View Full Version : Black Ghost Knifes Do the Darndest Things!!!
angeltc
12-27-2008, 11:03 PM
So I was doing a water change the other day and I was just kinda sitting there while the siphon was draining the tank. Next thing I know, my BGK was swimming up the siphon! At first he just "examined" it with his tail, then he got out and went in head first. At one point he was even all the way above the water level in the tank. I'll have to get a picture next time he does it. Anyways, it was just another thing that made me love my BGK even more.
Has anyone else had this or something similar happen to them? I would to love to hear your stories about what makes you love BGKs.
killarbb
12-27-2008, 11:54 PM
i think that yours may have sat 1 seat closer to the driver on the short bus.......
frogman5
12-28-2008, 12:01 AM
that is an awesome story mine just swims upside down all the time
dragonfish
12-28-2008, 8:15 AM
Be careful that you don't siphon it out or that it doesn't get stuck in the hose.
oscar n redtail cat
12-28-2008, 8:41 AM
Be careful that you don't siphon it out or that it doesn't get stuck in the hose.
:iagree: but great story :ROFL:
Be careful that you don't siphon it out or that it doesn't get stuck in the hose.
yea, if he goes up there and get's stuck he's screwed!
dark_knights_99
12-28-2008, 11:03 AM
You might injure or kill your bgk. Just br careful bro.
benzjamin13
12-28-2008, 12:01 PM
Probably thought it was another tube to hide in;)
midnightCK
12-28-2008, 2:20 PM
lol . bgk is such a character.
Valkyrie
12-29-2008, 3:30 PM
When my BGK was smaller he would do the same thing while I was doing water changes. But now he is larger he doesn't fit. I have also had a juvenile angle fish to the same, had to stop the water flow so it could get out. Have to agree a BGK's that is happy with its environment do the damdest things thats what makes them such great fish to keep.
Mine recently picked up a 'slingshot maneuver'. He has two corner pieces of PVC pipe with flat slate rock on top of them. He will slowly swim into one side of the pipe, and JET out of the other, like he is being slingshotted. He'll do it over and over, sometimes swimming head-first into my plants (sometimes with a lot of force). I never thought fish could have "fun", or even knew what "fun" was until I saw him do this. It's hilarious.
:grinno:
uncwnells
12-29-2008, 4:35 PM
hilarious! PICS!!!
LOL!
Mine swims backwards everywhere! It's like he's stuck in reverse!
ViperCLKGTR
01-06-2009, 5:55 PM
BGK's are probbaly the best fish to watch in the hobby