Hi I need advice I would like to move a 14" clown knife into a tank with a 2ft giant goramy. Will try it on a day when I am off. If it is not an awful idea how should I go about it ?The only fish in with the giant goramy is a sail fin pleco, its only 8" long and he is not bothered by it.
Will a clown knife be able to hold its own with a giant goramy ?
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My GG is a thug, and has killed many tank mates. I've witnessed my GG attacked bottom dwellers as well. It's only tank mate now is a 13" mottled bullhead cat. It still occasionally have teeth scratches on it's body. It's only protection are large boulders in the tank, it can hide around/between.
If you grew the CK and GG up together, there would likely be no problem; however, given that the GG is already at adult size, it will likely kill the CK and any other large tankmate additions to its territory at this point.
Not true. I grew mine from about 3", in a community tank. As it matured and gained size, it became more and more aggressive towards tank mates that it had grown up with.
My giant gourami wouldn't tolerate any fish even close to its size. It would leave smaller fish alone completely. I put a big jade goby in there once and the GG lines it up, bull rushed it and smashed it within seconds.
It depends on tank size. My last clown knife was really skiddish and I doubt would work in close proximity to a gg