Natural Environment For Black Ghost Knifes.

[mike_nofx]

Hi, im buying a new tank (215L) for my 2 Black Ghost Knifes, 2 neon tetras, and bristlenose cat (plus more when i get the tank)

I want to keep a theme in the tank, and i want the theme to be around the BGK's.

What type of ornaments, eg. Timber, rock, etc, would be close to their natural environment? Also what sand/gravel do they do well with? Plant types?

Also, any idea for some other tank mates?

Thanks
Mike

 

[ghostknife]

The BGK will eat the neons when they are fully grown. Bristlenose will be fine.

Tankmates include:
Spiny eels
polypterus
fire eels
large catfish (synodontis etc.)

No tetras, rasboras or other small characins/cyprinids as they will be eaten.

 

[mike_nofx]

Yeah i found out about the neons AFTER i bought them...
Oh well, its really the BGK's that are my pride n joy.

Does tank size sound ok? 215L = 57 US GAL

size of tank is 39"L x 18.5"D x 23.5"H

 

[AMS]

57 gallons is too small for BGK's. Very too small in fact.

 

[mike_nofx]

what about 70gal??

 

[bunjiweb]

Ideally You want a tank with a 2ft width and depth to keep BGKs properly. You should probably look into getting a 4x2x2 aquarium which would happily house a BGK and a few other medium-large fish.

Ben

 

[ringham]

I keep my BGK with a 16" fire eel and 10" leco in a 96 gal tank. I think that they are very peacful.

 

[mike_nofx]

Ok, well i went and cancelled my order on the 57GAL tank.
I am now getting a 75Gal US tank.

Thanks for the info

 

[onemisterchristian]

Mike, if you want to keep bkg's you should at least be upwards of 100 gallons, like bunji said, 4x2x2 I think that's more like 120 gallons right? Sorry, don't mean to be harsh. Just trying to help.

 

[bunjiweb]

Well 75Gallons is better, what kind of width is it?

You can always get an even bigger tank in the future right!

Ben

 

[mike_nofx]

The tank size is 120x67x46 CM... which equals 369,840cm3

And using a conversion website Heres the site which says this would be 97.7 gallons...

But the site Aquaone site says its only 285L or 75Gal.... why?