Stock change, what was I thinking? More bichirs

[DMD123]

Gorgeous! If you want better shots with your phone, you can turn off all the lights except for the tank light to increase contrast. I also increase saturation after taking the photo but if you have an android you may even be able to do that pre-shot!

I have an older Motorola (android) which is known to have a lame camera. I really need to upgrade it.

 

[DMD123]

The big endli decided to pop its head out.

Hard to tell from the pic but the endli has a lot of size and mass on the lap. The endli is currently 18" and the lap is about 14.5" - 15".

 

[VickiK]

They're so cute. Cuddly even.
I like lizards and snakes too so snuggling up with one of these wouldn't be such a stretch for me.

 

[DMD123]

A real update!

Nom Nom the ansorgii came out to check things out.

 

[FishBeast]

A real update!

Nom Nom the ansorgii came out to check things out.

Nice torpedo shape!

 

[VickiK]

ROFLMAO @ that name. Nom Nom. It's perfect.

 

[DMD123]

ROFLMAO @ that name. Nom Nom. It's perfect.

The main reason Nom Nom got his name.... notice a resemblence to a childhood 'monster'?

When it was younger the ansorgii ate like Cookie Monster, 'nom, nom cookie.'

 

[VickiK]

@DMD123 - why yes. I do see a resemblance....lol

 

[FishBeast]

The main reason Nom Nom got his name.... notice a resemblence to a childhood 'monster'?

When it was younger the ansorgii ate like Cookie Monster, 'nom, nom cookie.'

SO CUTE!!

 

[lloyd378]

DMD.... I don't think you're feeding yours enough..... just saying

Haha

 

[DMD123]

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DMD.... I don't think you're feeding yours enough..... just saying

Haha

Slowly getting there!

My Dabola Endli (Tinkisso river) is now 18". The Koliba lap about 16", Faranah Guinea lap 15", ansorgii 15", weeksii 13.5", teugelsi 12"

The Faranah Guinea lap looks shorter due to camera angle and that it has its tail curled a little but it is 15"

The ansorgii decided to pop in while I was taking pics

Hard to hold tape in one hand and phone in the other, so bad camera angle. Ansorgii is also officially 15"

 

[lloyd378]

Slowly getting there!

My Dabola Endli (Tinkisso river) is now 18". The Koliba lap about 16", Faranah Guinea lap 15", ansorgii 15", weeksii 13.5", teugelsi 12"

The Faranah Guinea lap looks shorter due to camera angle and that it has its tail curled a little but it is 15"

The ansorgii decided to pop in while I was taking pics

Hard to hold tape in one hand and phone in the other, so bad camera angle. Ansorgii is also officially 15"

The teug is too small, better sell it to me. Haha

 

[FishBeast]

Slowly getting there!

My Dabola Endli (Tinkisso river) is now 18". The Koliba lap about 16", Faranah Guinea lap 15", ansorgii 15", weeksii 13.5", teugelsi 12"

The Faranah Guinea lap looks shorter due to camera angle and that it has its tail curled a little but it is 15"

The ansorgii decided to pop in while I was taking pics

Hard to hold tape in one hand and phone in the other, so bad camera angle. Ansorgii is also officially 15"

Nice healthy fish! Love how the ansorgii gets in front of the lap as if it knew it was measuring time!

 

[DMD123]

Update time

A couple pics of Croc the Dabola endli

Hulk the Faranah Guinea lap

Nessie the weeksii

 

[FishBeast]

How long did it take you to grow them this big?

 

[DMD123]

How long did it take you to grow them this big?

Since these were wild caught I got them in at about 13" and the endli has grown 5" in the first year! At this point they are slowing down.

 

[Betty]

Do you have favorites? Looks, personality, etc.

 

[DMD123]

Do you have favorites? Looks, personality, etc.

They are not as interactive as cichlids, so Porkchop remains my absolute favorite in this tank and for personality the little puffer would be next. As to the bichir, the ansorgii just has a calmness and is out and about all the time but for sheer "awe" the endli is pretty special when it decides to come out and swim around.... very tough to say my absolute favorite but if I could only keep one then it would be the endli.

 

[lloyd378]

Crazy news to report today.... the two WC bichirs I bought from you months and months back both decided to jump out of the tank and dry up..... I still have the delhizi but I'm super bummed about the other two as I didn't think they could get out with 2-3" of space on top of the tank and lids around it.... they either got out of a circle not much bigger then their diameter, up the small space where the ac110 is, or managed to hit the plexiglass too hard enough to slither up and under it.....
my wife came into the bedroom and found them shriveled up. Needless to say, she was stoked about dead fish on the floor.

The palmas was 13.5" the gold dust 11.5

So much for keeping them healthy with the big water change yesterday.....

 

[DMD123]

@lloyd378, been there. Sorry to hear that. I loved how serpentine that palmas palmas looked. The gold dust also had such cool yellow.

I lost a koliba lap that came in on a Friday and jumped on that Sunday... $185 gone in a moment! Bichir can be quite the jumpers

Need to fill the void? I might be selling the teugelsi soon....