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Could I keep one in with neons or would they be eaten? I found some sites that said they leave other fish alone and others that say they eat everything that fits in their mouths.
JamisonBWolsh
01-02-2003, 5:25 PM
If you buy the black ghost when it it small, perhaps it will ignore the neons when it grows up. Thats a gamble. They will normally eat all small fish....
I saw one about 4-5 inches long. Would that be able to go after neons? How fast do they grow? If its slow I think I will get one. I have had the neons for almost a year and a half and Im pretty sure they only live for around 2-3 years.
Twilight
01-02-2003, 7:49 PM
I have a 5 inch Bkg in with glass catfish and tiger barbs. Never bothers them. I probably have had it for a four / five months. If you "feed it well" and give him a varied diet he may not ever bother another fish.
JamisonBWolsh
01-02-2003, 7:52 PM
But remember to raise it when it is small with the neons so he/she wont think they are food...
OK thanks. My tank is almost done cycing and when its finished Ill get the BGK. I also plan on having some angels and small SA cichlids. I dont think any of them should bother him and I will get the smallest one I can find so the neons should work out. Thanks all.
-JP
Black Ghost Knives should be fine with just about any fish out there... Considering, the other tankmate is not aggressive, and you make sure it has a full belly all of the time... I hand fed mine Cubed Tubifex, but I would recommend Shrimp pellets
Remember this before you buy one...
1: BGK are not social
2: BGK like to hide all day
3: They sometimes have a tendancy to eat smaller, more vulnerable fish...
4: they grow very large
HTH
MM ;)
krucialkey560
01-02-2003, 11:30 PM
My BGK is 7 inches long!we're approachin a year together, hes the king of the tank, i had him with zebra danios and he neva ate one,even though i had him with zebras and feeder guppies*they were all the same size*he only ate the guppies,he recognized them as food and the zebras as tankmates,the also ate some big ghost shrimp the same size as my young cories and hasnt bothered them once,I love him!!!!hes the best!they are so amazing to watch and move so elegantly in the water i dont see why anyone would want one!!!to me the best fish ever!Much love
krcuialkey560
JP457
01-02-2003, 11:32 PM
krucialkey560,
How big was he when you got him?
Can BGK be kept w/Angels? I love BGK's. Top 5 coolest looking freshwater fishes.
waterspirit
01-03-2003, 10:28 AM
I have my BGK with danios as well. Very small danios. So far, he has yet to even bother a single fish in my tank, though when any of them goes inside his hollow stump, they get kicked out promptly. He even does this rather gently. He doesn't even bite them or anything, just pushes them out with his head. He has done this to all my catfish, (banjos, cories and a synodontis). I keep him well fed on tubifex worms and other foodstuffs, so that might have something to do with it. That and he's only about 5 in long.:)
waterspirit
01-03-2003, 10:31 AM
oh yeah almost forgot...
You can hand feed them. Mine did the first day I got him.
They're soooo cute:)
My girlfriend calls him the puppy dog fish:D
krucialkey560
01-03-2003, 12:56 PM
Mine was 4 inches when i got him so a he grew a good 3 inches over a year long period of time, yeah mine has a cliff that he chills in all day long,and its funny too,cause as soon as the lights go out all my fish go to the top of the tank for the whole night cause they when the lights are off its his time!i feed him flakes and blood worms everyday, occasionally he gets mealworms,fedder guppies, and ghost shrimp,he'll even take some shrimp pellets every once in a while.hes the best!much love
krucialkey560
roper930
01-03-2003, 2:06 PM
I love my BGK, too!! Altho, he's never eaten from my hands...he's very skittish. He was about 3 inches when I got the little fella about 6 months ago and he's about 6 inches now. I feed mine blood worms, shrimp pellets and he helps clean the bottom of the tank of flakes. I just found out that he LOVES worms! I have some small European Night Crawlers for my Ray, and I thought I'd give one to my BGK. Boy, he sucks those babies right up!! He usually gets one of those a day now. :) As you all said before, he promptly chases out any fish that wanders into his "ghost house". Except for that darned snail! :) That snail comes thru whether he likes it or not! It's funny to see him kinda pushed up along the top of the tube as the snail creeps thru it! :D
I just noticed the other day that 2 of my 5 danios are missing from the tank...I wonder if he's the culprit?! They're kinda big for him to eat...Hmm...All but one neon is gone, too....Oh well. I won't be getting any more.
Beth