Post Your Pics of Royal Knives...

[Dirty Old Man]

Please post pics of your Royal Knives. I'd really like to see pics of baby ones roughly 3-4", but I'm up for any pics of royals you'll provide. Thanks!

[piscavore pisces]

i'm no expert but i've read on here and several other places that at that size its hard to distinguish royals from regular clowns. small regular clown knives have similar striping to royals. i've seen some nice pictures of bigger royals on this site. one member that comes to mind is dodgefreak his royal is a real nice fish.

[WyldFya]

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j217/WyldFya/RoyalKnife.jpg

Old pic of him.

[milkman407]

Not sure if my 3" clown is royal or not... he has about 4-5 spots on each side than he gets a liter color and u can see about 5 or 6 stripes that are connected and some that are broken up.. it looks like a royal though.. dont really bother me if hes normal or not i like him he eats flakes and pellets :)

[ZOO YORK 207]

my rck and milkman 407 i think yours is a clown

[WyldFya]

Great looking royal Zoo york. How big is he?

I agree milkman yours sounds like a clown.

[ZOO YORK 207]

mine is about 8-9" and very healthy one of my fav. fish

[WyldFya]

Looks great.

[dodgefreak8]

here are a few I have owned. the first is about 5" long you can clearly see he's a royal at this size.
the second is about 8" and the last is about 16" at the time. he's about 19" now
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/dodgefreak8/100_1743.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/dodgefreak8/000_0241.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/dodgefreak8/100_2377.jpg

[WyldFya]

Your second and third royals had some great patterns.

[Dirty Old Man]

Awesome pics. Thanks! What size where the royals when you guys first got them and what did they look like back then?

[WyldFya]

I got mine when he was 12" for $17. He for the most part looked the same. Mine has had very slow growth, and is only 14" now. I got him around 4 months ago.

[ZOO YORK 207]

i got mine like a couple weeks ago i traded two aggressive piek cichlids for it but normal price for it would have been $75 and he is still the same size

[CHOMPERS]

Here is my ck Spots, a brown that died yesterday, and another un-named ck. Not royals but someone thought they might be a while back.

[Dirty Old Man]

very nice looking fish. I actually have two clowns that look similar to both of those.

[Daniel Machado]

Awesome knives... Gotta get one of these. :naughty:

Best regards.

Daniel.

[ZOO YORK 207]

you should get one they are awesome

[Kuda]

lets see urs zoo

[ZOO YORK 207]

there is a couple pics on page 1

[mother]

Wow! dodgefreak, that last one is beautiful. It looks as if it's made of aluminum! Very cool. :cool:

[Daniel Machado]

you should get one they are awesome
:iagree: And I WILL... As soon as they appear around here again. :naughty:

A Royal Knife and one of these... :drool:
(image attached).

Hope they can be kept in the same tank... ;)

Best regards.

Daniel.

[Dirty Old Man]

Would that be an albino or a golden?

:iagree: And I WILL... As soon as they appear around here again. :naughty:

A Royal Knife and one of these... :drool:
(image attached).

Hope they can be kept in the same tank... ;)

Best regards.

Daniel.

[flamenco-t]

my 12" ROyal CK

[Dirty Old Man]

I'm jealous of you guys who have royals...God I want one of them badly...any suggestions on where I can get a smaller one online?

[flamenco-t]

I'm jealous of you guys who have royals...God I want one of them badly...any suggestions on where I can get a smaller one online?


The local LFS in san antonio have one about 10" for about $ 85. I can pick them up in a week or two and have them ship to you. As long as you pay for shipping. I am picking up other fish they order for me in about a week or two..

stan

[Dirty Old Man]

I can get an 18" one in phoenix for about $90. But I'd like to grow one from a baby...like maybe a 4" one max. Thus far I've grown all mine from about 2-3". Thanks for the offer though.

[Daniel Machado]

Would that be an albino or a golden?

The flash made it impossible to see... But it's a red-eyed specimen... Albino. :thumbsup:

Best regards.

Daniel.

[Dirty Old Man]

The flash made it impossible to see... But it's a red-eyed specimen... Albino. :thumbsup:

Best regards.

Daniel.

That's awesome. Never seen one before. The closest I've seen would be a golden...How expensive are the albino's compared to a clown?

[Daniel Machado]

Here in Brazil? About twice the price of regulars... A bit less than twice. :D

Best regards.

Daniel.

[ZOO YORK 207]

That's awesome. Never seen one before. The closest I've seen would be a golden...How expensive are the albino's compared to a clown?

I saw one for about $20 and it was about 6" but guess what dumb a$$ me didn't buy it.

[Dirty Old Man]

I'd like to have one of each some day in one big ass tank...a clown, a royal, a golden, and an albino...all living in harmony!

[Daniel Machado]

That would be an AWESOME sight, IMO. :grinyes:

Best regards.

Daniel.

[Thomascl]

sweet royals

[Roy L.]

Beutiful fish, I really like the patterns :)
Could I keep those with my black ghost?

[Dirty Old Man]

Beutiful fish, I really like the patterns :)
Could I keep those with my black ghost?

When they are little probably depending on the aggressiveness of the individual fish. They grow faster (and larger) than the black ghosts and it's highly likely that they will kill or severly injure the BGK within about 6 months (if you got them at the same size.)

My clown has averaged 2" of growth per month...and that's feeding sparingly. Personally, I wouldn't recommend it.

[benzjamin13]

Nice Knives everybody!

[snickers28]

I'm jealous of you guys who have royals...God I want one of them badly...any suggestions on where I can get a smaller one online?

i know a lfs here in the philippines selling a CK about 3-4" approximately and they coz 4 only $2..