Marbled Bichir + Black Ghost Knife

[Anthony!]

topic. I have the marbled bichir, and I want a BGK. . . . . will they, you know, not kill each other? they will be in a 55 gal. with silver dollars. I want to know whether or not I should pick up the bgk or another bichir. thanks

--the smurfinator

 

[willtang3000]

they should be fine with each other but a 55gal is way way too small a bgk will go 20+ inches and iam not sure about the silver dollars being with them as they may become fish food or not depending on he fishes attitude.

 

[kubora666]

what is a marbled bichir?
i have

polypeteris delhezi.
+
2 polypeteris senegalus.

senegal bichir and armored bichir,

is marbled bichir and armored bichir the same thing ?

also they are lovely fish and wil lgo with more or less anything, including sivler dollars wich i do have.
i have 3 bichirs and they are very sociable.
good luck .

 

[beblondie]

pecies and sizes
maximum known sizes often smaller in captivity
Upper Jaw Species-Upper jaw protrudes past lower jaw
P. palmas palmas ('palmas' bichir)- 13"
(subspecies)P. palmas polli ('marbled bichir)- 14"
(subspecies) P. palmas buettikoferi ('buettikoferi' bichir)- 13"
P. ornatipinnis ('ornate' bichir)- 27"
P. delhezi ('armoured' or 'delhez's' bichir)- 14"
P. senegalus senegalus ('Senegal' or 'Cuiver's' bichir)- 12"
(possible subspecies)P. senegalus meridionalis- 12"+
There is, Also the possibility of a third member of the Polypterus senegalus
group that is found in the Nile River
P. retropinnis ('retropinnis' bichir)- 14"
P.mokelembembe
P. weeksi ('week's' bichir)- 20"
P.teugelsi (found only in the Cross river)
E. calabaricus ('Ropefish')- 15"-30" (Closer to 15''-20'' in captivity)

Lower Jaw Species-Lower protrudes past upper jaw
P. endlicheri endlicheri ('saddled' or 'red' bichir)- 32", possibly more
(subspecies)P. endlicheri congicus ('giant' or 'congo' bichir)- 39"
P. Bichir lapradei ('Lapradei' bichir)- 24"
P. bichir bichir-30+ ''
P.ansorgii*
There are a couple of as-yet-undescribed (scientifically) Polypterids
.*There are only 3 known examples to exist and they are in museums its possible
this species is extinct.

 

[ringham]

Personally I would think that so long as you don't get a small (baby sized) BGK they should be ok.