I just put a big royal knife in the tank,he is much larger than the elephant fish, and the store owner, who i trust, and who knows what he is talking about, assured me the knife fish wasnt aggressive, but may eat small fish that could fit in his mouth, (like any large fish)
After getting used to the tank, and scaring everything except my goby with its presence, the knife fish kinda just swam around for a while, i come back from work, and my GF had left me a note on my computer, that the knife fish and the elephant fish got in a war over the elephant fishes cave, and that when the elephant fish came out to eat, he had a big deep scrape/cut type injury. Sure enough i went out to the tank, to see my elephant fish, looking very pissed, hovering in mid water, i looked at his side, and on one side he did have a flesh wound... and the knife fish was wedged in all crazy angles to fit in the elephant fishes cave, which he is MUCH to big for. The elephant fish is very proud of his house, and shocks any other fish that come near, so i guess this is what my GF ment by the "war", the Elephant even dragged a sprouting bulb to his house once and he now has a big plant growing in it... So i moved out this root hiding place thing, and adjusted the opposite cave *same as the elephant fishs) on the other side of the tank, to be one big cave, and i put a plant in there, and blocked up the elephants cave so only he could get in, and they both seem to be content with their homes.... My question is... did the knife fish bite him? or did he swim in to somthing and injure him self? its right in the middle of his body on his side... should i quaritine him? or leave him alone? do you the the knife bit him? ?????????????? he swam over and hoverd next to the knife when i was fixing his house... so i dont think he is scared of him?
After getting used to the tank, and scaring everything except my goby with its presence, the knife fish kinda just swam around for a while, i come back from work, and my GF had left me a note on my computer, that the knife fish and the elephant fish got in a war over the elephant fishes cave, and that when the elephant fish came out to eat, he had a big deep scrape/cut type injury. Sure enough i went out to the tank, to see my elephant fish, looking very pissed, hovering in mid water, i looked at his side, and on one side he did have a flesh wound... and the knife fish was wedged in all crazy angles to fit in the elephant fishes cave, which he is MUCH to big for. The elephant fish is very proud of his house, and shocks any other fish that come near, so i guess this is what my GF ment by the "war", the Elephant even dragged a sprouting bulb to his house once and he now has a big plant growing in it... So i moved out this root hiding place thing, and adjusted the opposite cave *same as the elephant fishs) on the other side of the tank, to be one big cave, and i put a plant in there, and blocked up the elephants cave so only he could get in, and they both seem to be content with their homes.... My question is... did the knife fish bite him? or did he swim in to somthing and injure him self? its right in the middle of his body on his side... should i quaritine him? or leave him alone? do you the the knife bit him? ?????????????? he swam over and hoverd next to the knife when i was fixing his house... so i dont think he is scared of him?
