Sengal Birchir Tankmates?

[Genesis]

what tankmates could i have with a Senegal Birchir?

 

[beblondie]

[quote name=''genesis' post='1097633' date='Mar 2 2006, 09:29 PM']
what tankmates could i have with a Senegal Birchir?
[/quote]

How big is the tank?

 

[Genesis]

its gonna be a Rio 180

 

[spikey_face]

at the moment my 6" senegal lives very happily with 3 gold lipped mackerel, 3 gold face angels, 2 Hoplo. catfish, a ram (she ate the other 3 when they were smaller) a plec and a weird brownish gourami type thing called a tac/tak - something.

the trick seems to be to get fish that are too big to eat and will grow to be just a bit too big for it. other than that mine is very peaceful and chilled out.


lee

 

[Genesis]

thankyou

does anyone know any more i could have wth one?

(getting a new tank for him soon btw)

 

[OohFeeshy]

at the moment my 6" senegal lives very happily with 3 gold lipped mackerel,

If you happen to look at the thread again, spikeyface, have you managed to find out what they actually are? The best I could find were coppernose barbs, but the 'gold lipped mackerel' i've seen look nothing like them .

Tankmates generally involve anything they can't eat

 

[spikey_face]

If you happen to look at the thread again, spikeyface, have you managed to find out what they actually are? The best I could find were coppernose barbs, but the 'gold lipped mackerel' i've seen look nothing like them .

i cant find much on the net - bought them at Arundel, they have one or two stil there. will see what thier latin name is and post a pic too if i can get one

 

[Genesis]

according the not-so-LFS i hope to buy them from, they had been kept in a tank with blood parrots, one had grabbed the parrot by teh head and thrashed around with it till teh head came off

they are only juvies too....

 

[The-Wolf]

checkout my profile and look at my 82G tank
you will see what I have my P.Palmas palmas
(I know that is not a senagal) with,
that may give you some ideas.

 

[Genesis]

thanks, but they're all scientific names

 

[OohFeeshy]

Tis pretty much some larger loach species, some larger danio species, and some other things that I can't be bothered to look up. As has already been said, it's up to you, as lnog as they can't be eaten.

 

[onemisterchristian]

I kind of did a biotope for a while with a senegal, 3 jewel cichlids, and 2 syno. eupterus in my 60 gallon. I was understocked. But everyone seemed happy. Make sure you get super tight fitting lid. Being that senegals are air-breathers and jumpers you could have a mistake like mine. In that i'm still out looking for a replacement 7 inch polypterus senegalus.

 

[kubora666]

i got a rio 180
i have 2 albino snegalus bichir, they are very friendly to eachover, maybea pair ?
also a polypeterus delhezi ( armored bichir )
they get on VERY well
also with them a baby snake head.
3 50p sized silver dollars.
a small cichlid.
and awaiting a knife.
they are all very compatable and make a very nice tank.
hope this helps.
fro mwhat i have found fdro mmy bichirs, is that they have very distinct characters and are very friendly, you get funner behaviour from more than one of them

kubora666

 

[Anthony!]

I keep a marbled bichir, and he lives happily with a couple of silver dollars. not sure the same would be with a senegal bichir though. knifefish (saying they are about the same size ) usually live pretty well together with bichirs, as long as you don't have something super aggressive on your hands (never had one, but clown knives are a definente NO, just for an ex.. I just figured ou how big they get!!). Bichirs are not aggresive fish at all, just be sure you get them tankmates with the same "personality"