There are only two species of bichir that have succesfully been bred in captivity, p senegaulus and p ornatapinis. As some of you may know i've bred my ornates.

Its difficylt as most of the time they dont seem interested in breeding just laying around!

The tank and water need to be as follows:

27-30 degrees C
Clear water (native water is clear)
start at 6.0 (native water pH in the dry season) and raise to 7.0 to represent the start of the rainy season (takes place from august to september) (8 for P.ornatapinnis as it is found in lake tanganyika)
for fish from the upper Volta region [renamed to Burkino Faso] (such as senegaulus) the hardness should move from 5 during the dry season to practically 0
SBV is 0.35ish

suggested plants are Nymphaea lotus, java fern/moss and Ceratophyllum

tank bedding should be fine gravel, some mopani wood that has been tank treated (so it dosent stain the water)

In court ship the male shimmies along side the female so she can judge his strength (and also his fitness) untill she allows him to bite/hold onto her neck. This wont harm her and he usually lets go after a few seconds. The pair start to move around thetank until they locate a suutable nesting site, such as a clump of java moss where the male and femal pass through the plant on numerous runs to lay their eggs and fertilise them.