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fishfreak
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:12 am    Post subject: Bichir Reply with quote
this thing eats everything basically (including 3highfin sharks, 4 clown loaches, 2 pictus cats, and 1 lima shovelnose). when i got it was about 8inches and has grown to 16 in about a year.






we have named him tubby... or at lest my wife did, and it just stuck... :D

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 9:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
hes a big guy awsome....
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Cichlid-Man wrote:
hes a big guy awsome....


haha yeah he is getting big Smile
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 12:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Total predator...Never kept those guy's. Very cool though.
16"!!!!!How big do they get?I guess only really large tankmates.

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 12:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
xblade wrote:
Total predator...Never kept those guy's. Very cool though.
16"!!!!!How big do they get?I guess only really large tankmates.


totally, yeah i have seen some monster ones before, but i think he/she is getting about max. yeah he/she is in with my O, Aro, Polleni, Flagtail, Eel, Rhino pleco, and a royal pleco. :D
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 1:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Did they grow up together?Cause that's a cool mix. I 'd like to do something like that in my future tank.

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 1:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
xblade wrote:
Did they grow up together?Cause that's a cool mix. I 'd like to do something like that in my future tank.


yeppers. only had these guys now for about a year. :D
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 2:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I found a nice marbled bichir on friday.He's about 7 or 8".
Snapped him up for 30.00

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 5:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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I found a nice marbled bichir on friday.He's about 7 or 8".
Snapped him up for 30.00


nice grats on pickup Smile post some pics soon
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 6:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I picked up a few new fish on weekend.I'll post em up in the photo gallery
tonight hopefully. Smile

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 3:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
xblade wrote:
I picked up a few new fish on weekend.I'll post em up in the photo gallery
tonight hopefully. Smile


excellent!!!! Cool
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 8:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
how big did you say?
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 8:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Lovely bichir. I want one for my new 125.

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 2:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
thanx guys.

this guy is about 16inches.

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