markoshark Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 Oscar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snookie Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 tinfoil barbs work ,quite well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 i think he wants fish that wont eat plants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snookie Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 large silver sharks , red fin cigar sharks , etc.. then , also remember a clown knifes jaw is like a snakes and it can eat bigger than you think :roll: you probably new that any how Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milet Posted June 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 Thanks snookie Can anyone show me some pics of their Clown knife and/or its tank setup please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.PROPHECY Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 heres a few old piks of mine ill put some updated ones on when take some more :lol: http://s131.photobucket.com/albums/p314 ... CN1006.jpg http://s131.photobucket.com/albums/p314 ... CN1025.jpg http://s131.photobucket.com/albums/p314 ... CN1143.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coelacanth Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 what's that big catfish in there? is it the brown bullhead? (Coz I'm not sure if its actually legal to keep them, DoC etc don't want them spreading to anywhere else in NZ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 You have possibly spotted this already.. but just in case It might help.. http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/1-vt22 ... sc&start=0 Bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milet Posted June 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 Cool A.prophecy. What size tank is that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coelacanth Posted June 16, 2007 Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 You have possibly spotted this already.. but just in case It might help.. http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/1-vt22 ... sc&start=0 Bill. yeah, I contributed quite a bit to that thread actually. Stella's information on there is only relevant to NATIVE freshwater fish. There are different regulations regarding introduced fish. Some species require permits to hold them (eg, Gambusia), others are classified as noxious pests and people keeping them can face extremely stiff fines (eg, koi and rudd). I attached some info on this to the end of that thread. I'm not sure where the brown bullhead fits in, because its legal status has changed recently I believe. It used to be treated as a sports-fish but is now an unwanted organism or something along those lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted June 16, 2007 Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 Datnoids will be perfect! But they grow a bit slower than the clown knives, so try get a couple of larger ones if possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milet Posted June 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 I havnt seen a Datnoid Before at any of the shops in Chch. Well if i have, they cant have been very big. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coelacanth Posted June 17, 2007 Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 try Redwood, they often have them. Also Critter Kingdom and Ferry Road sometimes (you will probably notice that these three places all have their own quarantine rooms for importing!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted June 17, 2007 Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 And they'll probably call them something stuped like 'Siamese Tiger fish', even tho theyre Indo's not Siamese. God I hate common names, why are shops/people too ignorant to use latin..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milet Posted June 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 sweet thanks. Yeah i hate common names too! While on the topic of names, which is the proper scientific name for the clown knife fish? I just writing out a whole lot of stuff on it to help me more, but there seems to be a few different versions, (Notopterus) Chitala ornata, Chilata chilata, Notopterus ornata etc. Which is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coelacanth Posted June 17, 2007 Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 yep, normally Siamese tiger fish or Borneo tiger fish. And usually they are only little Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coelacanth Posted June 17, 2007 Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 the Asian knives were all Notopterus but some are now in Chitala ("Chilata" is a misprint). Basically either generic name is usable. There are several species and as is common in taxonomy and nomenclature there is some confusion over what is what. On the import list, they have both Chitala ornata and Chitala chitala Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milet Posted June 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 Ohh, thats pretty confusing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coelacanth Posted June 17, 2007 Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 OK, here's the story on Old World knifefish taxonomy Milet. There are three species in Africa, Xenomystus nigri, Papyrocranus afer and P. congoensis. The first two are allowed to be imported into NZ. X. nigri is a small one with no dorsal fin. The Papyrocranus spp used to be in Notopterus with the Asian knifefish; they are black and look similar in body-shape (with a dorsal fin) but have no pelvic fins (Notopterus spp have them but they are very small). There are about six species of Asian knifefish. They were formerly all in the genus Notopterus but Chitala is now seperated by many authors (I personally don't agree with this). The clown knife is N. (or C.) ornata. N.chitala is apparently a synonym of this. However the import list has both Chitala ornata and Chitala chitala (I wouldn't put any faith in this meaning anything though: whoever made up the list wasn't too concientious about correcting spelling mistakes and synonyms anyway, eg there are two listings for the same plec species, as Perygoplichthys etentaculatus and Pterygoplichtys etentaculatus!!). The royal knifefish seen recently in many shops is Notopterus (or Chitala) blanci. It is not on the new importable fish list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milet Posted June 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 Ahhhh, Thanks coelacanth that acutally helped Thanks AGAIN! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milet Posted June 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 Whats everyones opinions on putting a Bichir, Choc talking catfish and a pleco as tankmates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 Which species of bichir? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markoshark Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 Ornate should work, Senegal probably won't Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaNs Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 Get a Datnoid. They are so cool! If i was you i wouldn't get a pleco as they shit all over the place. You could have some nice plants in your tank if you didnt have a pleco. I have a few Hoplo cats to clean up the left overs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markoshark Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 hoplo cats are win Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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