Black Ghost Knife 15+

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He just got acclimated to his new 150 Amazon River set up solo and is swimming around checking everything out! He actually is coming to the front when i walk by and had his head up by the top when i was there. Seems he is trained and i am thinking an older fish but absolutely beautiful. How this guy ended up at this store i will never know!

After searching the USA for months this guy was sitting for 6 months at a Pet Supply Warehouse 20 minutes from my house down in San Diego! When i walked in the tag read Black Knife. He was in a 20 high in the back of the store. There was 5 tanks with Oscars and Goldfish, the guy only takes donated fish to the store. I was ready to pay anything but since i was staring at him for 5 minutes the guy said alright i will make a deal and give him to you for 42 dollars if you can take him now! LOL!

More pics coming soon!

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ceeej31;3150911; said:
i didn't know you could heckle by just staring :grinno:
sweet pickup
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Haaa thanks man i am still in shock! I was not even heckling, i was just in awe of the fish and the guy must of been thinking i was not going to take him or something for some reason.
 
Despite all the stories of them getting 18"+, I've never seen one 15" or larger... if you ever get a chance to put it on a tape measure please do so and share a picture with us...

There is no known way to sex BGKs... nor have they been bred in captivity (they were claimed to have been once by a guy in Australia, but no information on how to breed them was released, the guy did not continue to breed them and his claim was met with a lot of skepticism)...

In my experience, when keeping more than one in a tank, they will fight to the death... So if you find another large one be very cautious if you attempt to put them together...
 
MIne is catching up... its about a foot ... yours i believe is the largest black ghost on MFK..congradulations
 
nc_nutcase;3198595; said:
Despite all the stories of them getting 18"+, I've never seen one 15" or larger... if you ever get a chance to put it on a tape measure please do so and share a picture with us...

There is no known way to sex BGKs... nor have they been bred in captivity (they were claimed to have been once by a guy in Australia, but no information on how to breed them was released, the guy did not continue to breed them and his claim was met with a lot of skepticism)...

In my experience, when keeping more than one in a tank, they will fight to the death... So if you find another large one be very cautious if you attempt to put them together...
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Thanks man always good to meet another enthusiast No worries with your comment just when you are commenting to people that have been in this hobby for over 25 years Amazon River Style with 7 tanks always going and a 400 dollar electric bills you will get called out on occasionally! I actually wrote a huge article about my reply to you but decided to just copy and paste it since its classified information i will pm anybody that would like all the info on sexing and breeding BGK's!
About it being 15" I was actually thinking of my 4 wheel drive van that has a 15inch lift on chassis i was thinking about that when i posted his size! Don't know his size looks like 16 to me!:naughty:
 
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