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Comment on Black Ghost Knife Fish (Apteronotus albifrons) by Le15896

Le15896 — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:31:40 +0000

I hope your fish lives michelle I would give you advice but i got my own problems with my bgk;)

Comment on Black Ghost Knife Fish (Apteronotus albifrons) by Le15896

Le15896 — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:28:08 +0000

I just got a bgk yesterday it is cool its in a 10 gallon fish tank with a ranbow shark 2 betta 2 gourmi 2 african knife fish and a moor with a koi i know its wierd that they get along with each other but they do my bgk is 3 inches long he always stays behind a plant and he stas in the light im really worried i dont know what to do:( please repley:)

Comment on Black Ghost Knife Fish (Apteronotus albifrons) by Dave

Dave — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 02:12:02 +0000

I’ve had mine for a couple months now. He/she is about 6 inches long and has started to become more active during the day. I’m not sure if its because he/she is searching for food or if he/she has become more comfortable. The other fish in the tank are a couple veiled angelfish, a red tail shark, 2 dwarf neon rainbowfih and 4 irian rainbowfish. All is well in the compatability department thus far.

My question is I was wondering if there are any GOOD food alternatives to frozen bloodworms and frozen mysis shrimp? Both are accepted willingly. The tank is fed one cube during the night to let the BGK get most of it and once during the lighted hours for the others to get most of it.

Thanks for any suggestions

Comment on Black Ghost Knife Fish (Apteronotus albifrons) by michelle

michelle — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 02:44:13 +0000

Hey – my BGK fish is about two yr’s old. We also have two younger ones. We have hiding spots in our tank, but the older one; which has gotten quite big, is swimming very weird. It is out most of the day now and we think it is going to die, but it hangs on day after day. It twirls around in circles. It looks like it is confused and drunk. I’ve been searching for information on these fish, but I have a hard time finding much. Thanks for any help – Michelle

Comment on Black Ghost Knife Fish (Apteronotus albifrons) by Chris

Chris — Fri, 07 May 2010 07:21:41 +0000

Hello all, I have had some bad luck with my BGK’s I have gotten 2 and lost two. the 1st time I have a random spike of NH3 due to the fact that the city i live in laces the tap water with ammonia chorlide. sence then i have been able to keep the NH3 at 0 for about 3 weeks now. I got a 2nd one and it died a week later still unknown why. what are good conditions for BGK? do they like fast or slow moving water, what is the best food choice for them? I tried sinking carinvore drops, frozen and freeze dried blood worms, and Ghost shrimp. I have a 55 gal tank with a very good filtation and a kory cat to help clean up uneaten food. what am I doing wrong?

Comment on Black Ghost Knife Fish (Apteronotus albifrons) by Megan

Megan — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:50:19 +0000

I’ve found with my BGK, he gets pearly grey areas on his tail and lower flanks when he is underfed or stressed. I use live guppies to feed and supplement with frozen brine or bloodworms when he decides not to feed on the live fish. He’s also survived a few long-distance car trips (during which he turned grey).

Another interesting thing I recently found was that he decided to fight my husband when we were removing him from the tank. He thrashed so hard that he broke off the last 2 inches of his own tail. Surprisingly, it grew back! It’s a little crooked, but it makes him stand out in a crowd, you know?

I keep no other fish (other than feeder guppies) with my BGK and he seems quite happy to be left alone. We’ve paired him previously with plecos, a rainbow shark, and other various fish. Anything smaller than his mouth was eventually eaten. However, he is my pride and joy and well worth the daily maintenance!!

Comment on Tiger Barb (Puntius tetrazona) by Mim

Mim — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:06:22 +0000

I recently bought two tiger barbs for my tank as starter fish. The fish shop they were suitable along with two kuhli loaches.

The barbs started out being aggressive to each other so I had decide to return them to the store the next day after reading how they shouldn’t be kept in groups of less than 5/6

They had killed each other by the morning.

I was annoyed that the shop hadn’t warned me that such a small group was likely to result in one killing the other. I had had them less than 24 hours and felt awful. When we went back one of the people said they were surprised, one said they weren’t.

I would advise against having them in small sets.

Comment on Rosy Barb (Puntius conchonius) by Alind

Alind — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:19:30 +0000

Can i keep them at a bit higher temperature say 26 degree celcious ?

Comment on Serpae Tetra (Hyphessobrycon callistus) by joe

joe — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 15:36:56 +0000

I’m not too sure about the nipping, maybe against other breeds or younger fish…. I have a serpae and a red eye tetra in the same tank (they each had a school at one time, but somehow my tank levels drifted fast and I lost the others) and it seems that they keep to their own areas of the tank.

the serpae stays low and feeds closer to the bottom, while the red-eye shoots to the top to feed and alot of the time chases away the serpae, and I usually see the red-eye doing the bullying in the tank, but he’s also the oldest of the two.

I’ve also noticed they are sensitive to water temp, preferring the 74-76f range, and the light being on, as if the temp drifts or the light is off for a few days they turn pale until the light is turned back on.

Comment on Serpae Tetra (Hyphessobrycon callistus) by michael

michael — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:56:31 +0000

I Love these fish i have just 2 in a 90 gal community tank with 4 platys 2 black skirt 1 cory from my old 2 gallon tank and 3 blood tetras and 1 male betta and i have no prob with fin niping at all with the 2 they accually are very peaceful fish! i must have gotten lucky with the ones i picked gl with all yer awsome tanks.