...Can i get an african brown knife?

[Plec123]

Well, i looked at the african brown knife profile, and it said min. tank size is 50gals.
first, if its only 8", and relatively inactive, couldnt it be kept in a smaller tank, say, my 38gal?

My 38gal definitely has room in it, and it has an ac110 filter. i have a decent amount of plants, and lots of driftwood.
the fish are:
1 angel
1 swordtail (should be gone soon, almost 5 yrs old now)
small school of red & blue columbian tetras
1 BN pleco
1 clown pleco
1 whiptail cat (Rineloricaria parva, wont top 4.5" when full grown, so takes up virtually no space)
1 ruby shark

so, taking into account my excessive filtration and the fact that i have room for the knife if i were to get one...

is it possible for me to get an african brown knifefish?

 

[Lizardking]

whats the dimensions?

 

[Plec123]

36"x12" footprint, 20" high.

 

[aidenb]

should be fine, some of the tetras may be eaten though. i have mine in the same size tank.

 

[Plec123]

Sweet! The tetras i can get rid of i guess...
I cant wait to pick up a knife... Finally a fish thats decent sized, interesting, and wont do anything to my plants!

 

[Plec123]

Whats the growth rate of an ABK?

 

[TwistedPenguin]

Mine never bothered Tetras, Bettas or any other fish for that matter. They're cool fish. They don't grow like an Oscar or anything, probably 1/2" a month at most.

 

[Plec123]

Cool. That seems like a decent growth rate, about the same as my angelfish.

 

[aidenb]

they are generally timid and they dont come out in the open much unless its feeding time

 

[Hoyo12]

Mine would constantly swim around the tank, day or night. Amazing fish.