The Puffer Forum

beautiful Bichir

What, if any, are you using for ferts?

Thank you, I think Mortimer is adorable
I use Seachem Flourish Tabs, Flourish liquid, and Flourish Excel.

Well thanks, now you've got me hooked on these guys. Got my 2nd one today! Now a have an ornate & a dehezi.

bichirs

sevenyearnight wrote:Chris, you should get another bichir

One day, one day Seven. I will get another one. And wow they will eat anything that will fit in their mouth..lol. Kinda reminds me of a legal snakehead, the way the fish is built and its way without them teeth...lol.

What do you guys like about these fish?

Mortimer looks like he is always smiling, he has a cute face. When he swims, his pectoral? fins are all flappy and floppy and that's endearing. I like the separate dorsal fins on his back, he looks like a dragon. He comes up to see me when I'm hanging out with him, he buries himself in the grass. Even though he is a predator, he is very peaceful. He swims around quite a bit and it is enjoyable to watch him maneuver through the grass and rocks.

We got an atabapo butterfly pleco from Fintastic in North Carolina, his name is Mr. Rogers. In the video, I had just finished planting something, so the water is kind of dusty, Mortimer goes over to sniff the new plant site, he has to sniff everything new.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oF4a57Lr ... ata_player

OMG I love the pleco!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FADE2BLACK_1973 wrote:OMG I love the pleco!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Me too He's very attractive, I also like he is horse shoe crab shaped.
So, not proud to say I witnessed Mortimer bite his own tail and swim away startled this afternoon. "Mmm this smells like a tasty treat....Aaaaagh! Something bit me!"

Twin dragons are my favorite part =D

hahaha thats funny that he bite himself

Ok I guess I know what I want next......what is a minimum size tank???

I'd say 75, but some will say smaller. I don't agree. He bumped into the sides of a smaller tank as he swims around a lot and can't see well.

FrogSplash wrote:Twin dragons are my favorite part =D

I ordered those for my husband, he loves dragons. It actually has 3 heads and no bum bum.

mmmmm my LFS has some awesome looking 80's, they are shaped like a 120 just a bit shorter