Bought A Bichir

[Snooks1!]

Whilst I was out and about this weekend, I stopped by a wal-mart. As it happened to be, this wal-mart was one of the few with fish for sale. And I have to give it to this place, the tanks were very well maintained, extremely clean, the fish were in perfect health.

Anywho, I saw they had 'Dinosaur Eels' for sale, immediately my mind clicks and I start checking the tanks for senegal bichirs. So here I am, expecting to walk out of there with a 4-6 inch senegal for my tank. After a few minutes of searching I hadn't found any, and was just about to leave when by sheer luck I decided to bend over and look into a tank...To my surprise I see 6 1-2 inch bichirs scurrying about on the bottom of the tank.

So naturally... I'm now the owner of a bichir that is smaller than the guppy I have in the tank. I was going to get pictures...but every time I have my camera out he's nowhere to be found...at the moment though..I think he hides in my floating plant, so I'll give that a look later.

So...Hopefully later tonight I'll be able to get pictures so I can get a positive ID.

 

[Mr._Fishy]

You finally found a bichir eh? In wal mart of all places too. Chances are its a senny if it was at wally world. If I were you I would try to put in a 10g with no other fish to serve as a qt and to make feeding easier.

Ryan

 

[Zafirah]

Congrats on the purchase.
Heres my Bichir

 

[invader]

Upper or lower jaw species? Any markings?

It's most likely a senegal, which are great bichirs, as they are extremely active.

 

[Snooks1!]

I was thinking about putting him into my 10 gal for a while until he's a bit bigger, but seeming as my heater/filter for the tank both crapped out on me, that will have to wait until I can buy new ones.

These were the best I could get of the little bugger.

 

[DarkEntity]

baby Polypterus Senegalus. Just make sure he gets plenty of meaty foods. sand eel, krill, prawn, etc...flake will not do

 

[Snooks1!]

I've been trying to get him to accept frozen blood worms and live earthworms {chopped up}. Though I plan on going to the store later this week, I can see what other frozen foods they have.

 

[Mr._Fishy]

Mysis shrimp also often works well to fatten up new bichirs. I would recommend that, bloodworms, earthworms, chopped prawn, krill, and squid and maybe some tubifex at his current size.

Ryan