Meet Falkor the Bichir

[Brengun]

Not to often I am given to impulse buys but omg how could I pass up a little white bichir?
I have named him Falkor after after the luckdragon on neverending story.
He has a voracious appetite and I have moved the one juvi angelfish left to another tank this morning.
Falkor ate the other smaller 6 overnight.

How much did he cost? You really don't want to know.

 

[Catfishman]

He's pretty

 

[C8lyn]

That is cool! Pity about the angels though. Lol

 

[bigbird]

NICE ONE THOUGHT, he looks cool and unusual.....cheer jk :yes:

 

[Irene0100]

nice, how big will he grow

 

[scatz]

very nice, i really like the prehistoric look of birchirs

 

[Brengun]

I think mine is a senegal bichir as a google search turned up that smaller ones can be white without actually being albino. It is said they can grow to 20" and can live over 30yrs.
http://badmanstropicalfish.com/profiles/profile41.html

 

[Big-B]

Very cool fish. :thumbup: 30 yrs. Wow.

 

[Brengun]

Got quite a nice photo of Falkors whole body.

 

[C8lyn]

Great pic. Looks like a cross between a walking fish and a snake. I'd never heard of them before.

 

[Brengun]

Funny you should say that because the fry when born have their gills on the outside like an axolotl.

Bichirs can breath air too so you don't need a real deep tank for them as they pop up to the surface for a gulp of air every so often.

You do need a heavy tight lid because they can go walkabout.

Size I estimate between 30cm to 50cm depending on tank size, diet and sex.