beblondie Posted July 18, 2004 Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 My name is Anne I'm from the USA and have been in the hobby 22 of my 28 years .Ritght now i keep polypterides HAve a good day all -Anne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Holiday Posted July 18, 2004 Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 Hi Anne, and welcome to the fish forums in New Zealand. Polypterides? are they a kind of Birchir fish thats rather aggressive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted July 18, 2004 Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 Hi there Anne, :oops: if you want to know any thing about those STRANGE fish she keeps She's the one to ask. :lol: Welcome aboard the silly ship FNZAS Anne Alan known to you as Al :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beblondie Posted July 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 Actually bichir is a common African name for the family polypterus. they are predatory in that they eat smaller fish but not overly agressive predators -Anne Hey Al hugs to you and Rose -Anne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim Posted July 18, 2004 Report Share Posted July 18, 2004 welcome anne look forward to seeing you round. kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted July 19, 2004 Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 Hi Annie, Welcome to the bottom of the world Hope you enjoy your visits. WE're only a small country, but have heaps of keen aquarists here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catfish_dude Posted July 19, 2004 Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 welcome Anne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucid Posted July 19, 2004 Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 welcome anne to our little corner of the web Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatBrat Posted July 19, 2004 Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 Welcome to the site Anne I just saw some of those polypterides at an LFS, I thought they looked really neat. How big are your ones? Cheers, CatBrat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beblondie Posted July 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 size is dependant on species my largest at the moment is pickles hes a Polypterus lapraedi and is 15 inches and should stop growing around 24 inches Most of the species I keep avg. about 12-14 inches fullgrown -Anne Species and sizes maximum known sizes often smaller in captivity P. palmas palmas ('palmas' bichir)- 13" P. palmas polli ('marbled bichir)- 14" P. palmas buettikoferi ('buettikoferi' bichir)- 13" P. ornatipinnis ('ornate' bichir)- 27" P. delhezi ('armoured' or 'delhez's' bichir)- 14" P. endlicheri endlicheri ('saddled' or 'red' bichir)- 36'' P. endlicheri congicus ('giant' or 'congo' bichir)- 39" P. senegalus senegalus ('Senegal' or 'Cuiver's' bichir)- 12" P. senegalus meridionalis- 12" P. weeksi ('week's' bichir)- 20" P. lapradei ('Lapradei' bichir)- 24" P. retropinnis retropinnis ('retropinnis' bichir)- 14" P. retropinnis lowei ('Lowe's' bichir)- 12" E. calabaricus ('Ropefish')- 15"-30'' Hope the chart is useful and thanks for the warm welcomes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted July 19, 2004 Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 Hi and welcome to the fishroom. Do you have a lot of tanks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beblondie Posted July 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2004 8 tanks right now with 1 hospital/ Qtank and 1 spare emergency tank-Anne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish_Tank Posted July 20, 2004 Report Share Posted July 20, 2004 welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi_man Posted July 24, 2004 Report Share Posted July 24, 2004 welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beblondie Posted July 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2004 Actualy kribkrazy my fish can drown if they can't surface for air from time to time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi_man Posted July 30, 2004 Report Share Posted July 30, 2004 don't they use their gills all the time???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beblondie Posted July 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2004 Not bichirs they use their gills but also have a divided swim bladder part of which acts as a primitive lung .In the wild they come from warm oxygen poor water so they have adapted by using lungs to help get oxygenAnd there are many other species of fish which augment their gills with the abiltiy to breath atmospheric oxygen-Anne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi_man Posted July 31, 2004 Report Share Posted July 31, 2004 k thanx 4 the info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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