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It's here! BUY The Bichir Handbook today at: www.thebichirhandbook.com UPDATES & CHANGES since this video has been uploaded. • Bichirs don't stop growing, their growth just gets progressively slower over time until it seems unmeasurable. Therefore we could expect to see sizes larger than the current known records in the video as time moves on. • Do feed oily foods, it is very beneficial, just be sure to use a surface skimmer or something to remove the layer of film. • Barebottom is not ideal as they rely on the traction of a substrate to help slow down, without it can cause injuries bumping into the glass. The light reflecting off the base of the tank can also spook them. • P. teugelsi (and now P. ornatipinnis) reach 30 inch not 27", likely larger than 30". The record 30 inch Teugelsi and Ornatipinnis died very recently. • Records of P. weeksii are now larger than 21 inch, 24 inch is a size believed to be the potential of captive specimens. • Some P. ansorgii individual's markings fade with age (most others that size have retained their markings), • P. ornatipinnis have not been found in the ocean, this may likely of been a mistranslation of the great salt lakes where they have also been discovered to inhabit. BIG UPDATES: • Polypterus senegalus meridionales is no longer a subspecies, turns out it was no different to P. senegalus. P. senegalus meridionales is no longer valid nomenclature. • Through a morphometric study, Polypterus bichir bichir and Polypterus bichir lapradei were shown to be the same fish. The previous nomenclature is no longer valid, and are just called Polypterus bichir. • Polypterus palmas palmas and Polypterus palmas buettikoferi are found to both be the same fish which follow a trend in marking changes the further they moved to the coast. Their previous nomenclature is not valid and are now to be called Polypterus palmas. • Not a Bichir, but a 100 year controversy behind the scientific name of the Ropefish is still ongoing. The scientific name was changed to Calamoichthys calabaricus as concluded in a recent study by Dr. Pedro P. Rizzato; however this was recently rejected by Britz in 2019, returning it to it's former name, E. calabaricus. www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/all-bichir-polypterus-species-updated.684410/

This is extremely helpful. You rock, man. I love all your vids. I used to have a bichir that was sold at a pet shop as a Dinosaur Eel. I knew it wasn't an eel, but it was so different and gorgeous. Found out a lot about it the hard way. This video is super educational and just really cool. Thank you, mate. :)

The music makes me feel weird... but great info

Exactly what I wanted to do here. I love pausing the video every 5 seconds to read.

Great guide!! This is one the most interesting videos on Polypterus I've seen on youtube. You should consider doing ID videos on other species, for instance: Cteopomas, Butis Butis Gobies, Zebra and Tiger Knifefish, Leaffish, Pikehead fish, Arowana's and Freshwater Eels. There is a need for these types of informational videos. Thanks.

The best Bichir video yet! everything you need to know.

This video has to be the best thing ever, if you want to get into Bichirs. Great Job man. Thank you!

This was the best bichir video I’ve found

Returning again to gain more knowledge and reinforce forgotten memories

I’m pretty sure my rope fish had macrogyrodactylus polypteri. I never saw the worms themselves, only their eggs/larva underneath my fish’s scales. I treated them with praziquantel (prazipro) and they were healed in less than a week. Credit goes to MFK forums for the help, they wouldn’t have survived without the expert advice I found there.

Incredible high quality video. No nonsense. Great stuff.

excellent information man!, nicely compiled and presented

Soooo much info packed into this video. You are a godsend XD Thank you for all your research and hard work this must have taken. You've got a new subscriber for sure!

Nice guide on Bichirs. I really enjoy Cygnus my Polypterus Senegalus.

this a a great video dude. and i love your knife fish. i have a ghost knife and its one of my favorite fish. and i also have a lapredai and an ornate bichir. i cant wait until they reach full size

Very informative video. My two are a couple of years old now and one is just under a foot long the other is about 8. So some do grow farer than others. But the smaller one is a very active swimmer always on the move follows the Gar around.

I think I can read reasonably fast, but I have to keep pausing/rewinding to be able to read everything... it would be nice if each group of text was displayed for at least twice as long. Lol

I bought a 10 inch one from eBay a few years ago. seller told me it was a Palmas bichir. he arrived sick and it was a lap bichir. I give it medicine to get she or he recovered and I still have it alive and healthy. prime water conditioner is the best hands down.

I just got a baby Senegal bichir and wanted a bit of a recap on the care for them.

Seeing this video, refines me because mine (senegalus) is almost three years old!

a completely awesome video! Thank you for all the research and info!

So much useful information in this video... But the music is very eeriee lol

I like that the aquarium in this video has red sand or gravel. With large freshwater aquariums, I get tired of seeing all the entirely brown aquariums.

the music in this video is amazing. what is it? the first piece is soft hearted by anders baldwin.... WHAT ABOUT AFTER THAT?????

Really good video I get good knowledge through this thanks again

This is amazing!

Love the all of the insight, just can't read that damn fast 😂 had to pause to keep up with the facts

Just got around to watch this video. Love it!

I'm making a care guide for the bichir. Let me know if be interested in working together on it.

This is a wonderful video!

Speaking from personal history with them and plecos, Gold nuggets(mine was a L081) are not good tankmates, the blue phantom L128 and my royal pleco never bothers her.

Thank you for making this video. I wanted to buy one, but it would eat literally all of my other fish.

Nicely detailed.

Thankyou for this.

awesome video man and tons of info thanks a lot

I am a fairly experienced fish keeper, but I am new to all Polypterus. Can 4-6 Delhezi live happily ever after in a 150 Gallon? Or do they fight? I rather want to keep a group of bichirs, then just one big one. Amazing video by the way. 🎩

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Pretty good, thanks for sharing ! ! !

Great vid, bro! Thank you!

I have a 75gal aquarium with small lava rock as substrate, can i house a bichir on that substrate?

I've kept a pleco with a bichir once together but it never strip the bichir once

Best n detailed vdeo on utube

How awesome are my God's creations!!

Nicely done, very informative

I need help please I have 2 baby bichirs on the way but I also have a placo right now that is 2x bigger than it will that be fine or worst as I’m thinking the placo is to big to suck on them but I don’t know

Could i keep a palmas polli and a delhezi with a l114 cactus pleco ?

hey dude, love the video. considering swapping to a cat litter substrate. any sugestions? also what are you using as substrate please? i can only find like grey/light brown litter so far..... thanks

I will be buying a specific tank just so I can get a couple of these

Are bristle nose catfish any better than plecos? For tank mates Or the same problem

Thanks i can know lot more bout this fish. I have one plec in same aquarium with my albino bichir, i guess i have to place either on of them to another tank. Btw what is the best tank cleaner mates to combine with bichir aside plec coz i love it so i dont wanna take risk. Okay I get it,flagtail is good alternative, i should read it more carefully sorry. I hope its not pricy though, lol.

can bichirs survive in low oxygen water? bc im transporting my bichir to a friend, is it possible for it to survive or no?

Great video!! Thanks

Is frozen brine shrimp good food for bichirs

how about reedfish? they look similar with bichir

Is it okay to put them with an oscar?

Can I give prawn to this fish daily.. ?

Do you think a striped bichir and some Microctenopoma ansorgii could be kept together? Both are freshwater, both carnivore, both slow mowing and the bichir is bottom dwelling while the micro. ansorgii is a top dweller. but the micro ansorgii is quite small, opinions?

Hey, i need you josh, my endlicheri's dorsal fin is bleeding, they became weaker everyday, and i lost two of them, what should i do, and what actually happen to them ? Thanks

Excellent!!!

I just bought 2 bichirs an albino one i forgot what it was called and a lapradei bichir right now i have them in a 40 galon their pretty small right now like babies should i use a heater for them waters are roughly about 75

best of the best bichir duide,keep it up bro,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Can you have largemouth bass with them, I am building a pond and I wanted one of them with a bass. Please answer.

How many could i keep in a 90 gallon pond/ tank?

Can you put koi and dwarf grambies with them? And featherfin catfish

I have a senegolas and it's mixed with a pleco a red one but there friends

Hi Josh, excellent, excellent video! One piece of (constructive) criticism? I'm a fast reader, but the amount of information you give? It should be a half hour at least, 7 minutes means missing stuff, rewinding, pausing, you get the picture. I've just subscribed so keep up the good work.

can i keep them with arowanas

Awesome awesome video, how many pollis or delhiziz would fit a 75 gallon? Also would defrosted seafood mix(mussels, shrimp, swuid, scallops) be good for these guys?

amazing

WOW! COOL FISHES!

I have a 55 gallon long tank, would that accommodate one??

Sorry but where can i get red colored sand? me personally don't think that we can dye them

is oscar ok with bichir?

do you breed your bichirs? amazing quality and informative video, great job

It says 16-27 for the polypterus teugelsi so if it does get to 27 inches what would be an appropriate tank size for one that big

If you have a tank with large pebbles at the bottom would one be alright?

Can bichirs be kept on fast moving currents?

I also heard they can live on land ? 🙊 very cool fish!!!!

can i keep 2-3 of senegal bichirs and 2-3 needle nose gars in 100 gallon long aquarium

Omg I just realized at 3:56 Can I keep them with snakeheads??

can you give then feeder fish????

I have one problem my bricher fish is with 3 oscars the ground is gravel

So are all bichirs able to be killed by plecos?

i have an albino bichir and when i had him with gravel he ate few rocks thinking it was shrimp pellets. will it cause any problem?

I know this is a bad thing to do but I have a p.senegalus and a pleco together and they recently fought I plan to take the pleco back to the store but what does mean when they fight

Can I keep my bichir with a flowerhorn??coz I'm going to upgrade my tank and I want to buy a baby flowerhorn.Can I keep them together?? Im going to upgrade my tank from 60 g to 75 g

very nice bro...

I need some advice on filter system, aquascaping and water changing. If I put soil and small pebbles in the tank like in the video. How do I clean the waste of the fish if the waste sink down and blend into the soil and pebbles. Do I change them entirely or have a super strong filter or just leave them their and change the water.?

hi, how about a tall tank 2.6 long x 1.5 wide with full size malawi cichlids? please help

Great video. How do they do on ADA substrate though?

Bro any tips on albino bichirs? I have 2 of them, kept it together with a low jaw bichir too.

imformative!!!! nice!!!

Awesome video. Question I want to get one soon and right now my lfs has a ornate that they say will be fine in my 75 gal. tank do you agree with that? Also im waiting to get my ph down which is at 8.0 right now and they said I need it at about 7.2, Thanks

Can common pleco and bichir get along

oscars or gold fish with bichir ?

Can i add a "channa argus" (snake-head fish) with a normal bichir?

That death roll tho😱🤣

I just recently got a small 3/4 inch juvenile Dinosaur Bichir. I'm not sure what to feed it due to its size. Any tips on what to feed it? The last one I had which jumped into the filter 😢 was about 3-4 inches and i fed it blood worms and small shrimp.

Do bchirs jump out of water or the tank just curious cause I really want a bchir but I don’t have a lid for my tank