Bgk

[cane76]

my local maidenhead aquatics are selling bgk,s 1 for 15 & 2 for 25 as far as ive learned they are aggressive to their own kind why would they do this?

 

[CFC]

People might have more than one tank at home and want one for each tank?

 

[love cichlids]

What are bgk's

 

[cane76]

the average fish keepercould not house 2 of these could they?when i asked about them being kept seperate they said no they are fine together and when i asked about their adult size they said "not big"

 

[trace1]

how big were they in the shop ??? i'm sure they were only about £5 each in my lfs these were about 3 inches long & from what i've read they need 75 + gallon tanks & are agressive to their own kind.
i really wanted them but decided against it as my biggest tank is only 59 uk gallons

 

[cane76]

they were about 6 inches
maybe this should be in oddball institute sry

 

[prankster705]

Two knife fish of any tipe can't live in a tank, because they use a weak current of electricity to navigate, if there were two they would be wery confused, and there is a big possability they would die because of it.

 

[AndyTaylor]

And they grow huge...up to 2 and a half feet in the wild. Having said that most LFS's IME keep them together in tanks....no saying it's right, but they do...

 

[Durbkat]

BGF's are black ghost knife fish love cichlids.

 

[AndyTaylor]

are bgf'c cichlids? never thought about that!

 

[prankster705]

^^ no they aren't, that was an answer to the user name known as love cichlids.

 

[plecoguy]

im going to disagree..there are plenty of people that keep more than one knife fish together. you just need the correct tank size to do so.

 

[Dorkhedeos]

they can keep more than one african brown knife, not black

 

[plecoguy]

im still gonna disagree...seen it done many times..and these ghost knives have been together for years...doing great..each has their own territory

 

[prankster705]

Yea but they need wery big tanks and even then it's a maybe thing.