snakehead hobbyist

Originally Posted by ChristopToh

just to share my channa, is he a malacuta?

saw 3 pieces at c328 a few days ago

Originally Posted by hanyao

hi, i found already, thanks. ya it was sold as feeders. i looking to get 1 or 2, now i have 10+.....zzz

hey man the ones you got are sold as feeders? the feeders look red to me haha.. are they the same as the one you talking about?if so i go buy some fish ask auntie give me 1 free 1 lol

Originally Posted by hengyi86

rofl. he meant his uncles snake head kill all the fishes

owh.... i see.... hehehe.....

Saw today a 12inch albino channa straita price $180.Is it too expensive?

hi good people! do any of you know where to get other "dwarf" snakehead species like the c.bleheri that is believed to max it's growth at 20cm/8inches or slightly more? i'm planning to upgrade my 2ft tank with my c.bleheri in it which is doing very well now. thought of getting my c.bleheri a buddy with proper introduction to minimize stress and fights

i've heard of channa nox, channa gachua, channa panaw and quite a few more that are dwarf family, i wanna get my facts right before purchasing and upgrading my tank to a 3ft.

my plan is to :

1. get a eheim cannister (new to this, not quite sure which to get, please advise)
2. 3ft tank for a larger enviroment
3. add plants/decos (right now it's just a cave made out of wood with white gravel)
4. get a blue light to enhance the snakehead's beauty.
5. last but not least, a black wallpaper for the back of the tank (sorry, don't know what it's called.)


i kindly seek all bros help.

regards.

Originally Posted by angelsmaydie

hi good people! do any of you know where to get other "dwarf" snakehead species like the c.bleheri that is believed to max it's growth at 20cm/8inches or slightly more? i'm planning to upgrade my 2ft tank with my c.bleheri in it which is doing very well now. thought of getting my c.bleheri a buddy with proper introduction to minimize stress and fights

i've heard of channa nox, channa gachua, channa panaw and quite a few more that are dwarf family, i wanna get my facts right before purchasing and upgrading my tank to a 3ft.

my plan is to :

1. get a eheim cannister (new to this, not quite sure which to get, please advise)
2. 3ft tank for a larger enviroment
3. add plants/decos (right now it's just a cave made out of wood with white gravel)add floating plants
4. get a blue light to enhance the snakehead's beauty.
5. last but not least, a black wallpaper for the back of the tank (sorry, don't know what it's called.)


i kindly seek all bros help.

regards.

Here are the few examples of a good channa tank set up.
The commonly dwarf snakehead that are available on the LFS is bleheri,pulcra and fire&ice.Do remember to introduce them at the same time if u intends to keep more than one channa in a tank.Thats the golden rule to keep a community of channa.

Originally Posted by ISZ

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Here are the few examples of a good channa tank set up.
The commonly dwarf snakehead that are available on the LFS is bleheri,pulcra and fire&ice.Do remember to introduce them at the same time if u intends to keep more than one channa in a tank.Thats the golden rule to keep a community of channa.

hi isz, thanks for the highlights and advises. is a 3ft tank big enough for 2-3 dwarf channas? i found images on the fire&ice channa and i'm quite drawn to it, yet i can't seem to find any knowledge on it like it's max size and feeding, stuff like that. read that it's newly discovered

hopefully more bros will share their experiences on dwarf sh too, i wanna gather as much info as i can.

Channa sp fire and ice,

is a Gachua variant located in the cold lakes of myanmar.
Size max at 20cm.
Feeding : Will take any meaty foods, and pellets. ( My bleheris eats even algae wafers. )
It will only thrive in cool waters of range 24 deg and below. It can survive in temperatures here, but you will observe a difference in colour and motion.

Key to comming these gachuas, is to make sure you provide enough plant cover and tank space plays a major part as well.
For starters, id recommend C. bleheris, they are much more docile and friendly to their own kind.

A video of my channa Lucius Flaring.. Very teritorial! Cannot post a link yet though.. need 10 post count.. =( But check it out!

youtube(dot)com/watch?v=X4GyGpYAoSo

Share with the hobbyist an albino channa straita.This is not my fish.Just to share picture for learning purpose.