black ghost

[cookieboy]

does any one have a bgk
i have one
all i know is that they are nocturnal and grow big
mine is 3 inch long
but i dont know what to realy feed it
i also had 20 ghost shrimp and this morning only 6 were left
did the bgk eat them
need more info

[biggin]

They are pretty good hunters even though they are basically blind.

Most of the time they can be trained to eat flake or pellets.

They would eat ghost shrimp if they got close enough....

[cookieboy]

what kind of pellets and at what time of the day cuz its never out during the day
do you have 1

[biggin]

I have had one.

I just fed a flake mix I trypically use and Haiki(sp) Ultimate flake.

I was lucky the LFS I got him from had already got him to eat flake.

He ate whenever there was food in the tank. The first couple weeks he hid a lot but after that he would be ou from about 4pm till I shut the lights off.

[cookieboy]

thx
did you ever try to hand feed them
i can usually hand feed my fish like my angels aro oscar and black skirts
on the first day
bt not this lil dude

[biggin]

no....he main problem is they are blind....

they find food using electric pulses.... kinda like sonar.

[cookieboy]

oh kool
what happend to yours

[biggin]

Did something different with the tank and gave him away. He was about 8" long.

[cookieboy]

thx for the info

[cookieboy]

who here owns a bgk

[lellison]

my granny used to have one. She hand fed hers everyday. not sure what though. I would love to have one if I had a tank large enough for it! They have sweet puppy faces.

[ahamm]

The one I had before loved frozen blood worms. He would come out for those with no problem. With my new one I am trying krill and some brine shrimp. I am not sure of his favorites yet.

Angie Hamm

[Everest]

I thought about getting one of these to put in my tank... But I'm sure the cichlids would eat em.

[lellison]

they are pretty shy fish, cichlids may be too much activity and aggression for them

[AndrewH]

up to 20" long and need to be kept with other peaceful community fish. Need sandy bottom substrate with some sort of cave or tube to hide in.

:google:

[jimmyk]

I have one that is about 10 inches long... He eats sinking cihlid pellets Flakes or bloodworms whenever I add them after dark.