I've kept a group of our very own Clown Knifefish (Chitala ornata) and they grew big until I added those bendang-caught Ikan Selat (Notopterus sp) to the tank, all of them died.
1 tip for buying Ikan Belida at your LFS (live fish shop/local fish shop/le fishie shoppe) is wait for the DAA (death after arrival) to pass and to watch and watch closely at the belly of the baby knifefish (at 3-4 inches, they're babies!).
The belly should be full (full-belly=well-fed fish, hollow-belly=not feeding, meaning, if the LFS cannot feed them fish, what makes you think you can?).
Also, avoid knives (or any other naked, scaless fish) if your LFS adds blue or green meds to their tank water. Naked/scaleles fish+ blue/green meds= dead naked/scaless fish.
The trick is to get the baby knives to start feeding and get big fast. It can be hard to get feeders (bendang shrimp, ikan lompat/seluang, red bloodworm) here in Langkawi.
One can only find feeder carp, cengkerik and ulat kayu only so feeding your baby knifefish can be a wee bit hard.
Ok. Enough about my experience on keeping them Clown Knifefish.
Just in case you don't know watsa Clown Knfefish.
Anyway, I'm in the process of setting up 2 not so new tanks (moving, cleaning, filling up, running and cycling- the boring and lengthy process of setting up or resetting up a new tank).
1 is for a community tank (tetras, barbs, yeap, those small colorful girly-ish little fishies) and the other one.... Jeng jeng jeng... I'm placing a deposit on one of those Aba Aba. It'll be my most expensive fish ever even I got it at an extremely cheap price!
Now I present to you my motivation to work more and earn more... It is a common belief that the things you want most (be it a fish, a new phone, a new bf/gf) always pops up when you have not enough RM, I tell you now, that is sooooooooo true! Anyway, let us enjoy the mesmerizing fluid motion of the dorsal fins of the Aba Aba.
1 is for a community tank (tetras, barbs, yeap, those small colorful girly-ish little fishies) and the other one.... Jeng jeng jeng... I'm placing a deposit on one of those Aba Aba. It'll be my most expensive fish ever even I got it at an extremely cheap price!
Now I present to you my motivation to work more and earn more... It is a common belief that the things you want most (be it a fish, a new phone, a new bf/gf) always pops up when you have not enough RM, I tell you now, that is sooooooooo true! Anyway, let us enjoy the mesmerizing fluid motion of the dorsal fins of the Aba Aba.
They can grow BIG.
They have SHARP teeth and love to bite off fingers.
They're from Africa and RARE in Malaysia.
There! So I'm placing my deposit now.
I hate the internet because.... It makes it all too easy to find sources for the rare stuff I've been wanting so bad for so long!
I hate the internet because.... It makes it all too easy to find sources for the rare stuff I've been wanting so bad for so long!
UPDATE: 12/04/2011 @ 9.45AM : I PAID FOR THE ABA ABA IN FULL.
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