Comments 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;)

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:)

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

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

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?

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!!

By: Jess

Jess — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:59:21 +0000

srry i ment BGK

By: Jess

Jess — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:58:38 +0000

BGN hate hate frozen worms and a lot of them hate flakes

By: Jess

Jess — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:51:05 +0000

@ peter if he dose not find 1 week after you got him/her slowly and carefully push him to the tube he will go inside by himself

By: Katie

Katie — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:45:51 +0000

Hi! I got my BGK about two weeks ago and my tank has come down with ich! I asked around at differint pet stores and they recomended Rid-Ich. So I added the right dose and did two treatments, but now my BGK is on the bottom of the tank, has white lines and the tip of its tail is red. I did a 45% water change and checked the condition of my water. pH and everything is fine. Also i noticed the rosy barb i have was picking on the BGK tail. I need advice please, I really don’t want to loose my BGK.