black ghost knife ideas

[KnifefishFan]

my 4 gouramis seems ok with my bgk hehe (maybe im lucky or in for a rude awakening lol). dont angelfish need a tall tank? also read if you keep your bgk with smaller fish when its younger, they get used to them and wont bother them. i agree with bhack91 rainbow fish would be cool in there.

 

[DGgirl]

how big do rainbow fish get. i've never seem at my lfs, but nor have i looked for them. i'll check them out.

 

[DustyBZoo]

Some rainbows are small, however boesmani(blue and yellow), new guinea(red), and turquoise(blue w/black stripe) will get to be 4"-6". A word of caution, these guys are not always friendly. I watched 2 new guineas shred an emerald rainbow to death. However, since then I've not had any problems and would recomend them.

Also silver dollars rock!

 

[DGgirl]

would silver dollars be okay with barbs mollies and otos? cause those guys are in the tank aswell

 

[benzjamin13]

Welcome to MFK

Not all Gouramis are bad. Pearl Gouramis are peaceful and would make a great addition to your tank. Silver Dollars would be fine as well, but they would destroy any plants in there.

 

[bigwillie]

hi everyone, i'm a newbie here but have had aquariums since early this year, still a beginner. Anyways I'm trying to find stocking ideas for my BGKs tank.

Here's the specs,
55gal
2 filters, AquaTech20-40 and Fluval good for up to a 40 (dont remember the model number)
300w heater
and an air pump (dont know the make of it)

Stocking:
The tank originally started out as a 20gal long with 6 albino cherry barbs and a dragon goby. since then i have moved the dragon goby to an 80gal bw tank.
After the dragon was moved I bought my Mac (BGK) the lfs i bought him at claimed they grow to 8 inches, later we found out different (stupid fish store lol) so we upgraded to the 55. Which is now the home of,

1 BGK
6 albino cherry barbs,
4 dalmation mollies
3 otos
3 kuhlli loaches.
and a small school of silver tipped tetras.

we got the tetras for free so i was to concerned about them going 'missing' as some people would say, and we did lose 3 of them. but other than that Mac the bgk hasn't touched any of the other fish.

Now I'm tryin to figure out what other kind of fish will be compatible with my current stock list. Kind of just to fill in the empty slot.

Any comments/advice would be appreciated. I'll try and post pics a little later

3 silcer dollars metynnis var. will add flash to your tank and are to fast to be picked on. peaceful too. feed them raw spinach.

 

[DGgirl]

silver dollars it is then. i've been convinced lol thanks everyone. i'll start looking this weekend for some