100 gallon bichir tank - Aquarium Advice

Fruitbat · 11-15-2005, 10:28 PM

Here is a fairly recent shot of my 100gallon, low-light bichir tank.

Plants include:
Aponogeton crispus
Anubias hastifolia
Bolbitis sp.
and some fake Hygro to fill out the left corner until I can get some more big Aponogeton to replace it.

Fish (not visible in this picture) include:
Polypterus bichir lapradei - X1
Polypterus palmas buettikoferi - X1
Polypterus palmas palmas - X1
Polypterus palmas polli - X1
Polypterus retropinnis - X2
Polypterus senegalus - X1
Ctenopoma kingsleyae - X2
Ctenopoma acutirostre - X2
Synodontis brichardi - X1
Synodontis soloni - X1

-Joe

rich311k · 11-15-2005, 10:30 PM

Wow.

Nice tank.

Scottm · 11-15-2005, 11:10 PM

where does everybody get such dark colored driftwood?

poppab02 · 11-16-2005, 03:05 AM

Fruitbat, you're such a tease. I was hoping to see bichir's from the thread title and all I get is a picture of driftwood and plants. Tease.

Menagerie · 11-16-2005, 03:21 AM

There's hope for my tank yet!! No [acronym:66dccb96a6="Carbon dioxide"]CO2[/acronym:66dccb96a6], right?

czcz · 11-16-2005, 01:38 PM

Beautiful, Joe.

Fruitbat · 11-16-2005, 09:05 PM

Thanks for the comments!

Menagerie.....

That tank is definitely on the low-light end of the spectrum. Standard fluorescent aquarium fixtures and no [acronym:880fb2ac65="Carbon dioxide"]CO2[/acronym:880fb2ac65]. That's one of the reasons you don't see any 'ground cover' plants....the other eason is that bichirs don't like the bottom to be covered with plants (makes it tough for them to find their food).

poppab02....

Here's a recent shot of the 12" Polypterus bichir lapradei (the so-called 'Guinea lapradei' variant) that is in the tank.

-Joe

11-15-2005, 10:28 PM	#1
Fruitbat Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Garland,Texas Posts: 1,818 Images: 30	100 gallon bichir tank Here is a fairly recent shot of my 100gallon, low-light bichir tank. Plants include: Aponogeton crispus Anubias hastifolia Bolbitis sp. and some fake Hygro to fill out the left corner until I can get some more big Aponogeton to replace it. Fish (not visible in this picture) include: Polypterus bichir lapradei - X1 Polypterus palmas buettikoferi - X1 Polypterus palmas palmas - X1 Polypterus palmas polli - X1 Polypterus retropinnis - X2 Polypterus senegalus - X1 Ctenopoma kingsleyae - X2 Ctenopoma acutirostre - X2 Synodontis brichardi - X1 Synodontis soloni - X1 -Joe __________________ Loaches: Botia almorhae, B. kubotai, B. striata, Noemacheilus triangularis, Schistura sp.aff.nicholsi, S. vinciguerre, Sinibotia robusta, Vaillantella maassi Bichirs: Polypterus senegalus, P. senegalus (albino), P. delhezi, P. sp. 'Congo', P. palmas polli, P.weeksii, P. ornatipinnis, P. palmas buettikoferi, P. retropinnis, P. endlicheri congicus, Polypterus bichir lapradei, P. palmas palmas, Erpetoichthys calabaricus Anabantids: Ctenopoma acutirostre, Ct. ocellatum, Ct. oxyrhynchum, Ct. kingsleyae, Microctenopoma ansorgii, Mct. fasciolatum, Trichogaster trichopterus, Belontia signata, B. hasselti, Anabas testudineus, Macropodus opercularis, Betta splendens Catfish: Dekeyseria sp. (L-052)Sturiosoma panamense, Hypancistrus inspector (L-201), Synodontis eupterus, Synodontis nigrita, Synodontis brichardi, Synodontis soloni, Anaspidoglanis macrostoma Barbs/Rasboras: Capoeta tetrazona, Rasbora borapetensis, Labeo cyclorhynchus Tetras: Phenacogrammus interruptus Other: Xenomystus nigri, Papyrocranus afer, Pantodon buchholzi, Oxymormyrus boulengeri, Protopterus annectens andPhractolaemus ansorgei

11-16-2005, 03:05 AM	#4
poppab02 Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: May 2004 Location: New Orleans Posts: 542 Images: 3	Fruitbat, you're such a tease. I was hoping to see bichir's from the thread title and all I get is a picture of driftwood and plants. Tease. __________________ Pray for New Orleans and all those affected by Hurricane Katrina

11-16-2005, 03:21 AM	#5
Menagerie Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Vancouver, WA Posts: 11,266 Images: 77	There's hope for my tank yet!! No [acronym:66dccb96a6="Carbon dioxide"]CO2[/acronym:66dccb96a6], right? __________________

11-16-2005, 09:05 PM	#7
Fruitbat Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Garland,Texas Posts: 1,818 Images: 30	Thanks for the comments! Menagerie..... That tank is definitely on the low-light end of the spectrum. Standard fluorescent aquarium fixtures and no [acronym:880fb2ac65="Carbon dioxide"]CO2[/acronym:880fb2ac65]. That's one of the reasons you don't see any 'ground cover' plants....the other eason is that bichirs don't like the bottom to be covered with plants (makes it tough for them to find their food). poppab02.... Here's a recent shot of the 12" Polypterus bichir lapradei (the so-called 'Guinea lapradei' variant) that is in the tank. -Joe __________________ Loaches: Botia almorhae, B. kubotai, B. striata, Noemacheilus triangularis, Schistura sp.aff.nicholsi, S. vinciguerre, Sinibotia robusta, Vaillantella maassi Bichirs: Polypterus senegalus, P. senegalus (albino), P. delhezi, P. sp. 'Congo', P. palmas polli, P.weeksii, P. ornatipinnis, P. palmas buettikoferi, P. retropinnis, P. endlicheri congicus, Polypterus bichir lapradei, P. palmas palmas, Erpetoichthys calabaricus Anabantids: Ctenopoma acutirostre, Ct. ocellatum, Ct. oxyrhynchum, Ct. kingsleyae, Microctenopoma ansorgii, Mct. fasciolatum, Trichogaster trichopterus, Belontia signata, B. hasselti, Anabas testudineus, Macropodus opercularis, Betta splendens Catfish: Dekeyseria sp. (L-052)Sturiosoma panamense, Hypancistrus inspector (L-201), Synodontis eupterus, Synodontis nigrita, Synodontis brichardi, Synodontis soloni, Anaspidoglanis macrostoma Barbs/Rasboras: Capoeta tetrazona, Rasbora borapetensis, Labeo cyclorhynchus Tetras: Phenacogrammus interruptus Other: Xenomystus nigri, Papyrocranus afer, Pantodon buchholzi, Oxymormyrus boulengeri, Protopterus annectens andPhractolaemus ansorgei

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11-15-2005, 10:30 PM	#2
rich311k Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 8,972 Images: 35	Wow. Nice tank.

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