maddzvk Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 We have a community tank planted plenty of hiding spots has ghost knife,female fighters, neon Tetras and hockeystick Tetras in it and some bristlenose. anyway we've had one or two Tetras who are missing an eye. weve also had a hockey stick who wound up dead missing both of his. tried to take some photoes a bit hard since there so fast and shiny. tetra on right is missing an eye Same tetra swimming along anyway any idea what fish is doing this my partner is convinced its the ghost knife and wants to get rid of it but there so fun to have :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigger Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 My Black Ghost Knife simply loves to rest inside a lamp chimney which is his favourite place. The strangest of all is that it won't eat anything else other than daphnia flakes and for some reason it kills Angelfish. I tried keeping it in my community tank but it seemed to simply pull out the eyes of my Angels. copy pasted from http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_Black_Ghost_Knife_Fish_Apteronotus_albifrons_2.php also....... Not sure why. He is the biggest fish killer in my tank if under fed. He has already killed two large adult haps which are around 17 cm. This was when he was around 15 cm long. He plucked out the eyes and ate them. If they nom nom angel eyes for dinner i guess tetra eyes would be a tasty snack too. :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddzvk Posted April 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 creepers eating my fish eyes I assumed their mouths would be too big and my Tetras too fast not to mention they hang in different parts of my tank guess the ghost knife needs to move but I don't plan on getting rid of it I love thier erratic swimming way to much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigger Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 After dark things get spooky and the ghosts use fancy electronics while the once fast tetras are now asleep. One tetra to another..."how did that happen?"......other tetra..."no eye dear!" :giggle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddzvk Posted April 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 Oh them Tetras are so pun-ny thanks jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulessz Posted April 20, 2013 Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 i got 3 knife biggest being 20cm, i put 20 tetra in 1 week later they disappeared...its a mystery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yanagi Posted April 22, 2013 Report Share Posted April 22, 2013 My ghost knife: Estimate 30cm+. I had 22 Tetra (2.5 - 4cm) when I added him, I still have 22 Tetra, a much, much smaller Elephant Nose and 6 small Clown Loaches. I hand feed him silverfish and whitebait 2-3x the size of the fish he's living with. Obviously, he is a model citizen and doesn't bother anyone. That said, some Ghost Knife will attack other fish, but I'd be leaning more towards a nasty female fighter doing it. I have witnessed more than one take eyes out of other fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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