Baby Whale Fish

The Baby Whale is an intelligent Mormyrid that is an interesting fish to keep, and it has quite a good personality. These fish are active, but they will need a cave or some type of hiding spot to seek cover in the aquarium. The "baby whale" is a carnivore, and it should be fed a diet of live and frozen foods such as ghost shrimp, blood worms and black worms. These fish will get aggressive as they get larger, so they are not suitable with small timid schooling fish.

Quick Facts

Care Guide

Tank setup: Give them a soft sand bottom, caves or tubes to hide in, dim lighting and a tight lid. They are most active in the evening.

Feeding: Feed small frozen foods like bloodworms once or twice a day, ideally in the evening. Some learn to take small sinking pellets.

Tankmates: Baby whales get more territorial as they grow. Keep them with robust fish of similar size, and avoid small, timid fish.

Good to know: Baby whales use a weak electric field to find food and communicate.