anything big enough to avoid being a snack, but nothing too teritorial or aggressive. That said, I've seen photos on MFK of people keeping bichirs with CA cichlids (and I've I have a friend who keeps a large ornate with a big texas cichlid, pics) , however I wouldn't recomend it. Try to train it to hand-feed, thats about the only way mine seems to get food, too slow/lazy.blind to compete with a hungry dat, 3 uaru and 4 big loaches!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaNs Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 Reed fish? Knife fish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GZ_Loach Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 some guppies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishy_t Posted April 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 So what do you hand feed him? Worms? or just pellets etc? I think I'll definatly give it a go! Mine is always very active and he's usually out and about all day. I think I'm going to give him some kribs to be friends with, its not a biggy if he does eat them eventually, and in the mean time I'm sure they'll 'make' some food for him to pick off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishy_t Posted April 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 Thanks for all of the idea's people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snookie Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 jewel cichlids ?? thanks to you i want elephant nose now :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishy_t Posted April 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 Haha Yeah I did think about Jewels, but I don't think they look very nice really - not compared with a krib anyway... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 So what do you hand feed him? Worms? or just pellets etc? I think I'll definatly give it a go! Usually beef heart, prawn or frozen bloodworms/discus tucker etc, anything meaty really. I've seen him eat shrimp pellets too. One thing to watch out for is eating gravel. I noticed mine doing it and straight away removed all the gravel as the size of the stones, well I can only imagine what they felt like coming out! I keep him on fine 'grit' now, HFF sell it, and some pool shops stock it as pool filter sand. BTW where/when did you get it? Still looks quite small compaired to mine, and I'm guessing they both would have come from the same lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishy_t Posted April 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 I got him from a friend about 3/4 months ago now I guess... The substrate in the tank is river sand (which I use for everything cause its AWESOME!) so how big would you say yours was??! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 At a guess around 20cm long. They seem to grow at different rates, a friend has a small delhezi he got from the same lot and its still tiny despite being fed plenty and kept in good clean water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishy_t Posted April 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 Awesome Do you have any pics of your fish and setup?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan7 Posted April 27, 2007 Report Share Posted April 27, 2007 That said, I've seen photos on MFK of people keeping bichirs with CA cichlids (and I've I have a friend who keeps a large ornate with a big texas cichlid, pics) , however I wouldn't recomend it. Oh c'mon the texas and bichir love each other... couldnt ever separate them. Try to train it to hand-feed, thats about the only way mine seems to get food, too slow/lazy.blind to compete with a hungry dat, 3 uaru and 4 big loaches!! Yeah hand feed them, beef heart, prawns, cichlid tucker. Heck my old flatmate left some old squid tubes and baby octopus in the freezer and they love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snookie Posted April 28, 2007 Report Share Posted April 28, 2007 same neck of the woods Steatocranus casuarius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted April 30, 2007 Report Share Posted April 30, 2007 Awesome Do you have any pics of your fish and setup?? I'll try get some tomorrow after I do a water change, have to try get a decent pic to show off the new eel!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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