A New Fish

[§tudz]

Hi,

Well I was in the LFS today and one of their tanks they have clown knifefish, and swim amonst them was another knifefish, silver in colour, but unlike the others that had 3-5 eye spots this one has about 10 Black stripes down its flanks. It looks very similar to a royal knife but I'm not too sure.


Here's a BADLY taken pic

I thought it may be a baby clownknife, but all the other fish were the same size as this one, but they had eye spots instead of stripes.
and at £6 is was a steal

 

[beesnees]

it is a baby clown knife fish, when babie most have stripe but when they mature they will turn into round markings. It was a steel for £6 quid. word of warning how big is your tank they tend to grow hudge

 

[§tudz]

it is a baby clown knife fish, when babie most have stripe but when they mature they will turn into round markings. It was a steel for £6 quid. word of warning how big is your tank they tend to grow hudge

it currently in a 32gallon which is no where near big enough

I'm ordering a 4x2x2' tank in january

 

[beesnees]

very nice

i got my in a 2 metre x 1metre x 1 metre

a little bit about clown knifes here

http/www.aqualandpetsplus.com/Knife,%20Clown.htm

 

[§tudz]

very nice

i got my in a 2 metre x 1metre x 1 metre

a little bit about clown knifes here

http/www.aqualandpetsplus.com/Knife,%20Clown.htm

thats a nice sized tank. thanks for the link

 

[noodler]

My husband bought one of those from a LFS about a month ago. He thought it was just the coolest looking fish, with the stripes instead of the spots like our other clown had. Sadly, it came home with a disease (later found out that the fish in that particular tank at the LFS all died within a week) and we lost it after a couple days.

And, thanks beesnees, for the link. Seeing the pics of all the pretty clowns brought tears to my eyes. I never thought I'd mourn the loss of a fish.

 

[-*-MicHAeL-*-]

2 metre by 1metre by 1metre. Wow that is a huge tank!!! How many gallons is that.
Nice Fish BTW

 

[beesnees]

went to my lfs who custom builds them and asked for somthing around 200 gallons and he came back wit that, t sure if it is exacily 200 but around about that thought it was a steel at £250. luckily i knew a joiner who build me a cabinate 4 next 2 nothing

 

[§tudz]

went to my lfs who custom builds them and asked for somthing around 200 gallons and he came back wit that, t sure if it is exacily 200 but around about that thought it was a steel at £250. luckily i knew a joiner who build me a cabinate 4 next 2 nothing

nice I'm looking at egtting ym 4x2x2' from N&D Aquatics got a link to them through Aquarist Classified gonna cost like £365 + £70 delivery

 

[cane76]

it is a baby clown knife fish, when babie most have stripe but when they mature they will turn into round markings. It was a steel for £6 quid. word of warning how big is your tank they tend to grow hudge

it currently in a 32gallon which is no where near big enough

I'm ordering a 4x2x2' tank in january

have you seen the recommended tank size in the index for clown knives?
when its fully grown it will take up a 4x2x2 on its own imo

 

[§tudz]

it is a baby clown knife fish, when babie most have stripe but when they mature they will turn into round markings. It was a steel for £6 quid. word of warning how big is your tank they tend to grow hudge

it currently in a 32gallon which is no where near big enough

I'm ordering a 4x2x2' tank in january

have you seen the recommended tank size in the index for clown knives?
when its fully grown it will take up a 4x2x2 on its own imo

yeah I know it will need a bigger tank in the future, but for the new few years it should be fine.

 

[cane76]

ok cool
they are fast growers mine is around a year old and is 14-15"

 

[§tudz]

ok cool
they are fast growers mine is around a year old and is 14-15"

aye

 

[cane76]

i am thinking about rehoming it since it has become aggresive towards my shovelnose again

 

[§tudz]

i am thinking about rehoming it since it has become aggresive towards my shovelnose again

have you tried the rolled up newspaper on the nose lol