Brand NEW Channa Aurantimaculata!!!

[Euge]

Hi,

Finally i've been able to get my hands on a pair of auranti's. I've had sucha good week with getting fish I really want first the dat now the auranti's WOOT. Anyways here they are. Both about 4 inches and were eating after about 2 minutes after being in the tank.

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=23877

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=23875

Flash
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=23874

Wutchu looking at?
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=23876

Will post more pics soon. Thinking of adding them into my stewartii tank

[rallysman]

NICE! great find:) I want one!lol

[AquariumChicky]

Look beautiful. Nice find.

[jelly]

Great fish, 4" They grow very very quickly, before you know it 16"

[stotty]

I loved my one but have a look at this its important good find would love another one paid quite a bit of money to get my one at about 3” and as jelly said they grow quick my one love earth worms when he was 3”.whe he was Murdered by the :swear: electric catfish he was 14” he was only in the tank while i moved the fish room round :cry:

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33478


Have you still got your red? How big is he now?

[Euge]

thanks people. I'm soooo happy i finally got my hands on a pair. I'm pretty sure they're both males.

I read on snakeheads.org that they'll only grow to 19cm. However stotty you said yours was 14". I take it snakeheads.org is wrong?

[Euge]

I loved my one but have a look at this its important good find would love another one paid quite a bit of money to get my one at about 3” and as jelly said they grow quick my one love earth worms when he was 3”.whe he was Murdered by the :swear: electric catfish he was 14” he was only in the tank while i moved the fish room round :cry:

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33478


Have you still got your red? How big is he now?


I paid 15quid for both of them. Which is rougly about $30USD. I think thats a pretty good buy.

[rumblesushi]

In HK sqratch? Great deal, nice aurantis :)

You're lucky, I really want one, I've been trying to get one. I might be able to get a cobra snakehead this week.

[stotty]

I paid 15quid for both of them. Which is rougly about $30USD. I think thats a pretty good buy.



Stinking cheap :grinyes: you didn't say have you still got your red?

[Euge]

Joe, yup in HK. I saw them for the first time today. They were about 15 to 20 in the tank. I left for a 2 and a half hours to go run some errands came back and there wre only 6 left.

Stotty, I traded my red for a stewartii.

[Siciliano]

Hi,


congrats for the pickup!!!!!!:) but how do you know that this juveniles are a pair ???
They will grow very fast and are one of the prettiest Snakeheads!!!
Dont att them to the Stewartii C.Aurantimaculata and C.Stewarti are to similar soon or later there will be some dead Snakeheads in the tank.
The female died 2 Days ago.....:cry: she was ill but i have 4 other at 20 cm and there is another pair....:D
Hey Joe come to Hamburg and you can get my Big Male.. ;)

Here are some pics of my old pair :

[Siciliano]

Hi,

you cant see if there are males or females at this size and mine is about 38 cm .... when they get bigger the male have more color on the head(blue) and a larger Head and throat...

[Euge]

Siciliano. I just meant that i had two. not a breeding pair. I also mentioned that they were both male. So i hope they're not trying to breed. My tank will just be messy

[rayman45]

cograds

[wayne the pain]

Thinking of getting some more of these, my lfs has a few in now.:)

[matty]

Lovely sqratch this species is on my list too

[jelly]

19cm is a Juvanile. My largest is now about 15" my smallest which is about 20cm still looks immature in shape, Snakeheads.org is wrong if thats what thay have said. Phulltank57 has got pics of two at 18" which is there max size.

I have found the older thay get there appitite for fish lessons moving over to invertibrate based food. My biggest loves Locusts.

Definatly one of my faverites.

[Euge]

thanks for the info jelly. I've got 2 out of 4 of my favourite channas. the stewartii and the auranti. All i need know is the pleuro and a barca. But the barca is NEVER gonna happen. Unless ashdavid breeds them and sends a couple my way :D

[PhullTank57]

Splendid pickup, sqratch! Beautiful pair of youngin' aurantics! :thumbsup: Definitely one of my favorite species, as well. Real 'beauties with an attitude!''.... Raise them good, well, and enjoy. you will NOT be disappointed!

Thanks you, Jelly. good looking out! ;) i'll try posting some old pics of those...
19cm is a Juvanile. My largest is now about 15" my smallest which is about 20cm still looks immature in shape, Snakeheads.org is wrong if thats what thay have said. Phulltank57 has got pics of two at 18" which is there max size... Definatly one of my faverites.


Siciliano, sorry to hear the death of one of your aurantics! :( My condolences!

[maw]

Looks great - what ur feeding it on?

[ashdavid]

thanks for the info jelly. I've got 2 out of 4 of my favourite channas. the stewartii and the auranti. All i need know is the pleuro and a barca. But the barca is NEVER gonna happen. Unless ashdavid breeds them and sends a couple my way :D
Congrats on the new snakehead!:drool: I just got myself two auranti's too, but yours look great! Get some pics when they are in their tank.

I will see what I can do about the barca's!:naughty: If I can't get any breeding out 4 fish, I will kick my own a$$!:cry:

[Kuda]

they look great, nice pic up

[Euge]

'im feeding them on mealworms gut loaded with Hikari carnivore pellets, frozen hikari bloodworms, hikari freeze dried shrimp soaked in a fish vitamin liquid, live ghost shrimp gut loaded with hikari carnivore pellets. Yes i do like hikari. Make good quality stuff

Thanks ashdavid. GOOD LUCK on the breeding of the barcas. I can't wait to see more pics of them.

[Exoticfish]

thanks people. I'm soooo happy i finally got my hands on a pair. I'm pretty sure they're both males.

I read on snakeheads.org that they'll only grow to 19cm. However stotty you said yours was 14". I take it snakeheads.org is wrong?

How can you tell if it is a male or female at that size? Can you tell if this one is male or female?

[Euge]

go to www.snakeheads.org they have a PowerPoint download that teaches you how to sex em.

[PhullTank57]

How can you tell if it is a male or female at that size? Can you tell if this one is male or female?
Beautiful fish, exoticfish! :cool-1: Very hard to tell at that size, but from those pics, I'm thinking more a male, but i don't know??... the head shape is kind of throwing me off?? Hmm... we'll just have to wait and see!?? ;)

[benzjamin13]

Nice little fella