Black Ghost Knife (accidentally)

[MNG]

So by circumstance I have two black ghost knifes in my 125. Wasn’t meant to be a permanent solution, but it worked so I kept them. A friend passed away and didn’t want to give it up.
I went to clean out one of my canister filters and found a baby black ghost knife living in it. I say baby, it’s about three inches long now. Anyone here ever breed BGK’s? Totally unexpected but extremely cool. From my research, very rare.

 

[kno4te]

Congrats.

 

[Potato Patatto]

That’s truly amazing it survived in there

 

[MNG]

That’s truly amazing it survived in there

Healthy and happy. They love secluded dark places, right? Lol
The whole thing truly is amazing. What are the chances of them even breeding in a captive tank, not a pond?

 

[MNG]

Congrats.

Thank you!

 

[Deadeye]

Wow! Congrats!
That’s amazing, I didn’t even know they could be bred in captivity!

 

[Potato Patatto]

Did you take it out of the canister yet?

 

[MNG]

Wow! Congrats!
That’s amazing, I didn’t even know they could be bred in captivity!

I started researching it months ago when they were acting strange. From what I have ready usually in a large pond, not in a tank.

 

[MNG]

Did you take it out of the canister yet?

I have not. I didn’t want to rush to do it when if you think about it; it’s lived there happily its whole life.
I want to get it out but have no where to put it. Adding a third to a 125 is just begging for problems. I am gonna go get a container I can put inside the tank. It is going to go to my brothers tank when he gets back in town. The one he had was about two feet long and recently passed. Old fish.

 

[tlindsey]

Congrats! I personally only read of one person having the same experience years ago. Extremely rare for them to breed in a aquarium.