Michael Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 How'dy All are there many members here breeding BGKF...I heard there are few people breeding them in Qld...I cant find any info of the net about breeding them could someone give me a bit of info on breeding them like : Water Con's, Size Tank bred in. things like that..any info would be great. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiledonmainstreet Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 Hi there. Just go on-line and look up "breeding black ghost knifes". You'll find all you need to know. I've kept them for a while, but don't know anyone who breeds them. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 well i can tell ya tank size "a big one" about 1500+Litres, i have only herd of people breeding them accidently in there big community tanks. I think ya basicaly buy a heap of them and hope for the best...lol. I know they need slightly acidic water about 6.5 i think. Females are smaller than males (still not entirely accuarate).Anthony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted December 10, 2003 Author Share Posted December 10, 2003 Thanks guys...Ant I was reading a post on the qld forum and the guy thats breeds them up there only has them in a standed 3ft tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 Yea ive since found that they can breed in as little as 2ft. The original owner of bayfish has a breeding setup with several tanks with only a pair in each tank. There must be a secret to it and i dont think people will give up that secret very easily.Anthony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSi4EVA Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 Put a male and a female in a box and it wont be long before one of two things happen.1. They breed like rabbits.2. They rip each other to shreds.Just my 2 cents. :DScott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OziOscar Posted December 11, 2003 Share Posted December 11, 2003 <<grin>>Sounds like a night-club. :DCheers - OziOscar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducksta Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 Guys dont be fooled, alot of those "breeding setups" would use hormones to induce spawning. This is common in fish farming, and in producing numbers of hard to breed species to supply the pet trade, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeren Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 Breeding them is no harder then any other fish,the trick is to find and seperate the eggs as they are egg scatterers.Size of the tank isn't important, obviously the bigger the better but even 2ft works.a well conditioned pair that are compatible should do the job.hopr this is helpfulregards Karen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 :D No hormones needed, just a mature compatable pair, plenty of good moderately soft slightly acid water, plenty of food like a ball of black worms in front of thier noses 24/7 and a suitable method of saving and collecting the nonadhesive scattered eggs.Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchar Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 Hi Alan, If you had a tank with suitable decor for ghosts and used java moss as a spawning "medium", would you be able to lift it out and hatch/raise babes in another tank? Or, would it be preferable to remove the adults and leave the java moss in the spawning tank? merjo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeren Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 Alan may do it differently but I found that java moss works also wadding or mops but taking the parents out is the best way, bearing in mind that they don't lay all their eggs in one day.the fry are very small and see through like glass elversMind you its been more then 10 years since I have bred these little fellas but I don't think they would have changed their breeding habits in that time.cheers Karen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchar Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 Hi Karen, Thanks - sounds interesting. I might give it a go. merjops. I guess it would be helpful to know how to determine the sexes??!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryce Posted December 30, 2003 Share Posted December 30, 2003 Micheal, I too have searched the net in the hope of finding out how to breed Black Ghost Knife fish. Everything that I have found out is in the general pages of the Qld cichlid forum pages. It covers everything that I have been able to get info on through my research and from that of breeders not only here in Qld but from my trips to Ecuador as well. It is very comprehensive in it's detail with it's content being verified by a few breeders. If you or anyone else is interested in it as I said it is on the Qld cichlid forum, if you can't get on there drop me a line here and I will rewrite it for the members of this forum. Cheers, Bryce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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