Fenrir Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Have been wanting to do this for years I want to start breeding my Poly Ornates and Poly T's I want to bring a local source to Wisconsin. I have done an almost obsessive amount of research on where they originally are from and what sparks their mood to breed. Want to gather as much info as I can though. So I want to reach out to anyone who has personal experience doing such a project would love some feed back!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Did you ever found out anything about breeding bichirs? Doesn't look like anyone here has experience with making more of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenrir Posted February 9, 2021 Author Share Posted February 9, 2021 Not yet unfortunately but good things come to those who wait am I right? I know it's one of those species that people tend to shade away from bc of their size. Just love them. Also @Irene your video guide of setting up low tech planted tanks helped solved my BBA problem and for that I'm eternally grateful to you 😀! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 Oh, I'm so glad to hear it! Do let me know if you ever get some baby bichirs in your collection. 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 @H.K.Luterman Do you have a bichir? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.K.Luterman Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 15 minutes ago, Hobbit said: @H.K.Luterman Do you have a bichir? I have three senegal bichirs, a male, a female, and a juvenile I can't sex yet. I have no experience breeding them however, though my male is rarin' to go! (he does this when he gets overly excited) He does head butt and flirt with my female a lot, but she's either not sexually mature yet (I think she's still under 2 years old) or Dragon just has terminal cooties. I have read about breeding senegals. Basically when you see the courting and spawning behavior (the two of them will butt wiggle together like above) you can put in a spawning mop and then pull the eggs: they're egg scatterers. I think the trickiest part is getting the babies to live. Oddball Aquatics on Youtube has successfully hatched some senegals, but I don't think she's managed to raise any past a certain age. And of course this is all senegal info. I don't know how the other species differ. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tlindsey Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 I've personally had Senegal bichir spawn with 2 different groups. The most important thing is observing them daily. You have to collect the eggs asap or the adults will eat them. Unfortunately I couldn't keep the fry alive 😕 If I decide to try to raise fry again I will be ready hopefully. https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/senegal-bichirs-spawned-d.650595/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tlindsey Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 Took me some time to find pic of the fry.https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/grow-outs.656061/post-8196403 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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