Aquatic Arts Black Ghost Knife fish for sale

Aquatic Arts Black Ghost Knife fish for sale on driftwood

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Black Ghost Knifefish (Apteronotus albifrons) - Tank-Bred!

$ 19.99

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* For the safety of our animals, we now ship live fish exclusively via UPS Next Day Air. If your order contains this item, you will only see UPS Next Day Air as a shipping option during checkout *

The Black Ghost Knifefish is one of the most fascinating and beloved "oddball" fish in the freshwater aquarium hobby!

The Black Ghost Knifefish (Apteronotus albifrons) is a very unique and remarkable fish that is native to many waterways in South America. It is named for its knife-shaped body, black coloration, and supposed spiritual qualities that it posesses, according to the folklore of some indigenous tribespeople of the Amazon. This fish swims by use of undulating movement of its very long anal fin and is able to swim in reverse as easily as swimming forward. It is a nocturnal predator and perceives its surroundings and prey by producing an extremely weak electrical pulse, which cannot be felt by other animals that do not produce this pulse.

The Black Ghost Knifefish requires an aquarium with plenty of cover such as plants, driftwood, rock formations, or various forms of plastic or glass tubing. A sandy substrate and floating plants are also optimal. It is a relatively peaceful species with other fish and invertebrates too large to be considered prey, but it is typically very intolerant of its own kind and other electricity-producing fish in the confines of an aquarium. This becomes very prevalent as the Black Ghost Knifefish grows past juvenile size and age. At a maximum size of 18-20 inches, it requires a large aquarium, though length and width are much more important than height regarding aquarium dimensions. Powerful filtration and regular aquarium maintenance are also necessary for this predatory fish.

In the wild, the Black Ghost Knifefish feeds on small invertebrates and fish. It has a relatively small mouth for a fish of its size, but it should still not be trusted with much smaller fish and invertebrates in the aquarium. Our tank-bred juveniles are currently feeding on a variety of frozen and live meaty foods and some will also take high-quality dry foods.

What We Like About This Fish:

Extremely unusual appearance
Unique swimming behavior
Relatively peaceful with most other fish of appropriate size
Easy to keep
Will not bother plants

RECOMMENDED TANK PARAMETERS:

Temperature: 73°- 82° F (23° - 28° C)
pH: 6.0 - 7.5
KH: 5 - 10 dKH
Minimum tank size: 120+ gallons for a full-grown adult

CARE GUIDELINES:

Diet: Carnivorous. Requires a varied died of frozen, live, and dry meaty foods
Social behavior: Peaceful with most animals that inhabit other areas of the water column and are too large to be considered prey, but not its own species.
Origin: Tank-bred, but indigenous to Amazon Basin
Average adult size: Up to 20 inches (50.8 cm)
Average purchase size: 2 - 3 inches (5 - 7.6 cm)

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For the safety of our animals, we only ship live fish, crabs, and select other inverts exclusively via UPS 1 Day Air. If your order contains this item, you will only see UPS 1 Day Air as a shipping option during checkout. If other items are in your cart that can ship with 2 day or standard shipping options the only shipping method you can still select is UPS 1 Day Air.

UPS 1 Day is a description of the duration of time a shipment will spend in transit once it has been shipped. This does not guarantee the package will be shipped the same or next day from which the order was placed.

Shipping Schedule for this service

UPS 1 Day: Monday through Thursday

Current Handling Time:

1-9 business days

Here at Aquatic Arts, we consider the welfare of the live animals we are shipping to be of the foremost importance. This process is much more involved than simply creating a shipping label and affixing it to a box. Depending on the order, it takes from 4 to 7 people to complete this process properly. We check the weather conditions here where they fly out of the Indianapolis UPS facility and the destination for each shipment. We start early each morning and go through a multi-step process to have the day's shipments prepared in time for the UPS pickup. The volume of orders in our system also affects the processing time. Therefore our stated handling time is 1-9 business days.

Shipping Rate

Pricing is by size of package needed to fill entire order and distance it must travel. It will be calculated at checkout.

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