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aranos

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With a little help from Nick over at N-E Cichlids, I am now the proud owner of two baby trumpet knives (Rhamphichthys sp.). They are currently sharing a 120 gallon tank, and getting along quite swimmingly (ah haha). In fact, they have been spending their days sleeping next to each other (my fiancé insists they’re cuddling). I just hope they like one another as much when they’re sexually mature. Anyway here are some pics of the cute little guys sleeping. I’ll try to get some of them in action when they come out in the evening later.

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Sweet fish. I kept one of these guys once. Really sensitive, he died during a move in which every other fish lived. But I hope they work out for ya.

sean
 
Very cool knife. Do they get big enough to eat the neons?
 
ewurm;1068816; said:
Do they get big enough to eat the neons?
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Probably, but it depends on what species they are. R. marmoratus is supposed to be the biggest south american knife at about 100 cm+. R. rostratus, which is often confused with marmoratus, I don't think grows quite as large. Either one could probably eat neons, but with their tiny mouths and "trumpet" snouts, they are pretty well adapted to rooting around in the sand for worms (which is all they have been doing so far). We'll just have to wait and see. I've got some celebus rainbows in there that might end up as dinner too, but I've got a 55g evacuation tank ready in case things get a little unfriendly.
 
aranos;1068848; said:
Probably, but it depends on what species they are. R. marmoratus is supposed to be the biggest south american knife at about 100 cm+. R. rostratus, which is often confused with marmoratus, I don't think grows quite as large. Either one could probably eat neons, but with their tiny mouths and "trumpet" snouts, they are pretty well adapted to rooting around in the sand for worms (which is all they have been doing so far). We'll just have to wait and see. I've got some celebus rainbows in there that might end up as dinner too, but I've got a 55g evacuation tank ready in case things get a little unfriendly.
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Thanks for the info, always grateful to learn about new fish.
 
Thay are great fish. I got 2 of the same knives from Nick @ NE cichlids and they are eating machines.
 
Nice setup and knife
 
gitz21;1077382; said:
Thay are great fish. I got 2 of the same knives from Nick @ NE cichlids and they are eating machines.
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Yeah, mine are eating about one and a half cubes of bloodworms a day. Just a little update, one has asserted himself as dominant. He sleeps in his choice of java fern and pretty much owns the left third of the tank during feeding time. If the other one ventures over, there will be a quick chase but not really any fighting (even if they did fight they’re mouths are so small I don’t think they could do anything). Everything is pretty peaceful otherwise. So much for not keeping knives together so far (I’ll bet it’s a different story when they get sexually mature though :)).
 
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