Reticulated knifefish

[King-eL]

Here is my14" marble knife aka reticulated knifefish aka pompom knifefish aka arowana knifefish or best know as Papyrocranus afer.

They are by far the most aggressive featherbacks. They will even gang up on my 26" CK. If keep in groups when small they will form a pack and school together even as sub-adults. Newly introduced featherback will be harass or newly introduced reticulated knifefish. If it can stand up to the beating they will let it join the pack. They are like MS-13 that you need to get jumped in before you are officially a gang member.

Not so retic or marble anymore as it lost all the spots when it hit 12".

What it look like when it was small at 4.5"

 

[Tramonte172]

That is awsome. How large do they get? What size tank is he currently in?

 

[King-eL]

That is awsome. How large do they get? What size tank is he currently in?

375g. Not sure what's the max captive size but I think 20"+ in the wild. Probably 18" in aquaria.

 

[Hoyo12]

^18" is about right.
Now where was I... oh yes... NICE KNIFE!
Hoping to have one myself... someday, lol.

 

[King-eL]

^18" is about right.
Now where was I... oh yes... NICE KNIFE!
Hoping to have one myself... someday, lol.

They grow very slow though. My albino CK surpass them already.

 

[Hao]

Nice Gangster.

 

[King-eL]

Nice Gangster.

Lol! You planning on keeping some for your featherback collections?

 

[Hao]

Lol! You planning on keeping some for your featherback collections?

Heck no! I'm done with knifes for now. I'm selling em all,found a buyer for 2 of my Albino CK.

 

[King-eL]

Heck no! I'm done with knifes for now. I'm selling em all,found a buyer for 2 of my Albino CK.

You keep selling your fish.

 

[Hao]

You keep selling your fish.

Of course man, I don't have alot of money like you or alot of space. Only 3 tanks. I'm need to downsize some fish, I only wanna keep like one Arowana and like few Gar, some Bichirs. My dad wants to keep the flagtails and ST.