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Senegal Birchir with West African Cichlids

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I have long been interested by Bichirs, and I have seen one of the larger species kept with OB Peacocks. I know keeping them with mbuna seems to be mixed or unsuccessful, or short term. On MFK their was a list of some of the possible tankmates with the smaller species like the Senegal, which included Kribs, and I saw a post here where people kept them with Rusty Cichlids (who terrorized the poor bichir). So based on that, can 4 inch cichlids (or for that mater 3.5 inch) not get eaten by an adult Senegal Bichir. Cichlids like to sleep near the bottom while the bichir is on the prowl, which I would imagine would be when they would be hunted. So will a Senegal leave 4 inch cichlids alone or should they only be kept with fish over 6 inches?
 
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