elephants,ghosts and such...

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deangelo

deangelo

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I have a 2.5 inch BGK and i'm gonna house it in a 55g tank when it gets bigger...i'm already considering tank mates for it, i was thinking of an elephant nose but they say that they wont be able to co exist. by the way is there a difference beteen an elephant nose mormyrid and an elephant nose knife? i'm considering one or the other, any info would be good as well as suggestions for other possible tankmates preferrably black, red or silver in color...thanks:) :) :) :) :) :)
 
deangelo said:
I have a 2.5 inch BGK and i'm gonna house it in a 55g tank when it gets bigger...i'm already considering tank mates for it, i was thinking of an elephant nose but they say that they wont be able to co exist. by the way is there a difference beteen an elephant nose mormyrid and an elephant nose knife? i'm considering one or the other, any info would be good as well as suggestions for other possible tankmates preferrably black, red or silver in color...thanks:) :) :) :) :) :)
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hmmm...
red: red honey gourami, red parrot, dunno too many other red fish.
silver: bala sharks, barbs, im sure there are plenty of silver colored fish.
black: hehe pleco, semi-aggressive cichlids, syndontis catfish

What i have, and have had with a BGK:
current: senegal and ornate bichers, L-14 sunshine pleco, lake tang judi-something dwarf cichlid, 4 true wide bars datnoids, and a rare "panda" algae eater.
in the past: 6 bala sharks, different kinds of gouramis, syndontis catfish, common gold algae eater, common chinese algae eater (eaten by bicher haha), fei fengs, electric blue dempseys, jack dempsey (definitely bad idea)

i think thats it...haha.
 
a nice exotic pleco? BMWaznboy, post a pic of the rare "panda" algae eater. just sounds interesting.
 
davo said:
a nice exotic pleco? BMWaznboy, post a pic of the rare "panda" algae eater. just sounds interesting.
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look at wes's rare fish page in the buy and sell section with the last few pics from his latest stock. I actually purchased him from wes. Looks like any other chinese algae eater, but with nicer colors and patterns. Never seen before i got it from Wes.

Its under "New stock 4-25 pic/prices "

Here's the description: Garra flavatra (RARE-newly described species) This is called the Panda sucker, a newly described species, changes colors, and climbs on the glass vertically out of the water when it feels like it! 3-4" range, great algae eaters, peaceful, and great personality. First introduced in the hobby in Germany last year, and now its finally here! $45.00 each
 
BMWaznboy said:
look at wes's rare fish page in the buy and sell section with the last few pics from his latest stock. I actually purchased him from wes. Looks like any other chinese algae eater, but with nicer colors and patterns. Never seen before i got it from Wes.

Its under "New stock 4-25 pic/prices "

Here's the description: Garra flavatra (RARE-newly described species) This is called the Panda sucker, a newly described species, changes colors, and climbs on the glass vertically out of the water when it feels like it! 3-4" range, great algae eaters, peaceful, and great personality. First introduced in the hobby in Germany last year, and now its finally here! $45.00 each
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I have kept S. American knives and mormyrids together long term with no problem. I have BGK in 180 gal with a Mormyrus kannume and also in my 110 gal and have 5 diff species of mormyrid with a S. American knife (gold line).
 
I've also kept BGK and mormyrid together without problems. But I've read that they are not the best combination because of their electric organs.
 
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