Polypterus Delhezi

[Lady Elizabeth]

A good friend gave me a Polypterus Delhezi for christmas after hearing that my BGK died. i am so happy cause i had an albino one (polypterus senegalus), but i have to give it away to another friend (who fell in love with him right away now he's 12" long and so gorgeous), i don't have a big tank before and he loves to eat my smaller fishes... now i placed my new baby in a 50gal for now he has no tankmates cause i'm afraid he might eat them... do you guys have a suggestion for a tankmate? mine is a banded one, here in the Philippines they call them dragonfin. i search this picture in the net, my fish looks like this guy 8)

 

[Fruitbat]

Lady Elizabeth...

Polypterus delhezi is one of my favorite bichirs. I've currently only got two small ones but they're growing well. I keep mine in a grow-out tank with other similarly-sized bichirs (a couple of P. senegalus, an Erpetoichthys calabaricus and a couple of slightly smaller P. retropinnis), some large Congo Tetras (Phenacogrammus interruptus), two African Mud Fish (Phractolaemus ansorgei) and a couple of smallish Synodontis eupterus cats.

Here's a link to a profile I wrote on Polypterus delhezi for Aquarium Advice: http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=28377

Hope you find it helpful.

-Joe

 

[Lady Elizabeth]

thanks so much Joe, i have planted his tank with plants that looks like pine trees he's a very active swimmer, sometimes i would watch him swim on top of the tank and then sink slowly and land on top of the plants to rest... he never fails to make my day