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Mentzer
02-18-2007, 1:43 PM
Had the three of them 28 days now, biggest one 9"+ versus 7" when I got them. Feeding really well.:)
stotty
02-18-2007, 1:51 PM
Monsters in the making :D just keep an eye out for aggression amongst each other;) .
benzjamin13
02-18-2007, 3:32 PM
Already looking like a Monster! :D
Mentzer
02-18-2007, 3:48 PM
Monsters in the making :D just keep an eye out for aggression amongst each other;) .
Already have my reservations Stotty, there is one big one already stripping the other two for growth, the first three feeds were feeder goldfish to "kick-start" them, and they were fighting each other for them. One would eat two within seconds. Then a tail would be hanging out a mouth and another would grab and shake and twist then it was ripped clean in half. Crazy. Now they are on large chopped earthworms and large prawns they regularly tear bits off if the other fish has not quickly eaten the entire thing! My original plan was to have only one in a species tank, but it's interesting to note that quite a few people have three sub-adults / adults in tanks; not just that a few of them are in tanks I would consider too small and they are getting away with it. I guess it just comes down to the individual fish, being highly intelligent like cichlids etc, there is a wider range of individual behaviours across the entire gamut.
For the last 15 years that I have been interested and kept snakeheads before micropeltes everything I have read and also the two people I know that have had them suggested the idea of two or more together was a no-no as soon as "the change" from juvenile colour pattern started. (Makes it sound like a werewolf film "the change") I shall keep a very close eye on things but I think it's still likely I shall pick the best of the three come May/June time with that one going into the new tank alone.
JardiniBoy
02-18-2007, 4:18 PM
This is a cool project and one that I'd like to do sometime in the (hopefully near) future. What size tank do you have them in?
One would eat two within seconds. Then a tail would be hanging out a mouth and another would grab and shake and twist then it was ripped clean in half. Crazy.
Next time ... make a vid!!! :nilly:
FlamesFan
02-18-2007, 4:27 PM
Very cool, they will be huge.
Mentzer
02-18-2007, 5:31 PM
This is a cool project and one that I'd like to do sometime in the (hopefully near) future. What size tank do you have them in?
Next time ... make a vid!!! :nilly:
They are in a 72"L x 24"W x 20"D (560 litres)
One shall be going into a 96"L x 36"W x 27"D (1534 litres) in June.
woah. they look nice and fat. good stuff, feeeeeeeeeeeed the beaaaast
mercury904
02-18-2007, 11:51 PM
Nice snakes!! They will grow fast as hell!!
ewurm
02-19-2007, 12:01 AM
Very cool fish. Lets bring them back.
WhiteLineRacer
02-19-2007, 6:40 AM
Too tell the truth i'm kinda glad I didn't keep my micro. They get huge, their teeth are too big and did I say they get damn big.
BUT THEY ARE STILL SO DAMN COOL!
i kinda agree with WLR. I love my micro. it was a beast of a fish, awesome predator to look at when its eating. But it does get too big. and it was an impulse buy. After that i started trying to collect rarer channas like auranti., and stewartii. i need a pleuro next
mercury904
02-19-2007, 10:32 AM
i kinda agree with WLR. I love my micro. it was a beast of a fish, awesome predator to look at when its eating. But it does get too big. and it was an impulse buy. After that i started trying to collect rarer channas like auranti., and stewartii. i need a pleuro next
Redlines are the top of the line:headbang2 .. you can't compare them with any other snakeheads....the fiercest! the meanest! the biggest! :headbang2 ...insist to have one..sit back,relax and enjoy the show:nilly: its like having the lion of the freshwaters
The Amazonian
02-19-2007, 12:00 PM
:headbang2:headbang2:headbang2
phen_dox
02-19-2007, 8:57 PM
you had 3 micropeltes right? where the other one? they look happy.. :)
Mentzer
02-20-2007, 4:12 AM
you had 3 micropeltes right? where the other one? they look happy.. :)
In the top picture, it's at the bottom, underneath the one in the middel of the picture.
phen_dox
02-20-2007, 6:53 AM
In the top picture, it's at the bottom, underneath the one in the middel of the picture.
what do you feed them? i feed my micropeltes with chicken fillet.. :)
Mentzer
02-20-2007, 8:30 AM
Prawns and earthworms.
stotty
02-20-2007, 12:43 PM
Prawns and earthworms.
If you can get it from your fishmongers white bait works well at that size I used to defrost it and throw it in near the filter out let the flash of silver used to drive them wild.
one of the channas that iam trying to get, i have a marullis and a striata.
already order 2 times and they arrive dead:(