So i was wondering can a tiger macana knifefish live with an afers knifefish
In a pond that I'm building ?????
In a pond that I'm building ?????
Can south American knifefish and african knifefish live together????
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Knives are super territorial with other knives.
That’s a bit of an inaccurate generalization - it of course depends on the species. I’ve had black ghost knives live with African brown knives for years with no issues. Same with brown ghost knives and African knives. Have also had a clown knife with a black ghost.
That said, I agree the OPs original suggestion would not work. Both are territorial and afers are supper agro.
African knives are sometimes aggressive to con-specifics, and since they are not electro-sensory like BGK or the bulk of South American knives that would not cause issues. Same goes for clowns. P afer, Aba aba (Gymnarchus niloticus) and some of the SA knives are aggressive, aba aba actually kills just about whatever in most peoples experiences. Afer are just busy and also can be aggressive compared to other knives.
I wouldn’t. Whenever I see two knives in a tank their electrical senses seem to bother each other
South American knives tend to suffer from this. African brown knives, Afer knives and Asian knifefish don't make use of electrosensory organs so don't bother each other that way
I had 3 afers in my with two carapo kinives and they beat them up badly. They were also about the same size
