Knifefish
- Thread starter ryknier
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I know I am bringing back an old post but my knife fish died the other day! Very sad, he was 10 inches long! By far my most coolest fish!
Sorry to hear about your loss.
Any idea what caused it?
My BGK is a little over 8 inches now.
Anything I should watch for or be careful of?
Any idea what caused it?
My BGK is a little over 8 inches now.
Anything I should watch for or be careful of?
The whole tank died minutes after doing a 10% change. Temp was not the issue. Still don't have a clue, we brought a sample of water to the pet store and had them test the water, everything was normal. All I know I was very upset.
We live here in the country, I am assuming because our well is very shallow, it could be a chemical that nothing is tested for in a water test kit, like a pesticide from the farms around us or something.
But right now the tank is housing a turtle. Until we move(in a few months) I am getting ready for my next tank setup with a BGK
Have you guys noticed, but I have been at petsmart(pets mart) they always have a knife fish of some sort. And I have been finding them more and more in stores! And its not because I have had one. When I got mine, I had to special order it.
We live here in the country, I am assuming because our well is very shallow, it could be a chemical that nothing is tested for in a water test kit, like a pesticide from the farms around us or something.
But right now the tank is housing a turtle. Until we move(in a few months) I am getting ready for my next tank setup with a BGK
Have you guys noticed, but I have been at petsmart(pets mart) they always have a knife fish of some sort. And I have been finding them more and more in stores! And its not because I have had one. When I got mine, I had to special order it.
Wow, what a thread. My tank is almost ready for fish and I will be getting a BGK. I was planning on that long before I found this thread, but boy have I learned a lot from this. Just reconfirms my choice of fish. I will also have a sev and moonlight gouramis in with him. I have a 125gal. Stocking will be
1 bgk
2 sev
4 moonlight gouramis
1 paradise fish
1 pleco
9 rasboras (maybe, unless the bgk thinks they are food, then they will stay where they are in the 60)
Great thread!
Sorry for your loss Ryknier. I feel like I knew your bgk just from your posts..... Hope you get another.
1 bgk
2 sev
4 moonlight gouramis
1 paradise fish
1 pleco
9 rasboras (maybe, unless the bgk thinks they are food, then they will stay where they are in the 60)
Great thread!
Sorry for your loss Ryknier. I feel like I knew your bgk just from your posts..... Hope you get another.
No kidding what a thread, I was trying to see if I have ever put my final decision of fish in here but got tired after looking after the 4th page!
What I had:
1 BGK
2 Moonlight Gouramis
2 Clown Loaches
1 Pleco
1 Green Severum
4 Giant Danios
4 Zebra Danios
yours looks great Gwenkat
The setup was awesome
The BGK didn't hide all the time, clown hid more then the BGK, the Danios dominated the top of the tank, moonlights were mid tank, severum was everywhere, and the loaches and BGK were bottom but on occasion loaches would be all over the tank, definitely need them in pairs
Ended up with 1 Fluval 404, very very nice system, canister filter was VERY quiet, the bubble curtain was louder then the filter. Found a nice stump from our local marsh here, and cleaned it up the way a post somewhere on this site said, below is a picture my tank, with the severum and my dog looking at each other
What I had:
1 BGK
2 Moonlight Gouramis
2 Clown Loaches
1 Pleco
1 Green Severum
4 Giant Danios
4 Zebra Danios
yours looks great Gwenkat
The setup was awesome
The BGK didn't hide all the time, clown hid more then the BGK, the Danios dominated the top of the tank, moonlights were mid tank, severum was everywhere, and the loaches and BGK were bottom but on occasion loaches would be all over the tank, definitely need them in pairs
Ended up with 1 Fluval 404, very very nice system, canister filter was VERY quiet, the bubble curtain was louder then the filter. Found a nice stump from our local marsh here, and cleaned it up the way a post somewhere on this site said, below is a picture my tank, with the severum and my dog looking at each other
