Hmm.. I've got a dojo in my 29 and he's quite a bit bigger. Haven't had any trouble with him and I've never heard of 'eye hooks'. You'll have to forgive me, learn something new every day. I added the bichir after the other fish. So they will have to be moved. I guess I could always put the dojo loach in with the other one. Do you think my peacock eel could live with my bichir? I may just swap the dojo with the peacock eel, and give my dojo a tank mate in the 29.
I live in SE United States, and the water down here is very hard right out of the tap. I want to buy a RO filter sooner or later though, but for now, it's 8.3. The rummynose tetra had been acclimated to 7.6 water and had been in there for a few months, so it wasn't a problem to get him to 8.3 water. I have a member on my forum at
www.aquatopiaforum.com that actually keeps a school of them in 8.2 water. Most commercially raised fish can be acclimated to higher or lower pH levels. The bichir is very small right now, probably going on 2". He doesn't seem to be aggressive, however if any fish get near him, especially the goldfish, he seems to want to strike at them. If they swim away, he goes back to normal. Reminds me of a snake.
Any idea on some dither fish or some sort of schooling fish that would be too big for him to eat? Or too quick? Or any ideas on tank mates PERIOD?
I figured I could acclimate the bleeding heart tetras to 8.3, since they are coming out of the same water as the rummynose tetra, but who knows. Maybe someone with more experience can post and let me know whether its a safe idea or not.
The filter is a Regent filter I believe. It came with a wal-mart 29 gallon kit. It was soon replaced with a P-200 biowheel filter, so I just use it as supplemental filtration.
The bleeding heart tetras are just a TAD bit smaller than the senegal bichir. I think I may have to give them a try, what do you think?
Also, what options do you think I have with the senegal bichir in a 40 gallon? I'd like an interesting, active community.