Black Ghost Knifefish Tankmates?

[jdmboy]

this is my first post on here and im sure this has been covered but i was just wondering what you guys keep as tank mates with you black ghost knife? he is about 11in right now and is in a tank with african butterfly fish. and i have another tank with synodontis catfish. i just got a 125 gallon tank and im am getting rid of the butter fly fish and im going to be putting the knife fish and catfish in the 125g. and was wondering what other fish could be possible tankmates? i want to kind of do a community tank because ive always kept cichilds and want to try something new. maybe some rams or Brichardi? thanks

 

[MHcblues119]

nothing to aggresive...my knife is vert docile so aggresive fish would stress them out

 

[jdmboy]

yea thats what i heard, i was just curious on what every one else on her is keeping with theres. im trying to figure out what i want to go in the tank before i strart setting it up this week.

 

[jdmboy]

im trying to do some sort of community tank, i belive the synodontis catfish will be ok with him

 

[Experiment397]

the catfish will do fine with him. i would do dwarf cichlids, or some silver dollars

 

[jdmboy]

i was just making sure about the catfish i thought that they would be ok but i was just checking. and i was looking at some dwarfs. im trying to get a list of what i want while im setting up and cycling the tank so when im ready i can go pick up or order what i want.

 

[gregg]

anything that wont fit in its mouth bgks do kinda grow slow soo think bout that u can probably put in a 7 inch bgk and a 3 to 5 inch o etc

 

[jdmboy]

yea lol i just dont want to anything that is going to hurt the bgk fish. or anything that he is going to eat lol

 

[Morledzep]

my BGK lives with bichers and orino pbass. my big one had lived with a clown knife, silver arowana, various pbass and a stupid hybrid catfish successfully until i put them in the 210 and introduced snooks to the mix.

the snooks terrorized her and then tore her to shreds while i was at work one night. i never would have thought that of snooks before now. in fact the snooks are going to be looking for a new home soon, they are just too disruptive in their current environment and i have no other place to put them.

 

[TheEelKing]

You may try one gold severum with your BGK. The yellowish/peach color of the severum looks stunning when mixed with driftwood and the jet black color of the BGK. I'd avoid a breeding pair of cichlids to alleviate aggression issues, so I'd get one severum only. Other fish that would look nice with the BGK would be yo yo loaches. They grow to about six inches, they're colorful and they school together. Get about 6 of them for the 125. A severum, BGK, the catfish you have already, six yo yo loaches rounded out with 3 silver dollars would fill the tank out nicely. Use driftwood and fake plants to add even more color and you'll have a colorful assortment of fish with a lot of activity from the loaches and silver dollars.

Anyway, this is the kind of setup I would have for a 125 gallon.