Midas Posted January 4, 2004 Report Share Posted January 4, 2004 Has anyone else found that they were able to hand feed their black ghost knife fish? Last week I was going to put a pellet in his home but he came and took it out of my fingers, quite cool I thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted January 5, 2004 Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 Blood worms work for mine coll ah, I have a mate that can pat his oscar too, he loves it & same for the fish... Ghosties arent as shy as people make out, mine forage around the pebbles alot of the time. They have to be 1 of the coolest fish around!! Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phyrestaata Posted January 5, 2004 Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 IThey are pretty cool looking fish but can someone please tell me how big they grow and if they are suitable for a community aquarium. Also what do they like to eat? thankyou for any info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted January 5, 2004 Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 live food, meal worms..... blood worms. they get to about 50 cm for communities; have fish of bigger size,neons & the like can end up a good food source. If wanting info on breeding or set ups for these guys . [email protected] Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurch Posted January 6, 2004 Report Share Posted January 6, 2004 my mates one ate all the eyes out of his cardinals overnight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 I have swords in with mine, at the moment they havent touched them, well the adults anyway Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phyrestaata Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 do they get agressive to each other? and can they be kept together if they are all a sim. size? btw, there is the biggest Clown Knife fish ever in Wet Pets in Palmy, it was HuMonGus! pretty alien and scary looking but I'm not too keen on getting one of those but I like oddball fish however Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted January 8, 2004 Report Share Posted January 8, 2004 I have 4 in a 4 footer , 18-20 cm. I have noticed 1 gets picked on everynow & then, just has the odd mark on its fins. Plenty of logs,tubes in the tank. I have seen some set up with just pairs, mixture of sizes & a few of the same size, so I suppose it just depends on the fish; Trail & error. :roll: Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted January 8, 2004 Report Share Posted January 8, 2004 i can hand feed mine sometimes - its hard getting to the bottom of the tank where he likes to hang out but he is very active. if you are ever around at about 4am light a candle and watch - i have had two in my time and they both come out about then and do acrobatics and swim in even more ways you would not imagine. as far as them eating things go: my current black ghost (named 'Cochlean' which is latin for 'spoon') tryed to eat my red-spot plec, then gave up after causing serious damage and now only nibbles on the silicon seals - i think its a bit like cats sharpening their claws. the previous on got himself eaten by a gang of angry gourami! i didn't see it happen but after morning feeding he was fine and that evening he was a skeleton. the only other fish were gourami and a couple of tiny port-hoplos (and they are too cute to point the blame at ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Posted February 4, 2004 Report Share Posted February 4, 2004 I've been hand feeding my black ghost at night for about 2 years. He/she is only about 20cm long at the moment, the yellow stripe on teh head is looking in good colour. There's no way I'd call them a peaceful fish, I've observed him/her at night chasing other fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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