Ghost fish

**chooz** · 16th Jul 2009, 13:19

Ghost fish seem to be very commonly available in LFS. What are they and how to keep them well?

**bryan** · 16th Jul 2009, 13:55

What's a ghost fish? Is it scary? I guess it's common in the LFS as there are many deaths there. Don't let timebomb see this.

**lucasjiang** · 16th Jul 2009, 15:50

i presume you are referring to the black ghost knife fish? the small ones are quite common, but the large ones are hard to find.

**BFG** · 16th Jul 2009, 16:04

You could google it and find out about them.

**chooz** · 16th Jul 2009, 17:33

Thanks for the name "black ghost knife fish". Now I managed to see lots of relevant information. Before that, when I was googling using the word ghost fish, lots of funny things come up.

" Quote: bryan What's a ghost fish? Is it scary? I guess it's common in the LFS as there are many deaths there."

That's a good one!

**windcharm** · 16th Jul 2009, 18:16

Originally Posted by chooz

Thanks for the name "black ghost knife fish". Now I managed to see lots of relevant information. Before that, when I was googling using the word ghost fish, lots of funny things come up.

" Quote: bryan What's a ghost fish? Is it scary? I guess it's common in the LFS as there are many deaths there."

That's a good one!

Haha.

Anyway, I used to have that "black ghost knife fishes" before but gave them all to someone else. Some are will long black and white tail and some are with short little tails. They are about to swim up right, back and fro. They are very fascinating fishes to watch.

They only feed on live/frozen worms but I managed to convert them to feed on pellets only. One of the longest "black ghost knife fishes" is about 10" long.

**tranzy** · 2nd Aug 2009, 16:53

went to a few LFS recently and almost all of them have it. think its about $1 for each. they look really nice in the water, the way they move that "wavey thing on their underside"..

**sglascow** · 8th May 2010, 15:29

yeah BGK's are amazing. haha i got 6 of them. They're still small right now but later they will be wow

! Going to make them grow to 8"+ hopefully!

**Kiatster** · 8th May 2010, 21:08

I need to add on something, Do Not house these ghost knives with fish that are 'shiny' example, neon or cardinal tetras, Knives WILL attack and eat the eyes off the tetras. The tetras will still be alive and without eyes, its very disturbing to see. If your ghost knives are big enough, you can say bye bye to your tetras.

This is from personal experience!