Please Help Id

[Wonderboy]

My roomate got a new fish - it's a knife as some sort that was sold to him as a peacock eel - - What is it???

ps - sorry for the bad pictures.....

- Thanks for the help!!

~ Wonderboy!

 

[CFC]

They are sold in the hobby as Trumpet nose knife fish, scientific name is Rhamphichthys rostratus. They are large growing (to a meter (3'3") in the wild and difficult to keep in captivity with most only lasting a few months at most. They feed on small invertabrates in the mud such as shrimp and insect larvae so their diet should be made up of small frozen and live foods.

 

[Miss Wiggle]

They are sold in the hobby as Trumpet nose knife fish, scientific name is Rhamphichthys rostratus. They are large growing (to a meter (3'3") in the wild and difficult to keep in captivity with most only lasting a few months at most. They feed on small invertabrates in the mud such as shrimp and insect larvae so their diet should be made up of small frozen and live foods.

what a shame, it's a stunning fish

 

[rob newland]

Agreed it's a stunner! If only clown knives didn't grow as big I would have one of them !

Also, in light of how big it grows - what size tank is it in? I noticed a smallish gourami in the bg there! I wouldn't say that was advisable with a knife that big!

 

[cane76]

definately a cool looking oddball how long is it now?

 

[Wonderboy]

definately a cool looking oddball how long is it now?

It's about 7 inches