Polypterus Delhezi + Rope Fish =

[reeeedfish]

I would like to know if you can keep Polypterus Delhezi and rope fish together? Can you?

 

[simonas]

I kept a 13 inch Ornatapinnis with 4 reedfish for 2 years or so if that helps. never a sign of aggressin and they eat the same sinking pellets together

hope that helps

 

[reeeedfish]

I kept a 13 inch Ornatapinnis with 4 reedfish for 2 years or so if that helps. never a sign of aggressin and they eat the same sinking pellets together

hope that helps

wow! thatdoes, thanks! But what about plecos?

 

[simonas]

I kept plecs as well, although I never saw it do it I suspected that it was the Bichir that ripped a couple of my plecs up which were L25 and L264

 

[reeeedfish]

hmmmm... Thank you so much but... I still have more questions. Like what decor should I have, flat open spaces, rocky terrain, or a woody maze?

 

[simonas]

I did have and would recomend open spaces and woody maze

the reeds in mine were very active and although they often hid in wood they didn;t seem to need it like the poly which needed a long time to settle

 

[reeeedfish]

Will the polypterus delhezi attack my synodontii?

 

[simonas]

I would doubt it
the only fish I;ve had problems with syndontis was a big royal plec that had territory issues in a big way over a big eupterus

 

[Flagtail]

You should be fine. Rope fish are a part of the polypterus family. Any poly can be mixed togehter with no probs.

 

[reeeedfish]

THank you Flagtail and Simonas for all your help. But...What mid-level odball-ish fish are there that would tolerate the bichir.

 

[Carlovel1]

Siver Dollars or large Barbs such as Denison Barbs

 

[simonas]

with mine I kept a shoal of 9 if memory serves me right large silver dollars and I cannot recomend them enough. although quite plain looking in a shoal and when big they look fantastic. I much prefer the way they lookin a shoal than I do large tinfoils although they are impressive fish as well

Just a thought but could you keep large rainbos in there with that tank, they would add some colour. I;ve never really kept rainbows but always fancied it

and maybe a flagtail prochilodus?

 

[always4lora]

ive kept all sorts with my bichir,s

Things that didnt work
Black Ghost Knife fish didnt work depsite being similar sized got attacked and eaten.
I had a shoal of Bosemani rainbow fish , these overtime went missing.
Butterfly fish got eaten after a bit
small bichir's , normally fine but lost one so far.
smaller danieos have been eaten

Things that have worked
TinFoil barbs
other bichirs
plec's (plec is more than 1/2 size of bichirs)
Cichla
Oscar
Jack Dempsey
Midas
Rope fish (although i remove these when my larger bichir shot up in size to be on the safe side).
Larger Rays, my small motoro once got flipped by my lapredei
Sorubim Lima

 

[reeeedfish]

wow, always4lora! That was very helpfull! Would Leapord Ctenapomas work? And what type of bichir ate the butterfly fish?

 

[always4lora]

wow, always4lora! That was very helpfull! Would Leapord Ctenapomas work? And what type of bichir ate the butterfly fish?

I wouldn't bother with the Ctenopoma as you'd need a fullt grown one for it not to be at threat. As for what type ate my butterfly fish i'm not 100% but my Weeksii was looking abit chubby so probs that. Don't get put of keeping bichir's are they're great fish!