Name: (Notopterus) Chitala ornata
Size pHGHTemp Origin: Southeast Asia
100 cm 7.0 8 25°C This is a very large fish and in general grows too large for the average community aquarium. This fish and its relatives can sometimes be extremely aggressive towards other fish and is best kept alone or with other large fish like oscars or something that at least even gets close to that size like a jack dempsey. But this fish and its relatives are also very beautiful. Contributed by Randy Campbell Clown Knife Fish are finicky eaters, mostly prefering live food. If you are lucky, you can get them to eat frozen cocktail shrimp, bologna, etc. Contributed by Kim The Clown Knife is a large fish, however if kept well fed can be in a tank with much smaller fish and not create problems. Yet these fish can also be in the company of Oscars and most Cichlids. They are peaceful but well able to take care of themselves. Contributed by (no name given) Juvenile Clown Knifefish that have not developed rings usually have stripes instead. The rings will appear in time. Also, they are bottom feeders and have been successfully been fed on a diet of Juvenile Cichlid Pellets. Contributed by Vincent Wang I have 3 of these wonderful fish in my aquarium. They are peaceful to other fish, but when it comes to feeding time they go crazy and eat all of the feeders they c ...