my 22" clown knife fish

[sauroid]

i just want to know your opinion regarding the growth of my clown knife. it is now about 22" and its been with me for around 5 years ( i got it @ 2 1/2 "). do you think it will still grow bigger? is 22" not bad for a 5 year old? is it stunted already? it is thick and chunky and very sharp and alert. it only eats feeders exclusively...

[iheartfishies]

i just want to know your opinion regarding the growth of my clown knife. it is now about 22" and its been with me for around 5 years ( i got it @ 2 1/2 "). do you think it will still grow bigger? is 22" not bad for a 5 year old? is it stunted already? it is thick and chunky and very sharp and alert. it only eats feeders exclusively...
what size tank is it in??

what size tank has is been in?

[sauroid]

hes been in different tanks through the years. from 20 to 75 to 100 and back to a 20, now hes in a 50 gal. all alone. it would be so impossible to move him now at his size.

[piranha45]

22" FISH IN A 50GALLON TANK?! Not cool. CKs can grow 3-4 feet if fed properly, but if you keep it in that 50g than you might as well euthanize it, cuz it WILL grow screwed up. Big fish need swimming space, man. What feeder fish type do you use? make sure you arent using goldfish.

[rayman45]

move the fish out
get him at least a 100 2 feet wide

[WckedMidas]

in case your wondering people aint trying to bust your balls. What they are trying to say imagin being in a box bigenuf to barely move forwards or backwards yetalone be able to turn around in. Does it sound fun and humain? Point if fish that size needs turning room. Ima guess its already stunted from the small tanks you have kept it in. Feeder fish aint good for fish honestly if you buying the feeders they can make fish extremly sick and die off. At min you need standard 75 gal and even that to small. There deminsions are like 4 foot by foot and a half wide by 18 tall or is it 24 tall anyways you get point. It should be in 6fx2fx2f

[WckedMidas]

imaginbeing in a box with only few inchs to move forwards or backward, Imagin not haveing enuf room to turn around in said box. Sound fun>? Not trying to bust your balls. But that fish is most likely stunted already. Wich isnt good at all. Anyways min tankf or you fish and i mean min is standard 75 gal and thats even on small side . they like 4fx 18inch wide x 18 or 24 inchs tall. That fish should be in 2 foot wide tank of atleast 6 foot long.

[piranha45]

well, he lives in asia so i was thinking he might not use goldfish as feeders... hopefully they dont... Platies and barbs and danios and snakeheads would make great feederfish and a good diet for a predatory fish though

[rayman45]

75 is 4foot x 18 x 20

[sauroid]

it is fed nothing but tankbred poecilia latipinna by the hundreds. he used to live in a 100 gal. tank for 3 years before being moved to a 50 about 10 months ago and i had to get a humoungous net to do that. i think he really has to go to a bigger tank. thanks pranha45 and rayman45. you guys are cool.

[rayman45]

DONT WORRY ABOUT IT
i have a 33" redline snakehead in a 75

but its a little differnet b/c the snakehead a turn fine and he can bend a little morre easier then a knife fish

[luistijerina]

p45 i use goldfish and rosyreds as feeders for my fish . is that bad? what other feeders do you recomend.

[rayman45]

gold fish are very dirty
i use them for my sh but thats all he eats

only live and if i fed him minnows he will eat 1000 of them lol
he can eat 50 goldfish every other day

[piranha45]

p45 i use goldfish and rosyreds as feeders for my fish . is that bad? what other feeders do you recomend.
goldfish are bred and kept in unhealthy conditions (copper-loaded water, underfed, overstressed), so they are prone to carrying diseases transferrable to your larger fish

both goldfish and fathead minnows inherently lack a critical fish nutrient called Thiaminase, which is important in fish growth.

You can use them (emphasis on minnows rather than goldies) as a peripheral part of a fish's diet, but use fish pellets or krill or market shrimp as a staple diet for your predators.

[luistijerina]

thanks guys.

[froggyman]

sounds like an awsome fish!

[rayman45]

CAN WE GET PICS?

[Robert]

i just want to know your opinion regarding the growth of my clown knife. it is now about 22" and its been with me for around 5 years ( i got it @ 2 1/2 "). do you think it will still grow bigger? is 22" not bad for a 5 year old? is it stunted already? it is thick and chunky and very sharp and alert. it only eats feeders exclusively...

22" ... can show the pic of this big size fish?

[sauroid]

i am transferring the CK into a 125 gal.tank along with the giant gourami and the bichirs. hope there wont be mayhem. my CK has maimed a snakehead in the past. pics will come soon as soon as im able to borrow a cam. i cant afford it now that iv spent all my spare cash on another tank and equipments.

[iheartfishies]

i am transferring the CK into a 125 gal.tank along with the giant gourami and the bichirs. hope there wont be mayhem. my CK has maimed a snakehead in the past. pics will come soon as soon as im able to borrow a cam. i cant afford it now that iv spent all my spare cash on another tank and equipments.

PICS! :hearts:

[Isis_Nebthet]

Get a koi net ;)

Adrea *who is glad she had a koi net when the 12" clowns came home because the other nets are 6"*

[nick]

there is an oldschool 50 made thats 10 in high 48 long or 40 long and like 30 in wide

[sauroid]

thanks for the suggestions andrea and nick. the CK is in the 125 already with the G.Gourami. i decided not to include the bichirs with the two monsters. so far they are staying on their own side of the tank. a good thing they dont eat the same type of food. pics will come soon, when and if i get a camera (other than the disposable junk that i have).

[iheartfishies]

Ya post some pics.
I like checking out giant gouramis. :hearts:

Are you going to put the Ck in a bigger tank eventually?...

I'm too lazy to scroll back through the post to see.

[rayman45]

yea whats going on with these pics