my asian knife...

[crazyforcrabs]

hey guys...this is my asian knife fish...i call him Sam...:)
can you tell me how large these guys usually get?...he's about 5-6" right now....
madly aggressive...i've never had such a meanie before...'cept for my snakehead though...
can anyone tell me a good diet for him...?
i feed him worms...shrimp...chicken liver...
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[Dovii dude]

It kinda resembles an African Knife,wich also are aggressive but stay kinda small at only 6-7 inches,never heard of an Asian knife before.

[ironmunki]

i have a brown african knife that looks very very similiar to that. He's about 7" but docile as hell.

[crazyforcrabs]

yeah...they do resemble African knives....way different in behaviour though....
this guy is crazily aggressive...he'd kill anything he could lay his fins on....

[benzjamin13]

Definitely not an African Knife. Nice Asian Knife. They can get up to 8"-12" I believe they can max out at 14" Notopterus Notopterus are the most aggressive Asian species Knife you can get.

[crazyforcrabs]

oh yeah...he's aggressive alright...
my mum calls him "the demon fish thingy"
:D

[ironmunki]

How much do these asian knives run? I can't seem to find any anywhere on the east coast.

[Weylin]

In India they r about 0.50$ for a 6".. And a full grown adult pair would go for 4.50$..

[Onion01]

In India they r about 0.50$ for a 6".. And a full grown adult pair would go for 4.50$..

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!?!?!? :WHOA::WHOA::WHOA:

that's a steal! very awesome fish

[Weylin]

Im fedup of seeing these fish.. They r just too common.. Almost every shop has them.. U can get them cheaper than that..

[Onion01]

Im fedup of seeing these fish.. They r just too common.. Almost every shop has them.. U can get them cheaper than that..

:p

[crazyforcrabs]

yep...that's coz they're native...and way too many in number these days...though i don't think they're being bred anywhere in India.....
i don't really care how common they are though...i love my 'lil meanie....

BTW...hey Weylin....are you the GatorX guy from IAH.....the one who was asking about Gars and Natives?

[Weylin]

Yep dude... im on IAH and MAS..

[jordanlewis100]

my asian knife grew to about a foot and was aggressive around his pipe but calmed down outside of it,also i grew him on with an indo dat and various other oddballs so maybe that's why he was calmer than if he grew up by himself:)

[crazyforcrabs]

you grew him with Dats?...in a brackish tank?

[jordanlewis100]

you grew him with Dats?...in a brackish tank?

no i grew him with one indo dat in a 5x2x2 freshwater set up,only 2 species of dats are regularly found in brackish and they also can do well in fresh,i now have a royal clown knife instead anyhow

[crazyforcrabs]

ah....please forgive my ignorance.. :D
you've got a royal CK?....awesome...i'm planning on getting one myself one of these days...but i'll have to give up my BGK then...

[jordanlewis100]

BGK's are terrific looking fish,if i had enough room (another tank) i would get one!

[crazyforcrabs]

oh yeah...BGK's really rock...but i really really want a nice CK now...
and to think that CK's are native....and i don't have one... :(

[jordanlewis100]

why is it we all want more ? lol:nilly:

[crazyforcrabs]

Coz they're freaking AWESOME..