]V[onster ]v[ania- aba aba, CK, big cats, pollys (LOAD WARNING)

[artemis1]

Just uploaded my camera

Aba Aba Knife-

Plus his pleco friend

Wall-eye

Yellow Tang (not my yellow tang)

Polypterus

Water dogs

Snowflake moray

Marbled Pim

]V[onster "albino" ID Shark

Young Giant O. Goramy

WAL

CK

More pics coming

 

[Peanut_Power]

Weird!! I've never seen a larger aba aba!! Very very cool! How is the aggression eh? I thought they had a longer snout? Where are Aba Aba from?

 

[artemis1]

Weird!! I've never seen a larger aba aba!! Very very cool! How is the aggression eh? I thought they had a longer snout? Where are Aba Aba from?

He was about two feet. Their from africa i beleive. Africa or the amazon. Supposed to be super aggressive, but this guy was quite passive. He was at an lfs too BTW>

 

[Peanut_Power]

WAS at the LFS? Where is he now? They get HUGE!!! Awesome knife though! Love the pure black!! Looks so evil yet so attractive!

 

[AttackFish]

Lovin' the WAL

 

[filiportela]

don't be sad friend, bur what you are showing is not an aba aba, that is an african afer knife, not rare at all, nice, but no aba aba, sorry.

when buying an aba aba keep in mind the long fin should be on top.

 

[Peanut_Power]

See I thought it looked funny!! All the aba aba's I've seen have been pinkish and have a kind of 'trumpet' snout. I have seen a few black with white belly ones though....

Thanks for the clarification. Where are they from btw since your so versed in them?

 

[filiportela]

Fish name
Papyrocranus afer

Maximum size (min-max)
70.0 - 80.0 cm ( 27.6 - 31.5 in)

PH of water
5.5 - 6.5

Water hardness (dGH)
dGH 4.0 - 12.0 N

Recommended temperature
24.0 - 30.0 C ( 75.2 - 86.0 F)

Temperament to its family
aggressive

Temperament to other fish species
aggressive

Place in the aquarium
Bottom levels

The way of breeding
Spawning

Fish origin
Africa

 

[the_deeb]

Agreed. What you have is a Papyrocranus afer, not an aba aba. Still a cool, aggressive knife, and pretty rare (around here at least).

Peanut, sounds to me like you may be thinking of Orthosternarchus tamandua (the white knifefish). Aba abas are usually more greyish/brown in color and have tapered snout, but not quite a "trumpet".

 

[Peanut_Power]

I was talking about the aba aba....lol....