Comments on: Black Ghost Knife Fish (Apteronotus albifrons)

By: knifefishfan

knifefishfan — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:41:38 +0000

Le15896 you are severely overstocked…
BGK needs 75 gallons or more(have heard 55 gallons works). Also you are mixing tropical fishes with cold water fishes in your tank lol. You need hiding spots for your BGK something to keep him out of the light.

By: aks

aks — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:37:22 +0000

Hi frnds,
I have one BGK and planning to have another one…
Is it good idea to keep two BGK in one tank??

Pls give your suggestions.

Thanks,

By: jim

jim — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 14:48:47 +0000

i have a 13″ black knife. in the last couple of months a growth has been getting larger by its mouth about the size of a nickle and about 3/8 of an inch thick. does any one know that this could be. thanks

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:16:18 +0000

Le15896: I hope that what you’ve posted is a typo regarding all those fish in a 10 gallon tank. If that is true then your problems are VERY APPARENT. A 10 gallon tank with a BGK (12 inche average when grown), 2 African knifefish (12 to 18 inches) and 5 other fish!!! Come on man. Those africans need a 75 gallon tank each. And you wonder why your BGK hides. What are your water parameters??? Your ammonia must be through the roof! I’m no expert on BGK by any means, but my 7 year old son would know better than that!!!! Geez

By: Le15896

Le15896 — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:20:24 +0000

my bgk has white dots on him and lays in the light alot any advice

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?