snakehead photo gallery -- post your snakehead pictures here

[Heppy]

can't help noticing everyones has channa aurantimaculata , so heres mine

[NymoKilla]

:headbang2 Time to show some Real Monster fish :D Show your snakehead. This is my snakeheads, i have 2 .. Its not great pics but they where taken with me old cam. It is to Channa Marulius ----- They are insaine :naughty: Biggest snakeheads i have been told.. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :D :D

[jelly]

My obscura.

[jelly]

My Channa Aurantimaculata

[jelly]

The rest of them!

[_erik_]

My marulioides. He's about 13 inches now and growing pretty fast:D

[stotty]

This was all I can fined not to exiting and not to good photos the others I have are not on disc.

[Euge]

Latest picture of my micro. Its been abt 2 months since i got it and is abt 5 inches at the moment.

[RobD23]

Jelly that Aurantimaculata is beautiful...Heres a pic of one of my bleheri flaring his throat out..(getting aggressive)

[Monster VooDoo Fish]

26" cobra

[rayman45]

:naughty:

[matty]

My Channa sp. "assam" snakeheads :)

[fisker]

Channa gachua TH 3/02



He... :headbang2

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/14/2970314/1024_3561363138333032.jpg

has a little flirt with her :drool:

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/14/2970314/1024_6566393439633261.jpg

and now look at the result :eek:

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/14/2970314/1024_3134386535346136.jpg

[Freakdaddy]

Bleheri mugs
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e399/FishFiend/ChannaBleheri3.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e399/FishFiend/ChannaBleher5.jpg

[Euge]

thought i'd resize the fotos

[elliotyoon]

heres my rezzed!!!!!!!!!!!! snakehead

[PhullTank57]

bud's old obscura.

[jelly]

show pics of your himalaya :woot:

I am now not sure of its ID and am investigating its description. It could by Punctata or Stewarti they all look very simalar which is why they are unsure if Himalaya is a stewarti variant. Hope you like the pics. :)

Maybe Baloo can shed some light.

[labeo]

My Bleheri

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v290/waynemc1/000_1502.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v290/waynemc1/000_1503.jpg

[jimtan75]

My feeder Snake head :D

This time I intend to raise up one of these monsters. ;)

[matty]

Here you go. Sorry about the crap pics and crap wallpaper behind the tank! As I said the light is very bad so you can't see the stunning blue colours on their bodies and fins. I'm moving house in a couple of weeks and they'll then be going in the heavily planted 4 footer they deserve.
Top pic is the pair, see the size difference. Next one is the male, and then the female. Just one more thing. This female killed another female that was originally with her. I have no idea if this means they are generally aggressive with one another or not as it is the first time I have kept this particular species. Hope that helps :)

[Petra T.]

hi @all

some pics of my gachuas

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/72/979372/400_6634623735323537.jpg

the "big" female

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/72/979372/400_3564353062633639.jpg

male

http://home.arcor.de/ducal200/channabock.jpg

http://home.arcor.de/ducal200/sss.jpg

female
http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/72/979372/400_3431303866393135.jpg

our tanks: in the right are living the channa (1,1),
in the left are living 2 female channa.

http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/72/979372/400_6537303633363338.jpg

[limz_777]

repost-rip bleheri and spec assam

[Vince]

Wow ! Beautiful collection indeed. The barcas are amazing. Aurantimaculatas, very colorful. Now are these fish pretty much have the same attitude as the more common micropeltes? I can only hope the US would have an open mind about taking some species off the banned list".

We can only hope that these ones would become available again. Make me very jealous about you guys outside the US, getting these fish.

[elliotyoon]

some more pics

[WhiteLineRacer]

My babies.

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/9996/200406pl056yg.jpg

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/9950/200406pl049nj.jpg

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/9416/200406pl030vd.jpg

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/3760/200406pl025xd.jpg

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/512/200406pl019ds.jpg

[WhiteLineRacer]

Thanks guys, I'm glad you like em :) the male looks very blue with the gravel gone :)

Tried feeding them baby mice today but they didn't seem interested.

[Euge]

forgot since this is a show your snakehead thread thought i'd post some kinda recent pics of mine:

[Monster VooDoo Fish]

I miss that old cobra

[Monster VooDoo Fish]

white striata, a killer monster fish.

[Monster VooDoo Fish]

some G's

[Monster VooDoo Fish]

planted channa tank

[RobD23]

just to keep this thread going

[mercury904]

mines

[NymoKilla]

63274

63275Hi i was the one who started this " show youre snakeheads here" The first pics on the first page is mine when they where small. This is now... and i only have one now and his is now 15,5 inch and stil growing :)


Thanx to all that have shown there snakeheads.... :) Hope you like him as much now as you did on the first pics :)


........................................NymoKilla. ...............................

[stotty]

:popcorn:

[stotty]

nice one paul, is that in a tank on it's own ? what other tank mates ?

On his own:D in the 2ft cube now planed out

[stotty]

how many snakheads you own ?



Just him now had load in the past at one point it was the only thing I kept just when I moved 3 years ago I sold them all shut down the fish keeping then had to start again then rebuilt the fish room properly this time but just went for the 180 the cube and the tropical pond. I used to breed Channa gachua that was going to be a thing to do again its not hard just time is always my problem.

[phen_dox]

2 channa micropeltes and 1 pleurophthalma in 1 aquarium.. ;)

[phen_dox]

pictures of two 8inch bulleye snakehead.. they growth from 4inch to 8inch in less than 2 months.. :naughty:

sorry.. those pictures not very clear, i'm capture those pictures only using handphone camera.. :)

[phen_dox]

it,s happen yesterday.. :eek: :eek: :eek:

[marvinbaker]

my auranti (about 14") and my bleheri (about 3 1/2")

[Fishwhore]

pleuro

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=66857&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1170006115

[phen_dox]

pleuro

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=66857&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1170006115

nice blue pleuro.. :) post more pics of your pleuro..

:mwave:

[reefman]

my lucia
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j243/gavins120/Picture355.jpg

[Mentzer]

Very nice.
These are my juvenile micropeltes.
16cm on 19th Janaury, 18.5cm today!

[phen_dox]

Very nice.
These are my juvenile micropeltes.
16cm on 19th Janaury, 18.5cm today!

that cool fish Mentzer! :) i like micropeltes so much.. what do you feed those monsters? my micropeltes growth from 6inch to 16" in less than 6 months.. :naughty:

my 16inch and 13" micropeltes..:naughty:

[vinson lim]

keep it in my room.... jst love them mch...!!!! emm.... 3 of them, which the 2 bigger one, i keep them more than a year, while the small, 7 months old. ")

[vinson lim]

but, i think theyn r not more than 3ft, and i guess more than 2.5 but less than 3ft... hehe. the smaller snakehead is bout 2ft, i think so. :p
i kept them at 5ft tank.

bout feeding, i feed them chicken chest... 3 - 4 times per week, its cheaper and less cost. but....i nvr fed them frozen food....

[Vince]

from my cuzin in the fleepeepeens!!!

[Vince]

and another one....

[74ray]

gachuas

[1ra8der]

HERE'S SOME COOL SNAKE PIX'S....

[Polypterus]

Northern snakehead from the Potomac river:

[FueL]

my bleheri

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/412/p1000029ur1.th.jpg

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/4773/p1000036hq8.th.jpg

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/8244/p1000030ha2.th.jpg

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/4805/p1000031zp7.th.jpg

thats 2 of my 3 bleheri , next week , pic qhen i feed whit my hands :)

[King Solomon]

:) here were mine snakeheads three or four years? if you want to see more just go to snakeheads.org and my pictures were all in there...more than 100pictures...

open Aquaristic on the left top conner and open galley, my pictures were all in surfer's gallery...

[deangelo]

My li'l rainbow assasins...:)

[Vince]

Thats right , I got the ones from the UK, and yes it took a lot of time and money to get them here. They are the only pair in the world at the moment and I want to try to to breed these fish, and that is why I bought them. They are in a 520g at the moment, so if everything goes well they should breed!
ashdavid, you are a true MFK, and more. I am at a loss of words to describe the amazing feat you've accomplish. I hope you are keeping some kind of journal, or note taking in your brilliant mind on just observations. Do we even know if they are mouthbreeders, or livebearers? Hope one day I could have some of these >:)

[Eyjo]

http://simnet.is/tropic/channa1.jpg
Here is one of my Channa Gachua I have two both about 4inches

[khorxianjin]

hmmm how do u guys post pics ?
this are my fishes.

[khorxianjin]

new pics

[yewjin87]

very nice shakehead you have there khorxianjin:headbang2 ... here's mine :)

[pytonson]

One of my two Channa lucius
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h137/pytonson/DSCN0058.jpg

They have lots of channas in my LFS. Maruloides, micropeltes, more lucius and gachua's. But I don't have the space

[Sarcosuchus]

My Channa Marulioides / Emperor Snakehead / Toman Bunga while waterchanging.

[Super Ape]

yes a lot of dealers had them as bankanensis here. and they do look very similar, but im old in the game and saw it right away of course... (lol j/k)

here's a pic of a lucius:
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p145/Marulioides/07-2.jpg

[PhullTank57]

Veeery nice!! :popcorn:
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h137/pytonson/DSCN0058.jpg

[PhullTank57]

asiatic mack. :)

[intrxz]

Check this out guys.more info at New Channa Micropeltes Species thread..

[greenfish4]

I was at my friends house the other day and I took these pictures of my friends snakeheads

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=34868&size=1

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=34867&size=1

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=34866&size=1

[D3V1Ls]

so far my two new snake heads at one three dot gourami :(. im lookin for a temp tank to transfer the lil fishes. i still have two parrots , two walking cats two sucker mouths , one snail , one senegalus, one oscar and one gourami. tanks 24x12x12 . yh yh i know its small. dw the biggest is the eight inch snake head n 9 inche one. the rest are smaller than 4 inches. im gonna sell everythin else n keep only the SH. btw neone can ID them pls?? n how shud i feed em? fish chunks? jus drop em in to the tank?? ne special way?

[stotty]

thx. bt wts my snakes id ???




channa micropeltes A.K.A giant snakehead; red snakehead, redline snakehead; Malabar snakehead; Mala; ikan toman, toman (Malaysia); pla chado (Thailand), pla melang pu (Bangkok, Thailand); trey diep (juvenile) and trey chhdaur (adult; Cambodia); toman, anak toman, gabus tobang (Kalimantan). The name red or redline snakehead is commonly applied to juveniles of this species in the aquarium fish trade.


I hope you know what you have there now. Thats a big hungry nasty S.H :naughty:
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries/art2002/snakeheadgiant22inhead.jpg


http://e-info.org.tw/column/biodiv/invasive/2005/iv051206018.jpg


I think you might require a bigger tank:D

[channa-pl]

My snakeheads:

Aurianti
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/1867/pict4950mvo9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/3439/pict4941mks3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


Pleuro:
http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/5196/pict4926malegq7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Micro- (before):
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/1899/dsc0842pu9.jpg (http://img521.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc0842pu9.jpg)

.http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/3505/214662191tc4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


I also have gachua & bleheri

[King Solomon]

:naughty: ....

[King Solomon]

:D .....

[jjdsplace]

heres mine

[Tigriuns™]

Here mine

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0576edit.jpg

[mercury904]

just a local SH

[khorxianjin]

:D

[hermandrum]

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t150/hermandrum/Image778.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t150/hermandrum/Image781.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t150/hermandrum/Image748.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t150/hermandrum/Image770.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t150/hermandrum/Image653.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t150/hermandrum/DSC00019.jpg

[Andri Pogo]

My first channa, only ~4"
http://s3.frontur.com/img/15002/20071010135830_0.jpg

[hermandrum]

current snakehead http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t150/hermandrum/Image838.jpg

[jjdsplace]

:)

[hermandrum]

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t150/hermandrum/Image847.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t150/hermandrum/Image846.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t150/hermandrum/Image845.jpg

[pallestopheles]

Hello and cheers to all Channaholics out there!

Here are my snakeheads!

Enjoy it

Pascal from Germany

[pallestopheles]

some more

[pallestopheles]

some more again

[pallestopheles]

and the rest!!!!!!

Hope you like the pictures!

That is all I have got-and sorry for some dirty aquarium glasses...........

All best wishes
Pascal

[hermandrum]

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t150/hermandrum/IMG_0179.jpg

[Freakdaddy]

Heres one of my Channa-Asiatica

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e399/FishFiend/Channa-Asiatica.jpg


:)

[stotty]

my bleheri

[stomar6]

Hello, here are some of my snakeheads. The 4 Marulioides are really big boys.

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/1126/dsc0682vr3.th.jpg (http://img442.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc0682vr3.jpg)
http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/102/dsc0630by8.th.jpg (http://img266.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc0630by8.jpg)
http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/5954/dsc0673fl9.th.jpg (http://img178.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc0673fl9.jpg)


Greetz, Marcus !

[stomar6]

Hello Euge, should be no Problem, enjoy.

But I gave away the cichla. The brought a lot of trouble during feeding.

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/2461/dsc0233cq5.th.jpg (http://img117.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc0233cq5.jpg)http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/7839/dsc0237ed7.th.jpg (http://img134.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc0237ed7.jpg)

Greetz, Marcus !

[900801]

channa asiatica

[druxboyz]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2372/2086055588_17c4372a8f_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2380/2085269621_eb40de6fa1_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2196/2086054138_5d25668331_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2396/2085269535_9561994d08_o.jpg

here's some pictures of my little guy. He grew to be 1.5ft before i had to let him go :(

[joexpatriate]

Here are some photo's of my snake heads, I don't live in the states so buying / keeping them is no biggie.. planning to get over 20 of them in the next few days.. will post pics later on in a large Aquarium.
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc128/964apo09348/Jsnakehead-1.jpg
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc128/964apo09348/jsnakehead3.jpg
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc128/964apo09348/jsnakehead6.jpg
Question .. is it a problem having crayfish and pirranaha's living together in the same Tank ? Many Thanks Joe

[joexpatriate]

More photos of my Snakeheads
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a51/joexpat/LGAqu-SH2.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a51/joexpat/LG-Aqu2.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a51/joexpat/LGAqu-SH1.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a51/joexpat/LG-Aqu-1.jpg

[channarox]

nice channas everyone.
here are mine.:naughty:
now in the pond theyre about 3 feet in length.
no pics of them in the pond...
i was too lazy to walk all the way there. :D

[Channa667]

Mine:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/Herzblut667/2006_08230048.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/Herzblut667/2006_08230010.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/Herzblut667/2007_072020070046.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/Herzblut667/2007_05282007Berlin0069.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/Herzblut667/2007_06062007BERLIN0041.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/Herzblut667/2007_05212007BERLIN0065.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/Herzblut667/2007_05152007BERLIN0022.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/Herzblut667/2007_04160010.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/Herzblut667/2007_03170180.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/Herzblut667/forum4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/Herzblut667/forum3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/Herzblut667/DSCF2553.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/Herzblut667/DSCF2543.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/Herzblut667/DSCF1413.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/Herzblut667/DSCF7125.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/Herzblut667/BoardRaubsalmler/2007_03010020.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/Herzblut667/BoardRaubsalmler/2007_03010023.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/Herzblut667/BoardRaubsalmler/2007_02050074.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/Herzblut667/BoardRaubsalmler/forum2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/Herzblut667/BoardRaubsalmler/DSCF6599.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/Herzblut667/BoardRaubsalmler/auranti.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/Herzblut667/BoardRaubsalmler/DSCF5000.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/Herzblut667/BoardRaubsalmler/DSCN2377.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/Herzblut667/BoardRaubsalmler/gachua03.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/Herzblut667/BoardRaubsalmler/for.jpg

[channa-pl]

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/6426/pict5871gotmn8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/576/pict5882ngotmaleqh1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/2304/pict5926ngotmalecr6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[channa-pl]

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/8108/pict5971nai2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Bogwoodbruce]

My first channa pleuros@
http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r35/BogwoodBruce/New%20pickups/SS101555.jpg

[wally 666]

http://s221.photobucket.com/albums/dd49/wally6-6-6/th_Picture008.jpghere is another pick of my little monster

[wally 666]

have a better look here http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd49/wally6-6-6/Picture008.jpg

[PhullTank57]

Very nice pictures, everybody! Thank you all for sharing! :)

Channa667, incredible collection you have there. I see you have had some very good success on reproducing some offspring. Congrats!

[joexpatriate]

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s298/se7enO3/SNH2.jpg
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s298/se7enO3/LoungeMode2.jpg
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s298/se7enO3/SNH-1.jpg
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s298/se7enO3/Small-T.jpg
Smaller Tank until they get big enough to put into the other Aquarium, peace from the Middle East.
joe

[HerCrenVie]

My 6.5" Channa pulchra.

[wally 666]

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd49/wally6-6-6/Picture009.jpg

[WhiteLineRacer]

My grumpy Pleuro.

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/6600/grumpbalujan08tc9.jpg

[Brucki]

Hi guys,

here are some of mine:
breeding sp. Assam male
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/Brucki/goschvoll011.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/Brucki/breedingmale525.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/Brucki/bluethroat001.jpg
female sp. Assam
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/Brucki/female528.jpg

both of 'em:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/Brucki/eltern293.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/Brucki/vonoben271.jpg
pair with fry:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/Brucki/family019.jpg

channa gachua
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/Brucki/gachuaklein31.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/Brucki/gachua0352.jpg

Channa orientalis "Kottawa Forest"
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/Brucki/orientalis515.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/Brucki/orinetalis519.jpg

Channa bleheri
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/Brucki/007bleheries2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/Brucki/006bleheries.jpg

Channa obscura
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/Brucki/001obscura.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/Brucki/003obscuraportrait.jpg

Channa stewartii "sp. himalaya"
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/Brucki/020stewartiisticks.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/Brucki/019Bock-mitblitz.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/Brucki/023Bock-ohneblitz.jpg

Channa striata
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/Brucki/111mmmmlecker.jpg

Have fun
Brucki

[deD3]

my lovely snakes :grinno:

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=42964&size=1 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=42964&size=1)
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=42962&size=1 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=42962&size=1)
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=42959&size=1 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=42959&size=1)
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=42960&size=1 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=42960&size=1)
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=42961&size=1 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=42961&size=1)
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=42963&size=1 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=42963&size=1)

[gibbonz]

She jumped out..i think she's been outside water for 10 minutes or so before i put her back in the pond..she acts as if nothing had happened..what a strong predator she is.
http://aycu02.webshots.com/image/43321/2003418230991650345_th.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2003418230991650345)


the channas in the pond
http://aycu01.webshots.com/image/43480/2004233162412323637_th.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2004233162412323637)

[boucher_michael]

my 18" snakehead, that lives with my gf's angles, and black ghost knife.

[Freakdaddy]

I cant believe my luck I found a group of channa Pulchra yesterday so I bought four....
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e399/FishFiend/ChannaPulchra.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e399/FishFiend/100_9006.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e399/FishFiend/100_9009.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e399/FishFiend/ChannaPulchragroup.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e399/FishFiend/ChannaPulchra1.jpg

:)

[lilfats2]

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj317/lilfats2/SnakeHEad002.jpg

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj317/lilfats2/SnakeHEad014.jpg

[itzo]

http://www.jvaleur.com/pics/sh2.jpgit should be Channe Marulius.. they are about 3"http://www.jvaleur.com/pics/sh1.jpg

[tropheus]

my snakehead my fave fish at the moment but very camera shy ,must try and get some better pics

[Tigriuns™]

Finally some update on my golden cobra snakehead

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0014edit-4.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0016edit-5.jpg

[MikeS]

my pleurophthalmas:D

http://raubfische.net/forum/uploads//post-1-1204036509.jpg

http://raubfische.net/forum/uploads//post-1-1204638831.jpg

http://raubfische.net/forum/uploads//post-1-1204638840.jpg

http://raubfische.net/forum/uploads//post-1-1204638857.jpg

http://raubfische.net/forum/uploads//post-1-1204638867.jpg

[Loulou]

:)

[mercury904]

mine

[Loulou]

mineOMG!!! :WHOA:

Here are some more pictures of mine...

[Loulou]

:)

[stotty]

Got a new Camera today haven’t got a clue what to do with it but took this today so when I know what I’m doing I should get some good ones

[pdwh1971]

My 10" P. Obscura :)

[tropheus]

just thought i would add my guys to the gallary - so here you go

[Freakdaddy]

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e399/FishFiend/Channa-ornatipinnis.jpg

my new ornate:headbang2

[Freakdaddy]

tropheus;Freakdaddy - very nice ornate

cheers mate:)

Here's some others...

Punctata

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e399/FishFiend/100_9190.jpg


Pulchra

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e399/FishFiend/100_9233.jpg

Gachua-Bengal

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e399/FishFiend/CStewarti.jpg

I known dirty glass (me bad).



:)

[BadDogsPa]

Guess these little guys were not surviving feeders

[Aircut64]

Does my image work?
Otherwise here's the link
http://www.ladda-upp.com/bilder/4876/snakehead

[pdwh1971]

My 10" Malaysian "Toman Bunga" (and sum tankmates) :D

[teggner]

here's my little auranti

[Freakdaddy]

I took these pics last night and am well pleased with em

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e399/FishFiend/100_9799.jpg


http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e399/FishFiend/100_9802.jpg


http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e399/FishFiend/100_9809.jpg


:)

[Michael H]

Parachanna africana

[dwilliams0212]

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r168/shadowyoshi9/0610082300a.jpg

[channarox]

nice SHs everyone!

[woodyoz]

Newly arrived red giant snakehead pair [:d]

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=48855 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=48855)

[MonFish Fanatic]

Hi guys,

I'm new here. Here's my Toman Harimau 26" aged 2yrs 4 mth.
Pic taken Apr '08.

[Freakdaddy]

C.Asiatica

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e399/FishFiend/100_0170.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e399/FishFiend/100_0173.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e399/FishFiend/100_0231.jpg

Auranti

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e399/FishFiend/100_0207.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e399/FishFiend/100_0198.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e399/FishFiend/Auranti1.jpg

Pulchra

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e399/FishFiend/100_0101.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e399/FishFiend/100_0100.jpg



:)

[PhullTank57]

Wow! Some very nice pics posted here... beautiful fish, everyone! :popcorn:

Let's keep this thread and pictures rolling! :thumbsup:

[Vandecruz]

Just to share some of my new Simple cute one too:D
http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll312/VanBetta/Others/DSC05276.jpg
http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll312/VanBetta/Others/DSC05277.jpg
http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll312/VanBetta/Others/DSC05284.jpg
http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll312/VanBetta/Others/DSC05350.jpg
http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll312/VanBetta/Others/DSC05312.jpg

[Brucki]

Hi guys,

some pics of my pulchra
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/Brucki/pulchra018.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/Brucki/pulchra017.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/Brucki/multipunktpulchra050.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/Brucki/pulchra047.jpg

[DiXoN]

a couple of pics of my pulchra.
thanks to tropheus who i met today and is a cool bloke.

[Vandecruz]

Hi guys,

some pics of my pulchra


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/Brucki/multipunktpulchra050.jpg


Bro,I love Your Channa Puchra,they look amazing,may i know how big can it grow till:D

[ReeceTheBeast]

My marulioides i got three the little ones too fast for me there ok feeding them dead abit atm

[holms]

hi all .

heres my Channa Auranti , approximately 8 inches long .

by the way it encountered a problem ,
please visit the Diseases and Help section to help a brother out .

[Freakdaddy]

My collection recently increased:naughty:

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e399/FishFiend/100_0306.jpg

:)

[tropheus]

a couple more of mine

[tropheus]

sorry to here about your assam brucki , at least you have more to try again with , also yes very rare a pic of my bankanensis ,they are so hard to take pics of , with the coffee coloured water it is nearly impossable and i useally give up half way through . here are the odd few i have of them i just cannot focus on them long enough and do not have overtank flash ,so just get nothing but reflections.

oh and here is one i got of orientals looking angry

cheers col

[teggner]

here's my little monsters.

[irwan]

My 1 meter long marulius. Sorry for the blur pic due to dirty glass. :D I keep the aqua outdoor and its been raining for some days

[xander13]

after a whole load of deaths and unwilling sale of fishes, here's my new project

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmFdaRHpjRw

[tropheus]

channa panaw

[tropheus]

some more

[tropheus]

and more

[tropheus]

and more

[PhullTank57]

Very nice additions there, tropheus.

Couple shots of maculata. :)

[PhullTank57]

very nice , they are also very few and far between over here , would love to find some
I've heard likewise, about these being fairly scarce over in your parts?

[PhullTank57]

maculata

[PhullTank57]

old rainbows. :)

[Freakdaddy]

Some true monsters:D

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e399/FishFiend/100_0502.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e399/FishFiend/100_0503.jpg

[Channa jocaaa]

Here a pic of my Pleuros

[Luda]

Here's are some pics of my newly bought red snakeheads! Enjoy!

[proaquatics]

old

[Freakdaddy]

Couple more of my Pulchra


http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e399/FishFiend/100_0491.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e399/FishFiend/100_0500.jpg

[jasondakin]

Couple more of my Pulchra
you have some nice snakeheads where can i get some like that

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e399/FishFiend/100_0491.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e399/FishFiend/100_0500.jpg



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[jelly]

Not the greatest Photo's, My Diplogramma.

[tropheus]

.

[Hampala]

this chana from my backyard

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e81/superhampala/DSCN0567.jpg

[flemming]

my two 6'' pulchra's:

[gigas12]

my snakeheads

[Hampala]

This is my little chanas

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e81/superhampala/DSCN0560.jpg

[jelly]

Omg i never seen such beautiful snakehead, where did you bought it?

If you are refering to Aurantimaculata, They are relatively common if you are not in the US.

Heres a few more pics.

[hermandrum]

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t150/hermandrum/CHANNA-MARULIOIDES-TAILAND5.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t150/hermandrum/P1000021.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t150/hermandrum/commtank01.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t150/hermandrum/05.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t150/hermandrum/1_894180036l-3.jpg

[proaquatics]

getting alittle bigger.i need a pair already!

[drahcir888]

My channa

[hermandrum]

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t150/hermandrum/sn5.jpg
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t150/hermandrum/sn4.jpg
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t150/hermandrum/Image22171.jpg

[gigas12]

my channa bleheri

[denny_sm]

My snakehead....

http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd139/denny_sm/pets/DSCN2386.jpg?t=1224481976

http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd139/denny_sm/pets/DSCN2388.jpg?t=1224482023

[irwan]

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t150/hermandrum/sn5.jpg
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t150/hermandrum/sn4.jpg
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t150/hermandrum/Image22171.jpg

I luv the first pic hermandum, high quality channa

[Channa jocaaa]

denny nice diplo

[jelly]

denny nice diplo

They are Micro's and nice ones aswell.

[denny_sm]

denny nice diplo

thanks bro :)

They are Micro's and nice ones aswell.

yes, Channa micropeltes

[badphish]

beutiful, deadly, a true monster. i search and search but i always seem to be to late.... one day i will own this monster

[BraveheartCalif]

a buddy of mine in the uk just picked this up.

[Freakdaddy]

Ming the Mopey

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e399/FishFiend/100_0655.jpg

[tropheus]

very nice asiatica




a buddy of mine in the uk just picked this up.

hope he knows what he is getting himself into ,that is going to be one huge fish in less than 18months

cheers col

[BraveheartCalif]

whats the average size these get in the hobby?

[Brucki]

Hi,

minimumn size (if its marulioides) two feet
If its marulia add another one to two feet

[BraveheartCalif]

Much confusion on this sp. Is there any taxonomy identifiers to determine. If the this one is a marulioides or marulius?

[Oleoleole]

a buddy of mine in the uk just picked this up.
This fish I call Channa aurolineatus sp salween. A lot of them sold in Thailand 2-3 months ago.

[proaquatics]

:headbang2 Got a :newbie:

[Oleoleole]

Proaquatic
Your pic is channa aurolineatus (From Meklong basin), not from Salween basin. The diff is number of white scales on it body. Meklong basin is in western Thailand, near Salween but not Mekong basin, it very far from.

[proaquatics]

good to know sir thank you
any opinions from others?

[proaquatics]

moe shots

[tropheus]

hi pro , yeah it is 100% marulia after those shots , i was wrong the body shape is now plain to see and its is without doubt marulia

hats off to all the guys who got it in the earlyier pics

cheers col

[hermandrum]

moe shots
for me 100% is marulioides

[fishmastermike]

are snakeheads related to bichirs

[jelly]

are snakeheads related to bichirs

No.

[Oleoleole]

for me 100% is marulioides
hermandam
it is not marulioides, because I can buy it with price 1 - 1.5 USD in Thailand.

[tropheus]

yeah head shape is wrong for marulioides ,it can be best seen in the last pic , head is too angular behind the eyes and nose not quite blunt enough , although this is the species of marula that does look the closest to maruliodes

cheers col

[Oleoleole]

yeah head shape is wrong for marulioides ,it can be best seen in the last pic , head is too angular behind the eyes and nose not quite blunt enough , although this is the species of marula that does look the closest to maruliodes

cheers col
Tropheus right. It found in western Thailand, it look closet some Thai marulioides that found in southern Thailand sach as orange spot in size < 12", pattern on fin and the diff is shape & size, this marulia will more longer & thinner, pattern of white scale, etc.

[proaquatics]

:)

[RoadWarrior]

Just got back from the KLCC Aquarium in Kuala Lumpur, which has an impressive collection of giant snakeheads. I tried my best to snap some decent photos, but it was difficult, between the movement of the fish and my attempts to hold the camera dead still.

[proaquatics]

monsters!! ok shots!:thumbsup:

[Militis]

Some nice photos :headbang2

[SawtoothGrin]

I met the ceo of the Aquarium, he told me that those fish were taken from our national zoo lake. They have to use divers to go in the lake(they are not baits fyo) and whole dead chickens to catch them.

[VinLwj]

My first Channa Pleuro, bought it 3 weeks ago...price was RM4. (Ringgit Malaysia)
Cute little fella, it is a big eater and fast swimmer.

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb159/VinLwj/My%20Fish/IMG_7200.jpg

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb159/VinLwj/My%20Fish/IMG_7189.jpg

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb159/VinLwj/My%20Fish/IMG_7186.jpg

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb159/VinLwj/My%20Fish/IMG_7196.jpg

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb159/VinLwj/My%20Fish/IMG_7203.jpg

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb159/VinLwj/My%20Fish/IMG_7194.jpg

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb159/VinLwj/My%20Fish/IMG_7191.jpg

other side of the partition:
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb159/VinLwj/My%20Fish/IMG_7184.jpg

[stinkyz]

i want one!!!!!

[bfhslilred93]

so unfair i hate it when threads r posted of fish i can't have :(

[zix]

my 2 channas http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r164/zix75/Picture217.jpg
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r164/zix75/Picture076.jpg
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r164/zix75/Picture073-1.jpg

[irwan]

anyone here have channa Barca?

[channarox]

anyone here have channa Barca?

ashdavid,david bates.

[tropheus]

anyone here have channa Barca?

also another member on here , who will remain nameless until he decides he wants to share.

there are a now few in captivity ,but they still remain extreamly rare and expensive

[irwan]

I wonder why they are so rare? Is it because they aggresive or anything else like environment issue?

[channarox]

I wonder why they are so rare? Is it because they aggresive or anything else like environment issue?

i think theyre hard to find in the wild.

[tropheus]

they are rare in the wild and do not swim in the rivers so they do not get caught while netting for fish , they have to be caught by hand , they live in holes in the river bank that are made by birds and freshwater crabs , they sit with there heads pokeing out of the holes and ambush prey as it passes , tho find them you would have to manually check each hole both above and below the water line, it is said that the collector put his hand into the hole and brings out the fish ,sometimes there is two fish sharing the hole othertimes one. it is also said that the exact area they are found in is not very stable ,as in high tension war area , but iam not sure how true that is , it was certainly true of some areas of india where channa are found some years ago , but not sure if that still applies

cheers col

[channarox]

they are rare in the wild and do not swim in the rivers so they do not get caught while netting for fish , they have to be caught by hand , they live in holes in the river bank that are made by birds and freshwater crabs , they sit with there heads pokeing out of the holes and ambush prey as it passes , tho find them you would have to manually check each hole both above and below the water line, it is said that the collector put his hand into the hole and brings out the fish ,sometimes there is two fish sharing the hole othertimes one. it is also said that the exact area they are found in is not very stable ,as in high tension war area , but iam not sure how true that is , it was certainly true of some areas of india where channa are found some years ago , but not sure if that still applies

cheers col

yes,there are still problems where barca can be found.

[irwan]

they are rare in the wild and do not swim in the rivers so they do not get caught while netting for fish , they have to be caught by hand , they live in holes in the river bank that are made by birds and freshwater crabs , they sit with there heads pokeing out of the holes and ambush prey as it passes , tho find them you would have to manually check each hole both above and below the water line, it is said that the collector put his hand into the hole and brings out the fish ,sometimes there is two fish sharing the hole othertimes one. it is also said that the exact area they are found in is not very stable ,as in high tension war area , but iam not sure how true that is , it was certainly true of some areas of india where channa are found some years ago , but not sure if that still applies

cheers col

Wow, but all troubles and difficulties in cacthing them worth with the price

[tropheus]

when a fish is that hard to get hold of , then price is not really relivant people will pay big bucks for something very few other people have ,and there still is very few people with them , most of the ones in captivity belong to 3 or 4 people who have managed to get a few, and when it is as nice as barca then demand far outstrips supply.

just wait until channa amphibieus is re-descovered , i suspect the prices will be even higher than barca , and amphibeus is far more suited to aquariums size wize.

also some people pay massive amounts for top grade arowana and they are pretty commen compaired to a barca.

unfortunatly due to the price i will probably never own one, but we can all live it hope. and stare at the pictures of the guys who have been lucky enough to get some.

[channarox]

when a fish is that hard to get hold of , then price is not really relivant people will pay big bucks for something very few other people have ,and there still is very few people with them , most of the ones in captivity belong to 3 or 4 people who have managed to get a few, and when it is as nice as barca then demand far outstrips supply.

just wait until channa amphibieus is re-descovered , i suspect the prices will be even higher than barca , and amphibeus is far more suited to aquariums size wize.

also some people pay massive amounts for top grade arowana and they are pretty commen compaired to a barca.

unfortunatly due to the price i will probably never own one, but we can all live it hope. and stare at the pictures of the guys who have been lucky enough to get some.

well said col.

[gimmiks]

so how hard are snake heads to keep .... i read some where that they get quite expensive because they eat tooooooo much ?????

[channarox]

so how hard are snake heads to keep .... i read some where that they get quite expensive because they eat tooooooo much ?????

:screwy:
it all depends.
but they are not a hard fish to keep.

[gimmiks]

do they need a lot of food ???how big does the tank have to be ???

[channarox]

do they need a lot of food ???how big does the tank have to be ???

i dont understand what you mean.
any fish needs as much food as it should have.
which species are you talking about?

[tropheus]

snakeheads range from 4" to 4ft so depends on what species you want , all are easy to keep as long as you follow some simple rules. i would suggest you look through the other stickys and see if there is one you like that you can cater for , there is a lot of information in both the channa keeping conditions and the channa information threads .

obviously a micropeltes will indeed consume a lot and req massive housing but on the other hand orientalis req very little food and quite small housing. there is a snakehead to suit most size tanks.

cheers col

[NymoKilla]

I started this Show your snakeheads here, and they where in a 180 ltr at my house, i had to give away them , so i had one left. Just becuase they got to big. I had a Channa maulius ( Bullseye Snakehead ) it became 43 cm in my 180 ltr, so i gave away the last one to the Aquarium zoo in Bergen ( Norway ) and visit it last week, it is now over 1 m and looks great :) Thanx to all who have shown there fish here :) Thanks from Norway :)

[FishGoneWild]

snakeheads range from 4" to 4ft so depends on what species you want , all are easy to keep as long as you follow some simple rules.What species are 4"? Can you post a picture?

[Brucki]

Its not a species, its a length measurment.
inch

Guys use the metric system ;-)

Cheers

[tropheus]

lol brucki , iam stuck in the past

yes 4 inches or 10-11cm , if you mean which fish only reaches this size then some localities of orientalis are said to not grow more than this. i think brucki may have a couple of diferant types of orientalis so may be able to clarify

cheers col

[Freakdaddy]

What species are 4"? Can you post a picture?

C.Orientalis are the smallest.they look like C.Gachua but have no pelvic fins ..
Here are a couple of pics of mine these are the Kottawa forrest type and around a yr old and approx 5"

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e399/FishFiend/100_0778.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e399/FishFiend/100_0424.jpg

[channarox]

i think bankanensis get to 4 inches as well?

[Freakdaddy]

i think bankanensis get to 4 inches as well?

14 cms actually which is 4 cms bigger than Orientalis...

http://fisc.er.usgs.gov/Snakehead_circ_1251/html/channa_bankanensis.html

http://fisc.er.usgs.gov/Snakehead_circ_1251/html/channa_orientalis.html

;)

[channarox]

oops.
ok.