What are some nice commonly available knives for a 55gal?
And are there and knives for a 29gal?
Pics would be nice!
And are there and knives for a 29gal?
Pics would be nice!
Some Good Knives for These Tanks
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i do not think a BGK would work in a 55 long term. the only knife i can think of, and would consider to house permanently in a 55 would be an african brown knife, average out to a max size of 8". there might be more, but not to sure, i am however pretty sure that BGK get way to big for a 55.
I'd go with an African Brown Knife (Xenomystus Nigri). BGK can reach 18"-20" in captivity and a 75g would be minimum for them.
can a BGK only reach 12", sure it could, keep it in a small enough tank, dont feed it to often, might work out.
but, i think they regularly exceed 1 foot in the aquairum and have been known to exceed 2 ft. but the average size, from my reading on this site, is about 18".
but, i think they regularly exceed 1 foot in the aquairum and have been known to exceed 2 ft. but the average size, from my reading on this site, is about 18".
I think the deciding factor on whether a BGK would work in a 55 is whether there are any other fish in the tank . . . if it's a community tank, I think a BGK would be out of the question, but if there's only one or 2 other fish it might work. I know we just recently got African Brown knives (2 juvies) for our 75 because it's a community tank and it just wasn't big enough for the BGK plus the other fish (senegal bichir, gouramis, pictus, rainbow shark, etc).
African Brown Knife (Xenomystus nigri)
African Brown Knife (Xenomystus nigri)
yes ur best best is an african i have one hes pretty aggressive come feeding time and they stay fairly small compared to the other like the bgk and the ck