I have been keeping a BGK for the past four months and so far these are the things ive learned about these guys 1)They prefer lots of hiding places: You wont see them all day cause they be chillin in their caves. 2)They grow very fast surprisingly: I bought mine when it was a 3 inch dude, now its nearing 7 inches. 3)These dudes will eat floating food if there is no one in the tank they fear: I have a Brown Roofed Turtle with my BGK and my BGK is fearful of the turtle. So whenever my turtle is in his cave and doesnt feel like eating from the surface, my Black Ghost will happily go to the surface to eat from there. 4)They are territorial against other South American fish: I have 2 species of S American fish, two Common Plecostomus and one Black Ghost Knifefish. My BGK only defends his territory against the plecos and will happily share his territory and cave with other tankmates which are not from South America. 5)Cichlids will nip and harass BGKs to death: I had 6 African Cichlids with my BGK and they loved to nip my knife and kick her out of her cave. Ive given away those cichlids. Dont do cichlids with BGK. 6)Their echolocation and lateral sense is pretty sharp and on point: if you worry about your knife falling prey to another fish or getting stuck and dying under falling decor and rocks, you are mistaken. There have been several instances where my knife was almost crushed by a falling rock but her senses get her out just in time. So i wont recommend decor which can collapse easily. 7)They fear turtles: If you have a turtle with your knife, chances are the knife wont come out more often. 8)They dont eat snails: I have kept mysteries/apples, bladders and malaysian trumpets with the BGK and he leaves them alone. He doesnt even eat the eggs or babies. 9)They will eat your crabs and crayfish once they molt: If you have a crab or crayfish with your BGK, they will eat it the moment they molt. Mine did. RIP lil cray This is it. Hope it helps
@@Bruce.Wanye. BGKs will eat the crays if they catch them right after a fresh molt. Crays can eat BGKs as well if they are big enough. If you have a big enough tank with good enough scape with hides, id say go for it. Otherwise, they're better off seperate
@@elmersonpeque5844 Chances are the oscars will nip the underfin of the BGK. I'd say keep them seperate. And dont keep two BGKs in anything less then 150gallons.
i have a question i rescued a juvenile ghost knife from my friend, its in a 10 gallon tank for a year so i rescued it and put it on my 75 gallon tank, will it still grow?
Omg i have bought this fish 2 days ago and i put it in a 15 gallon bare tank with a pair of angel fish ,i dont know anything about this fish until i see this video,i got attracted as soon as i seen this fish in fish store,they didn't told any information about this, Now what should i do? Please some one told me whether i should i do....
I have a 75 gal i got for xmas and rrrreeeeaaalllyy want one but idk if they will be unmanageable in their later days sadly so i think im not gonna do it
You need a bigger tank and my my, one BKG for a 100gal tank at least...and you're keeping 4 in a small tank...i dunno how you'll manage to keep them all in one tank when they're 15 inches long each..
Hi Sir, I have an aquarium of 2.5 ft tank with Black Ghost Knife Fish. However, the water in the tank is a bit cloudy, can I add API Accu-Clear to remove this cloudiness. Whether this API Accu-Clear will harm my Black Ghost Knife Fish. I am using two hang on filters then also the water is cloudy. Please inform me how can I make the water crystal clear.
only feed as much as they can eat, rotting food is the #1 culprit of cloudiness clean filter regularly, not as often as water change but fairly often. You want to wash all the gunk off but not too much, keep the beneficial bacteria water change every 2 weeks to a month if you have a big tank make sure there is proper circulation on both sides, whether it’s two filters, a filter and a wave maker, or an intake one side exhaust other side that should clear it up. But to answer the question about the clearing chemicals. To my knowledge most if not all water clarifying chemicals won’t harm the fish
@@ianthompson2241 Im in canada as well btw, every local store around here sells for 20.. its rather scary they even sell that cheap with a fish like this. Def gives the wrong impression!
Had one for 14 years loved that guy
I bet that guy was the alpha of the tank
I have been keeping a BGK for the past four months and so far these are the things ive learned about these guys
1)They prefer lots of hiding places: You wont see them all day cause they be chillin in their caves.
2)They grow very fast surprisingly: I bought mine when it was a 3 inch dude, now its nearing 7 inches.
3)These dudes will eat floating food if there is no one in the tank they fear: I have a Brown Roofed Turtle with my BGK and my BGK is fearful of the turtle. So whenever my turtle is in his cave and doesnt feel like eating from the surface, my Black Ghost will happily go to the surface to eat from there.
4)They are territorial against other South American fish: I have 2 species of S American fish, two Common Plecostomus and one Black Ghost Knifefish. My BGK only defends his territory against the plecos and will happily share his territory and cave with other tankmates which are not from South America.
5)Cichlids will nip and harass BGKs to death: I had 6 African Cichlids with my BGK and they loved to nip my knife and kick her out of her cave. Ive given away those cichlids. Dont do cichlids with BGK.
6)Their echolocation and lateral sense is pretty sharp and on point: if you worry about your knife falling prey to another fish or getting stuck and dying under falling decor and rocks, you are mistaken. There have been several instances where my knife was almost crushed by a falling rock but her senses get her out just in time. So i wont recommend decor which can collapse easily.
7)They fear turtles: If you have a turtle with your knife, chances are the knife wont come out more often.
8)They dont eat snails: I have kept mysteries/apples, bladders and malaysian trumpets with the BGK and he leaves them alone. He doesnt even eat the eggs or babies.
9)They will eat your crabs and crayfish once they molt: If you have a crab or crayfish with your BGK, they will eat it the moment they molt. Mine did. RIP lil cray
This is it. Hope it helps
I'm keeping two BGK with two crayfish should i be afraid that they willingness get eaten?
@@Bruce.Wanye. BGKs will eat the crays if they catch them right after a fresh molt. Crays can eat BGKs as well if they are big enough. If you have a big enough tank with good enough scape with hides, id say go for it. Otherwise, they're better off seperate
can i keep two of them with oscars?
@@elmersonpeque5844 Chances are the oscars will nip the underfin of the BGK. I'd say keep them seperate. And dont keep two BGKs in anything less then 150gallons.
Bro can I keep BGK with Tetras?pls let me know.
Love how gracefully these guys swim! Shame they eat smaller fish and grow so big! But man you gotta love these guys!!!!!!
Definitely! Something to add some zest to a tank 😎🙌
So far mine is the one getting attacked
BGKF are my favourite fish in the hobby.. I have two of them and I love them so much!
I have one my self
I’m getting one for my 125g aquarium tomorrow and I’m so excited
💪🏾
My fave fish of all times. I love them and actually have 3.
i had one and it was the coolest best fish ever . he would be in his rock all day then at night would come out . very cool fish
Thank you , very informative 👍
I love these. I'm soon upgrading my 55 gallon to 143 gallons. When this happens, I'm definitely getting one of these. 😁
i have a question i rescued a juvenile ghost knife from my friend, its in a 10 gallon tank for a year so i rescued it and put it on my 75 gallon tank, will it still grow?
it should
Yes.
Contrary to popular belief, fish do NOT stay the size of their aquarium.
Very helpfull thank you
Beautiful graceful fish💦
I am gonna get some soon with clown loaches and tiger oscars i found out that really good combo
are you sure this fish isnt a metal core band name?
TY
Ever hear about keeping Ghostknifes in higher pH water successfully? In the 7.2-7.5 range.
how is the production of this fish?
Such cool fish
You're still following! Thanks for watching🙌
Nice video gus
Hey! Thanks for following Vishal!🙌
Omg i have bought this fish 2 days ago and i put it in a 15 gallon bare tank with a pair of angel fish ,i dont know anything about this fish until i see this video,i got attracted as soon as i seen this fish in fish store,they didn't told any information about this,
Now what should i do?
Please some one told me whether i should i do....
Eat it
@@goatmansasquatch1485 wow what a comedy! i will laugh tommorow for this joke
kavi Kumar 1666 -'E' I’m not joking today
Sooooooooooo cooooooolllll❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I have a 75 gal i got for xmas and rrrreeeeaaalllyy want one but idk if they will be unmanageable in their later days sadly so i think im not gonna do it
Yeah don’t do it, unless you wanna be a pos!
Do it bro 💪🏾 you could always take it back for store credit🤷🏾♂️. Try it you only live once 💯 Good fish keeping
Is this fish suitable for pond's?
Will they eat shrimp?
Can it eat normal fish flakes?
Wow
What fish do you recommend as tank mates for this fish?
These guys are great hunters, so honestly most community fish that ate bigger than 3 inches!😅
Mature loaches, plecos, silver dollars Angels Eel...etc
@@myaquariuminfo any freshwater eel?.. as long as they're similar size
Bichir
@@men-o-mayhem1840 mine just got eaten by bichir
@@dollahasan6897 sorry to hear that
Can i put this knifefish with arowana pearl 8 inci? Help me im newbie
The Kampung Galing I wouldn’t keep this fish if your a beginner/newbie
🥶🥶😱😱😱🖤🖤🖤
You need a bigger tank and my my, one BKG for a 100gal tank at least...and you're keeping 4 in a small tank...i dunno how you'll manage to keep them all in one tank when they're 15 inches long each..
Hi Sir,
I have an aquarium of 2.5 ft tank with Black Ghost Knife Fish. However, the water in the tank is a bit cloudy, can I add API Accu-Clear
to remove this cloudiness. Whether this API Accu-Clear will harm my Black Ghost Knife Fish. I am using two hang on filters then also the water is cloudy.
Please inform me how can I make the water crystal clear.
Water change once a month
only feed as much as they can eat, rotting food is the #1 culprit of cloudiness
clean filter regularly, not as often as water change but fairly often. You want to wash all the gunk off but not too much, keep the beneficial bacteria
water change every 2 weeks to a month
if you have a big tank make sure there is proper circulation on both sides, whether it’s two filters, a filter and a wave maker, or an intake one side exhaust other side
that should clear it up. But to answer the question about the clearing chemicals. To my knowledge most if not all water clarifying chemicals won’t harm the fish
What tank size is recommended for a small young juvenile?
Can I LEAVE shark with black Ghost
Nikhilesh Mendon what kind of shark and how bigs your tank
Does any one know if these fish have teeth and will bite hard on your finger?
Nah
All fishes have teeth, but never heard of this one biting people.
How much for this fish?
45/50
Ian Thompson got it for 20 in my local store
Samir Daadouch Where do you live I Live in Canada
Got it for $4
@@ianthompson2241 Im in canada as well btw, every local store around here sells for 20.. its rather scary they even sell that cheap with a fish like this. Def gives the wrong impression!
i have one of those knife fish
I thinking to keep only one i 200liters tank and of course only ghost
Shadow Leviathan
Was in romania this fish is în me aquarium
125 minimum as an adult
i also have that guy .. always hiding..
It is a ghost