Dixon1990 Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 Will a bgk less than 10cm be alright in a planted 36"Wx24"Hx18"D with penguin,black widows and cardinal tetras, angelfish, corys,whiptails,BNs and Rams? And how long will it take him to grow big enough to eat them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 knife fish will grow hugebut takes ages i guess i have seen it with communities so i shouldnt think theres a problem, but they do eat other fish, as you can see their mouth is like a small dog, so big fish cant be eaten. they are nocturnal so when others are sleeping thats when they can cause problems. also their tail has electrick shocks if they are anoyed i am told anyways and as google says Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 It might be OK in the short term, but it will lead to problems soon enough. I wouldn't do it if I were you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracey Posted November 22, 2007 Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 I wouldn't trust a BGK as far as I could throw it with Tetra's. Their mouths are quite a bit larger than they look and even at less than 10cm, it will still be trying to hunt the smaller fish down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarBoy Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 i had 1 in a tank with danios and i hardley ever saw it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsarmina Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 i had mine in my guppy tank for a while. didn't notice any decline in gup numbers but there are heaps in the anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarBoy Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 you must of got a good 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 I wouldn't do it. Wouldn't take very long until it could eat something like a neon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarBoy Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 yea i agree with evil once they get bigger u wont have many neons then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctsniper86 Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 I had one about that size in my community tank with guppies and neons and danios etc. and he never ate any of them. He was actually really friendly, came out and zipped thru plants and round tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 Why would you want to put it in a community tank anyway? :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markoshark Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 my BGK was eating neons at that size. Very happy knifey though lolz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony law Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 my bgk use like any tetras he use to take out there eyes then the next night eat them he clean up my black widows tetras in 3 weeks 20 of them one fat bgk .he was fully grow in till i lost a tank 1000l alll over the floor . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarimochi Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 I wouldn't trust a BGK as far as I could throw it. You can throw a BGK pretty far IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony law Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 :lol: :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarBoy Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 y would u even think about throwing 1? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted December 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 WOuld a BGK be alright with fully grown penguin tetras? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheesejawa Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 neons seem to be everyones favourite food dont they Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarBoy Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 yup :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 we've got 2 about that size and never had any problem with them eating anything other than flake lol they dont seem interested in the neons or the danios! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarBoy Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 danios don't look apatising :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheesejawa Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 danios are so fast they could survive oscars even Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbob Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 my 25cm bgk is fine as long as he is fed his 2 cubes of frozen meat every day, skipping 1 day is tolerated, 2 days results in him eating whichever fish is smallest in the tank at that time, the last one was a 5cm bolivian ram. the one before that a 4cm discus... shame, i was trying to offload those fish as i feared that would happen... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarBoy Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 danios are so fast they could survive oscars even Are you thinking straigt today? i put a few in my tank with oscras to see if they would survive but they were go with in minitues lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheesejawa Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 have u seen the speed danios can go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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