COMMON NAME:
Blunt-Jaw Elephant Nose or Peter's Elephant Nose

LATIN NAME:
Gnathonemus elephas
Gnathonemus petersii

pH:
7.0

WATER TEMP:
76-80 deg. F.

AVG. MAX. SIZE:
12"/24cm.

BREEDING:
Egg-layers

FEEDING:
Live/Frozen worms
NOTE:
These are really cool!, but take a lot of care.

LIGHTING:
Dark as possible.

TEMPERAMENT:
Peaceful, very good community fish. Is territorial. Emits an electric shock to any fish that care to try and nibble on its tail.

COMMENTS:
A electric fish, Needs a cave and vegetation in which to hide. I do not recommend the all clear plastic tubes as these do not provide them any protection from the light, Rockeries are best.

Can grow somewhat large in the right enviroment.

CAUTION!!! Do not keep more than one of these in a tank at any one time, also do not mix with other electric fishes such as Knife Fishes. Their ability to emit a small electrical field aids these nearly blind fish in hunting for food, but can get confused if another electric generating fish is in the same tank. Also since this is a scaleless fish standard fish treatments for illness may not work and cause death of the Elephant fish.