I am not quite 50 and have been keeping fish for over 40 years, yet I have never kept trumpet knife fish (Rhamphichthys rostratus) or elephant nose (Gnathonemus petersii)......... until now.
I can’t bare to see a tank standing empty, yet after upgrading my variegated hemibagrus to a larger tank I had a 4ft (180ltr) stood empty other than a layer of sand, some bogwood and a few flat rocks. When I saw two 7” trumpet knife fish at a local fish shop I had to have them.


They were joined almost immediately by three 5” elephant nose which I have never kept as they ever really fit any of my setups, but I felt this was the time to try.
After a week I added four baby hoplo cats and a baby L190 and the tank was up and running as I wanted.







I can’t bare to see a tank standing empty, yet after upgrading my variegated hemibagrus to a larger tank I had a 4ft (180ltr) stood empty other than a layer of sand, some bogwood and a few flat rocks. When I saw two 7” trumpet knife fish at a local fish shop I had to have them.



After a week I added four baby hoplo cats and a baby L190 and the tank was up and running as I wanted.






