Albino Senegal Bichir

[randallhart]

I saw a small albino senegal bichir at the lfs today and it's only $5.99 and I was wondering would it eat any of the following fish?

55 gallon tank
2 angelfish
4 congo tetras
5 rosy barbs
2 albino corys
2 panda corys
2 bronze corys
1 whiptail catfish
1 clown pleco

 

[kniesh]

The cories looks prime targets to me. He would definately stumble across them at some point during a night an see them as a snack once it's bigger.

 

[Feral123]

like kniesh said, once it gets bigger it could eat something it might stumble across, unless you have another tnak you could move into once its bigger.

PS. Senegals only need a minimum of 30 gallons, so keep that in mind if your gonna buy a seperate tank for him/her

 

[randallhart]

Thank you. I didn't actually purchase it because I wanted to get some more info. I only have another 10 gallon, so that's too small. I guess I can't have one.

 

[DarkEntity]

Senegals hit abuot 12"-16" so at full size your Cory's and Rosy Barbs would be prime food imo

 

[randallhart]

Thank you.

 

[PRW1988]

I agree with Dark, the rosy barbs and cory cats would be prime targets, mabye even eventually your congo tetras (if they were small enough to fit in the Senegals mouth)

 

[Feral123]

Senegals hit abuot 12"-16" so at full size your Cory's and Rosy Barbs would be prime food imo

dont they only get to about 10 inches i mean of course they would still be targets for him but i thought they only grew to 10"

 

[Straydum]

nope. i had mine at 11 inches and growing before it died.

 

[PRW1988]

The average size of a Senegal really depends on the size of the tank, most hit around the 10-12" mark, however in a larger enviroment, with more space, more food and better water quality, these guys can top out at about 16".