15 Bichirs....11 Different Species....1 Tank

[patisblack727]

what one is the black one at 1:21

[moormandrm]

@patisblack727 it is a ornate bichir

[crankyboiy]

ur missing the nile bichir which is the coolest and largest among all of them, i wish i could find all the bichir species in my country

[ckv10947]

bleach!!!

[probassfisher010]

They look like they are searching for some hiding or cover....most bichirs enjoy atleast a little bit..

[ranstinkfist]

what bitchir that has the fluffy pins?

[psychoninja911]

Are these related to snakehead fish? Lots of related videos are snakehead fish vidz.

[bxzel0915]

can a endlicheri live in a 75 g tank for its whole life.

[ohsolamejames]

awesome i used to have 2 ornates and senegulus i think i just bought baby albino gonna raise him up big lol im raisin shrimp for food aswell

[purejazon]

wichi one is that at 3:06

[disturbeddude123]

yay bleach song

[tigreslokos]

niiice dude =) haha thats great =)

one question, can I give meat to my bichir?

[Dudelito1]

That albino senegalus is not albino dude, its eyes are black.. Well they look black in the vid and if they are IRL then its a platinum senegalus :) . I hope im right because platinum is allot more exclusive than regular albino. Really nice collection btw

[coconutfever123]

VERY. NICE. love that short fat bichir, the albino. u should name him stumpy. lol do you name them?

[Coltons350z]

Good luck. Lol sp. Dabola is hard to come by and same with sp. Koloton. If you are going to order from toyin, I took his last two congi. And I waited for them to imported for two months

[MrZamorak23]

what bichir at 1:42 ??

[businessoriented]

@MrZamorak23 That is a Nigerian Lapadei

[MrZamorak23]

@businessoriented tysvm cause my gar just died r.i.p. killz and i need somthing to rule my 300 gallon "good luck feeder fish" tank

[irbenson]

nice collection

where did you find this many species?

stalked from mfk

:D

[businessoriented]

@irbenson Thanks! Always glad to see a fellow fish keeper from MFK! I got my collection from local fish stores and Toyin from Rehoboth Aquatics. He's on MFK. His username is Africanman

[Coltons350z]

what you need is an sp. Koliba, sp. Koloton and a Volta River Endli

[businessoriented]

@Coltons350z Those are on my list and I will be getting them within the next few months. Koloton, Dabola, Koliba, and Volta Endlicheri are all on my immediate wish list. I should be getting a Teugelsi, Retropinnis, Congicus, and a few Ansorgii within the next month so we'll see. =)

[psybera1987]

@businessoriented sick tank....nice fishs!

[psybera1987]

@businessoriented i want to keep a mandarin fish but its saltwater fish!

[TopLADivorceAttorney]

Have you ever had problems with the bichirs swallowing the gravel? I've read in some forums that gravel that size can be swallowed and hurt bichirs. Cool tank btw, I'd love to get as many bichirs as you got.

[businessoriented]

@TopLADivorceAttorney I have not had any issues with my bichirs swallowing any gravel but it is known to happen. I saw my bichirs come close a few times but to my knowledge none actually did. I have since taken the gravel out of my tank however and replaced it with black sand. I think it's awesome and I will be posting a new video of my tank and my new bichirs here soon.

[okamiissun]

will a bichir eat a nother bichir that is smaller that it or has a diff. species from it? O_O

[businessoriented]

@okamiissun It depends on how small but yes a bichir will eat another bichir if it's able to. I have an Ornate that has eaten like 4 bichirs, a ropefish, and a few tiny gars. If it's able to a bichir will eat it so watch out.

[DarrenChing]

nice bichirs and aquarium, i also have a bichir here what food should i feed them to make them grow fast? any advice sir? ^_^ thanks!

[businessoriented]

@DarrenChing Sorry for the late reply. If you want your bichirs to grow fast feed them things with lots of protein. Chopped up beefheart, massivore pellets etc. If you change your water regularly as well they will increase in size quickly.

[SLASHfan12345671]

My Bichir is small but pure awsome. He's a Senegal Bichir (Dinosaur Bichir) and only about 2 1/2 maybe 3 inches long.

[coonsincages07]

are these all songs from bleach and naruto and shippuden? haha, i feel like i've heard them all before lol, maybe its asian kungfu generation haha, they rock too

[Sparrkers]

I just got an Ornate full grown Bichir today for 150 bucks!!! SOO cheap love him:) What's that song at the water change half??

[businessoriented]

YEah bichirs are the best. The song is called Kuon -Memories of Waves and Light.

[antdaweeze13]

damn thats cheap

[kpeters1990]

It's a theme song from final fantasy x-2

[Sparrkers]

WOW!!! What's that song after the water change?????

[GamerNanimeFan]

you should get sand in there man, for there bellies, nice tank =0

[businessoriented]

Thanks! Yeah I want to get sand in there. I might do black sand here soon.

[arseunited]

woow!!this bichirs are so interesting,..

[bryanofdahood]

dude get another ropefish they like being with many of their own species.its probbaly sad because its the only one in there

[businessoriented]

This was a while ago, the ropefish is no longer in the tank.. He fell victim to my ornate about a year and a half ago. It was crazy because the ropfish was 8.5" at the time and the Ornate was slightly over 9. He ate him then threw him back up. I was super sad and it was super disgusting! =(

[lebenonbong]

bro fukn awsome tank.... i just wanna know what specie is the best one to have, cuz i have an ornate and a common polypterus and they are two totally different fish

[businessoriented]

Ornates are cool, Delhezi, Mokelembembe's and Palmas Palmas are my favorites. They are harder to find though.

[jman0701]

Nice!!!! Good Job man! Cheers!

[businessoriented]

Thanks! =)

[wat720]

Wow.

I always liked polys but this video made me like them even more.

Captivated from start to finish.

Please update!

[cameradude24]

can i put a bichir in my 38 gallon tank with an oscar? if so what kind

[Jimmehlee]

Dude, you can't even keep an oscar long-term in a 38 gallon.

LEARN2RESEARCH

That is all.

[defensorfortis2009]

ur tanks too small for the oscar.

[Tomb611]

You should put a pipe or something in for them too hide in

[businessoriented]

This is just the tank when I clean it. I take out all the plants, rocks and hiding places out and clean everything. Then I put it all back in. You see that about 4 minutes into the video.

[PredatorXVSMegalodan]

very nice but if u wanna do that, i suggest a bigger tank

[stvnivan]

what do they eat? guppies? or just pellets?

[businessoriented]

A combination of everything. Carnivore pellets, live feeders, shrimp, earthworms.

[xoxoShiN]

i have two senegal bichir( the browny one)this morning i saw scars and blood at the tail ( i think they fight) is that fine?

[corvettkiller666]

I have a senegal bichir,a violet goby,a chinese algea eater,a pictus catfish and a 55 gallon tank do think if I were to get another bichir there would be enough room?

[businessoriented]

Yeah I think getting another would be fine. Some bichirs like Ornate's or Endlicheri's can grow to be quite large so you'd have to get a bigger tank if you got one of those. Another Senegal or 2 would be fine. They might eat the algea eater if it's too small.

[stvnivan]

All Bichir are expensive :| but nice collecting them :))

[businessoriented]

Some are cheap, some can be expensive. The more expensive ones are like buying any decent saltwater fish.

[cottoncandyisyummy]

:34

wats the plump white one?

[businessoriented]

That one is my Shortbodied Albino Senegalus Snowflake.

[kcb2978]

If someone asked you which bichir to get if they could only get one, what would you tell them?

[businessoriented]

A Bichir Bichir. Because it's one of the rarer bichirs to own. Outside of that one I would own an Albino Longfin Senegal or an Ornate. I like the way they both look.

[jsthgrt]

where on earth do u get so many different species?

[businessoriented]

Various fish stores, and a few online from a vendor. rehobothaquatics. com

[xuewee]

what is the biggest bicher in that tank and the best one to buy because i jusgt got don setting up my 125 gall?

[businessoriented]

Any bichir is a good one to have. My biggest bichir is my Ornate which is almost 12" long.

[87LimitedT]

Nice collection how big is your ornate,

[businessoriented]

He's a tad under 12" now. He's the biggest bichir I have.

[Samuria815]

my dino eel never grows and i been having it for 1 year

[businessoriented]

Sometimes bichirs grow really really slow, sometimes really really fast. I have had bichirs that have tripled in size over a year vs bichirs that have stayed the same size. They are both in the same tank but one just grows way faster than others. It all depends on how much they eat, what they eat, and how good your water quality is.

[petraiserdude26]

Nice! Is it okay to put smaller bichirs with larger ones? or small bichirs with a quite big spotted gar?

[businessoriented]

It all depends on the size difference. If you look at my earlier videos you will see my Ropefish. It ended up getting eaten by my big Ornate. Also my small Endli ended up getting killed by the same bichir. The other bichirs of similar size have been ok but those two were not so lucky. I guess it all depends on the aggressive nature of that particular bichir and the size difference. I wouldn't put a bichir with another if there is a 5" size difference or greater. Ex 10" bichir with a 5" bichir.

[darthbravo]

Tank looks great! Even before the water change, it looked koo. Would like to see a whole tank shot.

[businessoriented]

Thanks for the compliment! I have a shot of the whole tank, but it's a picture, and it's in one of my other videos.

[pyroman1000k]

does breeding ever happen?

[businessoriented]

No it's rather difficult to breed bichirs. Maybe it will happen one day but so far nothing.

[jangoironic]

ok thanks.were did you get all that bichirs?did you just got it from a petshopp or you ordered it somewhere?

[businessoriented]

i got my bichirs from local petshops and from my supplier. rehobothaquatics(dot)com

[RAmenFSM]

How much did shipping cost? I want to get some for my new tank, but shipping from him was like $50 for 6 fish.

[businessoriented]

Hell that's a great price. You have to understand that shipping fish is much different than shipping a toaster from ebay. Think about it like this, when I bought my 4 bichirs from him I probably saved about $100. I would go to my local fish store and they were charging $59.99 for a fish that he was charging $25 for. Once they tried to sell me a $40 Endli for $150! It was $35 for me to ship 4 fish, that's about $8 per fish. Same with you. You're paying about $8 to ship each fish. Thats not bad.

[RAmenFSM]

I realize the difficulty involved. I had never really thought about dividing shipping by the number of fish though; that makes it seem a lot cheaper. It will depend on if I can find any of the species I want at stores. I'm Getting the tank for them tomorrow though.

[businessoriented]

Sounds good! Keep me informed as to what you decide to get!

[RAmenFSM]

I think I will probably get a Carpintis from Fishfarm USA (breeder near me) and a bichir or two as well.

[jangoironic]

what country are you from?what do you feed your bichirs?thanks

[businessoriented]

I live in California. I feed my bichirs shrimp, earthworms, small goldfish, mussels, beefheart, and chopped up fish.

[daveehl1034]

cool tank. have you seen much aggression? i'm thinking of converting my 180 gallon tank to a bichir tank.

[businessoriented]

The aggression level in my tank usually never exceeds the occasional "you're hanging around my territory too long" nip. I did have my 10.5" Ornate eat my 8.5" ropefish though. Outside of that I've never had any aggressoin that has led to any marks or anything like that. My Ornate is somewhat of a bully, but he only picks a fight if someone gets to close to his personal space. Every bichir except for my Retropinnis. For some reason she gets a free pass to hang out with him as long as she wants.

[VasDragoon]

How big is your ornate and could i keep a green terror wth bichir?

[businessoriented]

My Ornate is about 10.5" I'm not sure how aggresive Green Terrors are, but uf ut's not too aggresive then it should be ok.

[businessoriented]

My bad, I assumed wrong! I voted 5 star on your bichir video as well cause I enjoy the look of your tank.

[businessoriented]

You must not have actually watched the entire video. I clearly show that the video was shot during a water change and tank cleaning. I took everything out of the tank to properly clean the tank. At 4:43 in the video I clearly state that the video from that point on was shot with the tank in it's normal look. I have countless hiding places as well as brush and floating plants throughout my entire tank. Watch the entire video.