Elephant Nose Fish have the largest brain for their size. The Elephant Nose is a very exotic fish. It has a very unique body, which makes it a highly desired aquarium fish. The Elephant Nose is semi-aggressive.
Elephant Nose and Baby Whale
More fragile fish include Elephant Noses - Gnathonemus petersi and Baby Whales - Petrocephalus bovei. African fishes from the family Mormyridae, these are night feeders and are hard to provide for in the aquarium.
Elephant Nose, Peters Elephantnose
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Distribution Central Africa, in the Zaire river basin, from the Niger to the Cameroons.
My experience with elephant nose is they need worm-type food (e.g frozen blood worm, live black worm) diet due to the structure of the mouth. The mouth is the hole above the nose sensory.
Long-nosed Elephant Fish, Elephant Nose, Peter's Elephantnose [ Pictures ]
Gnathonemus petersii
SYN : Mormyruspetersii, Gnathonemus pictus
PD : This species has an elongated, laterally compressed body.
Elephant Nose, Dolphin Fish), Sturgeon and Sterlets are present. PROTOZIN is used for the control of all protozoan and fungal infections e.g Whitespot, Fungus, Neon Tetra Disease, Velvet, Costiasis and Trichodiniasis.
They are also a very good food for bottom grubbing fish like Corydoras catfish and elephant noses (Gnathonemus petersi). In fact, one is hard pressed to keep elephant noses alive at all without a sand bottom and a steady supply of black worms.
Almost all fish can, but some of the most likely are swordtails, elephant nose, koi, hatchet fish, spiny eels, rope eels and most gouramis.
- Mormyrids, which include the popular elephant nose and baby whale have highest brain to body weight ration of fishes. This is probably related to their electrical sense and processing the information contained in their electrical field.
Possible Tank Mates: Elephant Noses, Baby Whales, African Black Knife Fish, and other Synodontis Catfish are good tank mates. This species is also commonly used in African Cichlid tanks.
Some species possess modifications of the mouthparts to facilitate feeding upon small invertebrates buried in muddy substrates, the shape and structure of these leading to the popular name of "elephant nosed fish" for those species with particularly ...
Gnathonemus petersii, n, 19
Elephant nose fish
Origin:Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Kongo.
Best looking ones i've seen as well so i think once they have gotten bigger they will find there way to another fish tank whom takes most of my fish that i dont want The elephant nose was added today after i swaped it for the RTBS (who was gorgeous) ...
"The dosage on the package is 1 drop of Quick Cure for each gallon of aquarium water or 1 drop per two gallons for Tetra Fish. Elsewhere we've read advice to use only a half dose on delicate fish such as Clown Loaches and Elephant Noses, ...
I would never tempt fate and put a neon in the tank,the smallest fish are swordtails and mollies. I feed flake food in the morning and frozen brine shrimp and blood worms at night.They also get along with the Black ghost knife, the elephant noses, ...
They should not be kept with other electric fish such as elephant noses or other BGKs. 4. They don't like tail nipping tank mates and will actively seek out and destroy the little pests. I have heard them described as a digestive tract with fins.
 See also: Fish, Cichlid, Loach, Shark, Corydoras
  
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