I recently introduced you all to my strange unidentified knifefish, well he died Mysteriously about a week and a half ago. It was very odd. the fish was swimming around, feeding fine and seemed to not be bothered by any tankmates,even when I found the body it showed no signs of damage. The only thing I can think of is that because I didd a large waterchange it might have succumbed to SDS (sudden death syndrom) I read that some of the more delicate and unusual knives can suffer from this. It's a shame because he will be very missed.
To ease the pain I have ordered a Clown knife from the LFS now I have a few simple questions,
1. will clown knife eat bichirs?
2. Can I grow out the clown knife with my 2"-3" bichirs succesfully? They all eat the same kinds of food and have the same temprement so I wondered if its possible.
3. If not, I can put it in my 200g+ that is relatively empty only tankmates would be , Flagtail and oscar about 4", a pink tailed chalceus, a large pleco and dithers.
Only reason I ask, is because I want to make sure the clown is feeding well, and like with my bichirs I found its easier to put them in a smaller tank to feed them up first, would that be okay? I worry in the big tank he won't find the food.
And one final question,
Do they accept pellets floating or sinking, bloodworm and other frozen foods or will it have to be nothing but feeders from here?
I used to have an african knife that ate flakes from the top and was generally a lovely fish.
Thanks a tonne in advance, for the record I do know quite a bit about this fish I have done my research but I would just like to know what would be the best option for the fish in the long run. The one I kept before was in with too aggressive tankmates and it just withered away I want to avoid this happening again.
Rafini
To ease the pain I have ordered a Clown knife from the LFS now I have a few simple questions,
1. will clown knife eat bichirs?
2. Can I grow out the clown knife with my 2"-3" bichirs succesfully? They all eat the same kinds of food and have the same temprement so I wondered if its possible.
3. If not, I can put it in my 200g+ that is relatively empty only tankmates would be , Flagtail and oscar about 4", a pink tailed chalceus, a large pleco and dithers.
Only reason I ask, is because I want to make sure the clown is feeding well, and like with my bichirs I found its easier to put them in a smaller tank to feed them up first, would that be okay? I worry in the big tank he won't find the food.
And one final question,
Do they accept pellets floating or sinking, bloodworm and other frozen foods or will it have to be nothing but feeders from here?
I used to have an african knife that ate flakes from the top and was generally a lovely fish.
Thanks a tonne in advance, for the record I do know quite a bit about this fish I have done my research but I would just like to know what would be the best option for the fish in the long run. The one I kept before was in with too aggressive tankmates and it just withered away I want to avoid this happening again.
Rafini
