Just thought I'd pass on something that I've learn't from treating the ick in my tank.
I have two black ghost knife fish along with their various other tank mates. While treating the ick I had raised the temperature to around 28 - 30 degrees for a couple of days. It appears that ghost knife fish don't like this raised temp and have had real problems with oxygen. Their breathing was anything but normal and spent a lot more of their time lying on their side.
So if you have this problem, leave the lights off on your tank as much as possible because I've found that with the light on, the ghost knife fish hide in their caves but as soon as the light is off they are no longer shy and allows them to sit on the surface and gulp air (paired around where the air stone bubbles hit the surface).
I have two black ghost knife fish along with their various other tank mates. While treating the ick I had raised the temperature to around 28 - 30 degrees for a couple of days. It appears that ghost knife fish don't like this raised temp and have had real problems with oxygen. Their breathing was anything but normal and spent a lot more of their time lying on their side.
So if you have this problem, leave the lights off on your tank as much as possible because I've found that with the light on, the ghost knife fish hide in their caves but as soon as the light is off they are no longer shy and allows them to sit on the surface and gulp air (paired around where the air stone bubbles hit the surface).
