Mackayman Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 Hi Peeps, Lost my head at LFS this afternoon an bought myself a Black Ghost Knife. He / she is in the quarintine tank atm an will prolly stay that way for 3-4 months. Plan is to put it in with my americans (display tank) I done the google thing re tucker and care etc, however I would like to hear some personal experiences. So, I want to know, Do they go ok in with a dozen big (sorta peaceful) yanks ? Whats the best way to / type of to feed them ?, (considering those yankees dun muck aroud when it comes to feeding time ) Any advice / experiences much appreciated Thanks Brendan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frinkie Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 i'd take it back, water parameters are too different and imo ghosties only do well on a solid diet of blood worms and mysis shrimp. They also don't have scales so will take damage much more easily than most fish. I dunno man, I'd either take it back or setup another tank for it. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daydream Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 feed blood worm after lights out .1 block per 4inch body length Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyfish Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 lol it always hard walking into of a LFS without buying something. I've heard they can be aggressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
__CAV__ Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 I haven't had a problem keeping them with americans, i've kept them in before with severums, leucos, orange head geos with no issues, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beani Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 Keeping mine and have had for over a year with khuli loaches glass catfish Borneo suckers and kribensis. All get along well. Feed is a mixture of flake spectrum and spiro flake. Eats all of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarah1234 Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 I've kept them in peaceful community tanks. Awesome fish love their hidey pipes and bloodworm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackayman Posted March 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 Well.............. Bit blown away with all the responses ... Thanks all Jus a lill confused, sum say no way... sum say ok Seriously, if I go ahead an chuck it in the display, Whats da best way ta maintain it Appreciate all comments so far, I got plenty ta learn bout dis fishy Brendan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 I've kept them for 10yrs & have never had a problem with them. My tank mates have been mostly Sth Ams, geos, plecos, discus, rams, sevs, oscars up to around 30cm, spiney eels so I can't see you having trouble unless you're going to put them in with Nth Ams that can be a bit more agressive. As stated above they are scaleless so will injury easily if hit by an agressive fish. Also watch what medicine you use, because most of the common meds can't be used with scaleless fish. Feeding is easy mine have been fed on bloodworm, algae tabs( they love them) , my homemade food, discus treats & I've seen them hoe into zucchini regularly( also fed them earthworms they suck them up like spaghetti). Water conditions are soft & around 6.8-7.0 & keep the nitrates down.( any nitrates over 60ppm & they don't like it, thats why I kept spiney eels with them as they are great for telling you when a wc is required.) All in all an outstanding fish to keep, after 10yrs I still sit down & watch them swim around. If you hand feed them you will find they are careful not to bite ( except the bigguns over 45cm) & they will probably be the softest thing you have ever touched. Hth. Cheers Brian. PS . If you try to breed them its easier in a species only tank as they're egg casters & remove the eggs straight after laying. Youngsters will probably need to be segregated by size as the bigger fry are partial to smaller fry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litigator666 Posted March 18, 2012 Report Share Posted March 18, 2012 mine seems to well with rays, catfish (ornate pims + raphaels), uaru, redhooks, etc. Smallest I have is approx 15cm. They eat, bloodworms, carnivour pellets, prawn, marinara mix etc. Not picky. If they grow big, they tend to lose their shyness and freely roam the tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
