I have a 300 g tank in my laboratory that house 2 7" P. senegalus, lots of gambusia, 4 south am. cichlids, and a softshell turtle. Will adding a 10" long Clown Knife mean that I could come to work one morning to find my Poly's eaten?
Clown Knife and Polypterus?
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my CK is agressive and bites my big P. Lapradei, and my Hoplarchus psittacus when he feels like it.... buy my tank is WAY smaller than yours so it should work in a 300. the senegalus and the other fish should be fine.
Yeh my knife has a crack at the endli when ever they peave him off... caught him with his mouth around the head of one of my endlis a while ago... but it seem that all he can do is minor fin damage... the polys are pretty tough, they should be fine...as long as they arent too skinny~! 
I'd worry less about the Polys and more about the Gambusia lol
Is that a Icthyosaur or a Pliosaur in your avatar pic? Or wait, maybe a whale...
Is that a Icthyosaur or a Pliosaur in your avatar pic? Or wait, maybe a whale...
Great endli pics! Thanks for the information. I don't yet have the ck, picking her up this Saturday. I may move my polys to a different tank and allow the larger Jacks to contend with the knifefish. I don't know what it is about the polys but I consider them to be as much my children as my actual offspring.
The avatar is the skull of a river dolphin skeleton of unknown species. It was given to the University of Chicago nearly 100 years ago. After so long, it had fallen into disrepair. So, this past summer I slowly conserved it and promptly took pictures too! Thanks for asking. I wish I had an ichthyosaur skeleton! Good call on the whale guess!
The avatar is the skull of a river dolphin skeleton of unknown species. It was given to the University of Chicago nearly 100 years ago. After so long, it had fallen into disrepair. So, this past summer I slowly conserved it and promptly took pictures too! Thanks for asking. I wish I had an ichthyosaur skeleton! Good call on the whale guess!
SimonL, I just noticed that I complimented you on your endli pics while looking at someone else's photos! I'm sure you have wonderful endli pics but I haven't seen them.
Great enlis! I'm afraid my little polys might not escape with minor fin damage. I won't be picking up the ck until this Saturday so I might make a new environment for the polys. Who knows? If all goes well, I might have pics to post. Thanks.
I did have great Endli pics until he jumped out lol. Got a new little one growing up as we speak I have my big 22" CK with 12-14" ornate polys and he never so much as looks at them funny.
I have my big 22" CK with 12-14" ornate polys and he never so much as looks at them funny.
I think it should be fine. My CK left my Senegal alone. I eventually moved my CK to give it more room, but my CK is pretty chill.