Knife Fish Collection

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Hoyo12

Hoyo12

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Here are some pics of my Knife fish collection so far.
Black Ghost Knife. (Forgot to turn the flash off, but it was the only picture I could get of him staying still)

African Knife. (Pics are a bit dark)
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And the rare Eigenmannia humboldtii Knife fish. (Has no English Common name)
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I will be adding a Zebra Knife fish and a Centipede Knife fish to the collection soon.
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wow great knives..love them all ..especially love all the unusual rare knives... you have a great collection growing..
 
Wow...Your knives are awsome! I have an african brown..Awsome little fish :D I wish I could get a centipede knife...The Eigenmannia humboldtii is my fave :)
 
Very nice collection, Hoyo! I've got an African Knife who's my little buddy. He's in a red lit 55 g right next to my bed. I fall asleep watching him and his little Raphaels every night :-) I'd love to have more but like you said-they don't always get along.
 
Eoibio;3224739; said:
Wow...Your knives are awsome! I have an african brown..Awsome little fish :D I wish I could get a centipede knife...The Eigenmannia humboldtii is my fave :)
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It was hard to find out any info on it. It was sold to me as a Centipede Knife, but when i finally got a look at it, I relized thats not what it was. i had to ask for help from a frined who has had tons of experience with Knife fish, and all I knew was that it was related to the Glass Knife (Similiar characteristics). And thats when we found out that it was a Eigenmannia humboldtii. Very little info on it. All I know is that it gets to be 12 inches+.

TwistedPenguin: Thanks. I have a Raphael in the tank too. The tank is a 60-Gallon. What I normaly do is take some screen (Left over from I project I was working on awhile ago) and I put it under the light bar, just to dim the light, and then he comes out, along with all of the other nocturnal species of fish.
 
Hoyo12;3224872; said:
TwistedPenguin: Thanks. I have a Raphael in the tank too. The tank is a 60-Gallon. What I normaly do is take some screen (Left over from I project I was working on awhile ago) and I put it under the light bar, just to dim the light, and then he comes out, along with all of the other nocturnal species of fish.
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That's an excellent idea for my 6' Plec tank that's in my computer room, thanks for the tip!
 
Hoyo12;3224872; said:
It was hard to find out any info on it. It was sold to me as a Centipede Knife, but when i finally got a look at it, I relized thats not what it was. i had to ask for help from a frined who has had tons of experience with Knife fish, and all I knew was that it was related to the Glass Knife (Similiar characteristics). And thats when we found out that it was a Eigenmannia humboldtii. Very little info on it. All I know is that it gets to be 12 inches+. i know what your talking about trying to find information on rare knives.. i went through alot trying to find info on this guy...but i finally talked to a professor of miami college who gave me ID... unfortunatly i lost him after 6 months... from the wild he had a bacterial infection.. and very difficult to treat fragile knife as this one..:(View attachment 380377Brachyhypopomus Brevirostris..is the species.
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very nice collection, good luck!
 
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