Brown Knife and lil' Chiclids

what are you worried about? the ghost knife eating your other fish or the cichlids killing the GK? Don't worry about the GK eating the cichlids...yet. as far as the cichlids killing the GK, i had cichlids and a clown knife together with no probs.

what are you feeding your Gk because I fed my CK feeders and thats how he died, bad sushi. I'd be more worried about that.

I hope i helped you out, not quite sure what you were asking.

it seems like most of what I've read online says that the best way to keep your fish happy and healthy is to feed them a varied diet that includes foods high in vitamins C and D. You seem to have that part covered pretty well. I would guess the reason our friend who posted the other reply here lost his fish is because he only fed his fish feeders, which have almost zero nutritional value.

As far as keeping the Brown knife with your other fish, it sounds like the knife is the larger of the fish, and as long as it stays that way, all should be fine. The Brown knife can get very large and should be able to hold his own against the larger Cichlids, but I would keep an eye on all of them. One way to keep the peace is to give each fish a spot that suits them to claim as territory. It sounds like you have a good start on that, though I would be tempted to provide more natural cover for the knife. I know they say you can use PVC pipe, but even though the knife is almost blind, the other fish in the tank are not. They might mess with him if they see him in there. However, steer clear of ceramic ornaments like tree stumps and caves, since they have little crevices underneath that are long enough for the knife to get stuck in (I lost a Black Ghost that way! He got wedged in there during the night and thrashed until his skin was gone....I was devastated).

Like we have already told you, your african cichlids have a different diet and water requirement to your other fish, you should keep them in an african cichlid setup(swords would be ok in this setup but not cories).

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the brown knife is not almost blind. they have very good vision. there eyes are set up for night low light. there temperament is very shy and will get bullied around by aggressive fish and will not defend themselves well at all. i have semi aggressive fish and he dosent defend his hiding spot at all. lets other fish chase him out and he runs like a little bich. he will probly get demolished with your others when they get larger.

And this thread is 5 years old.

Just make sure you have a good hiding spot for the BK and keep the PH at about 7.5 -7.7 cause I had one with my africans and no problem exept the Ph stayed on the high end of 8.0 -8.2 and it drowned out the BK