Senegal Bichir tank

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    Ok so I've not changed a thing in the tank.

    I fed him a "lekker stuk" lever this morning as he looked a bit hungry, he grabbed it and swallowed with out any hesitation.

    I did a 40-50% wc last night.

    He had a bit of red streaks on his tail fin(I think it might have been the bucket I kept him in) that is almost completely gone.

    I'm feeding every second day.
    I tried to give him TetraMin last night, he bit it a couple of times but he did not eat.
     
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    Update:
    I removed the pink 15watt.
    The plants are doing good have not started to push new leafs but there roots are growing.

    I fed him 4 peaces of liver just now.
     
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    Nice man glad you are enjoying him so much, tonight is wc night removing 240 liters of water :laugh: takes me about 20-30 minutes for the whole wc :nuts:
     
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    Yeah I'm enjoying this guy plenty and so is my dad.

    Hehe luckily you only have one 650L tank.
     
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    Remember I also have my 100 Liter Quarantine tank but luckily it only gets a 40% water change once a week, that is around 40 liters.

    Nice man that is good.
     
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    Nice Bichir and nice rock!
     
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    I forgot you have the 100L hviviers, 240 + 40 = 280L. With all my tanks I change 365L and after that I'm completely drained.

    Thanks Hawk!
     
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    Hehe yeah I can only imagine dude. Maybe you must divide your wc regime for your tanks maybe do half on Mondays and the other half on Wednesdays.
     
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    I can't, I have to do it friday saturday or sunday.
    What I do in summer:
    Friday a 50% wc on all tanks, then a do a 30% wc on all tanks again on sunday
    What I do in winter:
    I just do 1x 50% wc on the weekend.
     
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    Okay cool then dude, if it works for you then sweeet!!!

    Keeps you from doing mischief :bigsmile:
     
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    Hehe, it keeps me from doing to much mischief :trytofly:
     
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    Hehehe cool man keep at it LOL!!!
     
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    Hehehe will do :D
     
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    Not as much as I'd hoped to update but:
    I upgraded the lighting to 2x 11watt cool daylight and 1x 11wat cool white bulb and took out the 18watt.
    I also put in a baby guppie and it lived 2days :nuts: and then got eaten :cry:

    And that's it
     

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