Breeding Black Ghost Knife Fish

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AnnaB

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I have a 12-13 inch Black Ghost Knife Fish that is about 3 years old.
Just before Christmas I thought "Mr Wiggles" was dying - he went off his food, had a strange silver glisten across his body - but all was well - about 3 weeks later "Mr Wiggles" became "Wiggles" as she lay heaps of eggs. My question is - does anyone know how often they lay eggs and if I put a small male in the tank (assuming I can accurately sex them) are there any special requirements.
 
AnnaB;3804347; said:
I have a 12-13 inch Black Ghost Knife Fish that is about 3 years old.
Just before Christmas I thought "Mr Wiggles" was dying - he went off his food, had a strange silver glisten across his body - but all was well - about 3 weeks later "Mr Wiggles" became "Wiggles" as she lay heaps of eggs. My question is - does anyone know how often they lay eggs and if I put a small male in the tank (assuming I can accurately sex them) are there any special requirements.
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Sounds interesting... Any pics??
 
Not much is known about their breeding. Sometimes hobbyists have several massive BGKs in their tank and "find" more, but they never see the eggs.

I think you ought to find another male of the same size and try to breed. The problem is, however, it's impossible to sex them, and they'll fight if you get a pair wrong.
 
pics
 
thanks.. thought I might get a small one and grow it up - hoping it would prevent the fighting - they don't seem to take very long to grow (in real terms)
 
im sorry man, i can not see any of the eggs.
 
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