Fruju Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 Please post some photos of your delhezi's and senegals, where have all the senegals gone? I never see these in the stores at the moment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruju Posted August 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 Are there any adults around? I am getting a baby one nxt week, do you reckon it would go well with a 15cm-20cm ornate, delhazi around 10-12cm approx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enzoom1 Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 There's some tiny albino sens at HFF mt roskill atm. Last time I was at Bird Barn, Henderson, there were a few 20cm-ish albino senegals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 You'd be taking a big risk putting a 10cm delhezi with a 20cm ornate. HFF have got 5 small dels and they look good. I used to have four dels but sold them to Henward. They're now in a 1200L tank with an ornate, 2 palmas and an albino, but you won't be able to see pics of them here... ps. if anyone has a normal senegal [not albino] for sale let me know... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruju Posted August 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 Yeah, Ive got a smaller tank for the del apart from the ornates, about the senegals, I can find albinos but the normals seem to have gone, used to have a albino but stayed at the surface and got chomped by my aro :evil: :roll: , albinos have supposedly got a slower growth rate. Another Q, how fast do fire eels grow? I want one after seeing MR EEL on youtube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 this guy is about 35cm now in with 3 large ornates and 3 senegalis grey and 1 albino Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morcs Posted August 29, 2009 Report Share Posted August 29, 2009 I just got one of the ones from HFF too. Really cool. Very nice fish. The albino senegalus dont look half as good as the delis imho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted August 29, 2009 Report Share Posted August 29, 2009 Mystic that looks more like a variety of P. palmas rather than delhezi, couldn't tell you which one though, I'm sure someone on MFK could though. Nice fish, I wish someone would import some more. Fruju the eels should grow quite quickly on a good diet if there aren't too many other fish to compete with. As with most larger fish a bigger tank will yield faster growth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruju Posted August 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2009 Sick Del Livingart , how long did it take you to grow him to that size, I read that about 12-14 inches is the max? Also wondered that if you keep them on a darker substrate the bichir itself will become darker than on a light sand colour - MFK statement - saw ur place on youtube, should come down and visit after a hockey match. Dels appear to be more stocky than other bichirs, does this vary between the genders? (stockiness looks good). Cool palmas/senegal Mystic, seems like a palmas to me of what Ive seen, arnt they quite rare in nz, also like your 'Panzer' catfish, what species is that, I haven't seen any in the LFS, love to get my hands on amonster cat. Thanks for the info DavidR, why did u sell your delhezis, I would have thought they'd look great in your tank (saw photo on other thread), they would be sweet with an ornate though right, seen them with ornates on other sites - wish we could get an endli or a congicus, 90cm prehistoric monster Any more photos by any chance... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R32GOTMLK Posted August 29, 2009 Report Share Posted August 29, 2009 here are my 2 baby sens and my albino Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 Thanks for the info DavidR, why did u sell your delhezis The 3' tank they were in wasn't big enough to continue growing them out, and I wasn't confident that my big ornate would get on with them having been on his on for so long now, he certainly didn't like my palmas when i first got him and the size difference wasn't anywhere near as much as it would have been with the dels. It would have taken years to get them up to a size where I'd be willing to even try mixing them and I couldn't devote the tank space to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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