Does anyone know if a Flowerhorn and a Clown Knife could coexist in the same aquarium? Has anyone tried it?
Flowerhorn/Clown Knife Tankmates?
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NO **** NO I tried this.
The flowerhorn was about the same size as the clown Knifes' mouth, so I figured It would be okay, even worried a little, But the first thing the flowerhorn did was attack the CK when I put it into the tank. It actually tried to pick fights with the CK, so I got to see some interesting CK sidestepping/laying over fighthing behaviour, the likes of which i have never seen since, But the truth Is, a CK could never stand up to a flowerhorn, as a FH isn't intimidated by the CK laying over on it like they do, it just seemed to piss him off. The long and short of it is, that I'm never keeping my CK with cichlids again. Remember that a knifefish's body ends at the start of it's long knife fin, so a three foot CK really only feels about a foot long, mabye less. You can tell because they poop basically out of their throat, or a little further down. Basically, I would not try this at all, with any agressive cichlid, after what happened when I did, and I was basically thinking the FH was gunna b a feeder. So, NO. By the way, my FH is most likeley some combination of KKParrot X Salvini X Barred Midas X Trimac. It's basically a short fat trimac with stripes a KOK and a flower line. It was about 1 inch or less when I put it in compared with a 4-5 in CK. Hope this helps
The flowerhorn was about the same size as the clown Knifes' mouth, so I figured It would be okay, even worried a little, But the first thing the flowerhorn did was attack the CK when I put it into the tank. It actually tried to pick fights with the CK, so I got to see some interesting CK sidestepping/laying over fighthing behaviour, the likes of which i have never seen since, But the truth Is, a CK could never stand up to a flowerhorn, as a FH isn't intimidated by the CK laying over on it like they do, it just seemed to piss him off. The long and short of it is, that I'm never keeping my CK with cichlids again. Remember that a knifefish's body ends at the start of it's long knife fin, so a three foot CK really only feels about a foot long, mabye less. You can tell because they poop basically out of their throat, or a little further down. Basically, I would not try this at all, with any agressive cichlid, after what happened when I did, and I was basically thinking the FH was gunna b a feeder. So, NO. By the way, my FH is most likeley some combination of KKParrot X Salvini X Barred Midas X Trimac. It's basically a short fat trimac with stripes a KOK and a flower line. It was about 1 inch or less when I put it in compared with a 4-5 in CK. Hope this helps
Why would anyone that don't have a 500 gallon tank want to put a FH with anything?
Even then I wouldn't do it.
Should of let this question stay where it belonged. DEAD.
Even then I wouldn't do it.
Should of let this question stay where it belonged. DEAD.
ilovearowana;4213761; said:
lol thats what i thought, sig material there ! ^
anyways, i wouldnt do it imo.
