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rumblesushi
09-03-2005, 3:04 PM
Today I saw an albino snakehead for sale.
Around 4 inches but still looked very juvenile, big eyes, tadpole look, didn't look very developed.
The shop didn't know what species it was, do you think it's hit and miss what it might be? Or are only some species of channa albino?
WckedMidas
09-03-2005, 3:46 PM
buy it buy it buy it buy it thenpost the pics. never let any albino channa go by
vzgoth
09-03-2005, 4:08 PM
Someone here can tell you everything you ever wanted to know about it from a few good pics.
BUY IT BUY IT NOW!!!
unless it's in VA or MD in which case tell me where it is and I'll "check it out for you"
:naughty: :naughty: :naughty:
rumblesushi
09-03-2005, 4:48 PM
hahaha, oke, thanks for the vague but clear advice.
Maybe I'll buy it tomorrow, BUT BUT. See, it's a skinny little tadpole looking thing. About 3.5 inches. And here's the thing. I'm wondering if it would be killed by my 8.5 inch bichir or 6.5 inch hujeta. I have nowhere else to put it. The only other tank has 2 oscars and a 7.5/8 inch wolf. So that's a no no.
And the only other potential tank is a tiny quarantine tank yet to be set up.
What shall I do? Risk it with the bichir/hujeta? And if the hujeta bullies it, eat the hujeta?
Or soak a sponge filter in live bacteria, and stick it in the quarantine tank until it's big enough not to get eaten/bullied.
I'd rather do the quarantine tank idea. How big is the quarantine tank?
couldnt you just fill it up with water from a water change in you other bigger tanks?(im guessing the quarantine tank is small?)
Then all the water would be cycled, and you could do the bacteria idea too!!!
Yeah, quarantine tank.
rumblesushi
09-04-2005, 3:58 AM
Oke I'm gonna get them today :)
I have a tank ready for them. My fully cycled tank has an undergravel filter, so I put the sponges in a bucket and syphoned the gravel directly on the sponges, then put them straight in the tank, so that should help.
Because they are 3/4 inches yet still look very underdeveloped, I have a feeling they are big species. Either micropeltes or striata.
now my question is, given that they are still babies, what should I feed them?
My problem is my freezer is screwed, it's frozen over and i can't use it. So I feed all my other fish fresh stuff like fresh fish fillets, beefheart, liver etc.
Obviously I can't feed that to these little babies, so what can I use? :)
CHeers,
JR
PS - I'll try and post a pic later if I buy them.
rumblesushi
09-04-2005, 4:01 AM
Oh yes, 1 more thing. There are 2 snakeheads, but one of them has something wrong with it's eye. Doesn't look major, but seems to have a slight growth/absess under it's left eye.
Think I should buy both of them, or do you think I should buy the good one and a baby spotted gar?
Spotted gars are not easy to come across in this country, and they have a load of baby ones for the same price as the albino SH.
I think the baby gar would be good with the snakehead. I dont like fish with growths etc, it may look smll now but the absyst may grow. Also growths look disgusting.
WckedMidas
09-04-2005, 4:50 AM
get them both . might just be a battle wound and healup. you never no till you have it alittle while and thats why it in quarntine anyways .There airbreatheres and easy to take care of but its a must that you seal the top of the tank every nook and cranny of it or they will jump out and be dead fishys trust me.At that size feed them flakes and little black worms or the frozen cubes of red worms. the little ones. Me i dont like useing feeder fish so i would try to stay away from them and when they bigger they should eat what your feeding your other fish
PhullTank57
09-04-2005, 5:15 AM
Do they look like this?? :confused: True albinos?... (red/pink eyes?... or black eyes?) Most likely C. striata?... :idea: post pics when you get them.
rumblesushi
09-04-2005, 5:17 AM
thanks for the advice people - do you think it makes sense what i say that if they are 3-4 inches but still look very underdeveloped they must be one of the bigger species of SH?
rumblesushi
09-04-2005, 5:20 AM
Do they look like this?? :confused: True albinos?... (red/pink eyes?... or black eyes?) Most likely C. striata?... :idea: post pics when you get them.
They look exactly like that except lighter :)
You think definitely striata not micropeltes?
What are they like compared to micropeltes?
IoStrisciare
09-04-2005, 8:53 AM
have them here too... 6" for S$8 each...
labelled as golden channa... my white @$$...
have no idea what species they are.... havent seen an adult yet.
joshksy
09-04-2005, 9:58 AM
Just wanna share my experiences with you.
I used to keep different kinds of snakeheads.
The nicest that I've come across is the Golden Cobra Snakehead.
They really have nice patterns on the top of their head.
The next one that I like has 3 colours. Brown overall with white, little bluish and yellow specks all over. These are really expensive snakeheads.
And when seperated by a piece of acrylic, they look like Siamese fighting fishes that keep showing off their fins and knocking on the acrylic piece.
But I can tell you that they are not easy to rear when juvenile.
Or maybe I don't know how to rear them.
Though they are hardy but when your water condition is not good, they die easily.
just my 2cents thoughts.
rayman45
09-04-2005, 12:32 PM
NOT FAIR
rumblesushi
09-04-2005, 12:42 PM
what's not?
By all means get the albino, id can come later when it grows a bit. It will be at from at least the hujeta so if it were me I would put in a divider until it reaches around 5" or so, Once a fish reaches around 3/4 the size of a hujeta it is generaly safe, even smaller if it is wide bodied but young channas are skinny.
rumblesushi
09-04-2005, 1:38 PM
yup it's a skinny little bastard. Right now it's in a tank with just a similar sized spotted gar I bought at the same time. When they grow I'll mix them.
I'll post a pic later.
rumblesushi
09-04-2005, 2:23 PM
OK - as before excuse the photo - crappy phone camera.
The tank also has very dim lighting.
I can't wait till he grows a bit so someone can tell me what he is an albino of exactly :)
PhullTank57
09-04-2005, 4:50 PM
Nice... good pickup! :) post more pics later!
PhullTank57
09-04-2005, 4:55 PM
Joshksy, which sh is this "golden cobra?"... the one in pic below? :confused:
The nicest that I've come across is the Golden Cobra Snakehead.
They really have nice patterns on the top of their head.
The next one that I like has 3 colours. Brown overall with white, little bluish and yellow specks all over. These are really expensive snakeheads.
I totally agree with you here... very sensative as juveniles...
But I can tell you that they are not easy to rear when juvenile.
Or maybe I don't know how to rear them.
Though they are hardy but when your water condition is not good, they die easily.
just my 2cents thoughts.
AmazonPredator
09-04-2005, 5:19 PM
That's kick-ass looking. I'd jump on something like that in an instant. Try feeding it bloodworms, krill, or small guppies. I've never had a snakehead but I like the look of the albinos.
I wis i was allowed to have skakeheads! theyre awesome looking fish!
rumblesushi
09-05-2005, 4:03 PM
Btw I paid the equivalent of $15 for this. I guess that's not a bad deal for an albino channa.
The guys in the store didn't even have a clue what it was an albino of exactly.
PhullTank57
09-05-2005, 4:42 PM
Not a bad deal at all... actually almost a steal @t that price!! ;)
BIG REDD
09-05-2005, 5:21 PM
THOSE ARE SOME GREAT PICS :thumbsup:
jsodwi
09-05-2005, 6:22 PM
can somebody please ship me a red snakehead!!!!
fishnthings
09-05-2005, 6:32 PM
GL
Nate_N_Nicole
09-05-2005, 8:55 PM
Sweet pics guys...
i want one. i'll pay$$$. please send one to me, or if your close i'll pick it up. I WANT A SNAKEHEAD.
IoStrisciare
09-05-2005, 9:16 PM
Not a bad deal at all... actually almost a steal @t that price!! ;)
dude, this channa aint an albino...
i've been looking for a true golden one like this... so far i've only heard of the japs getting it...
boredcpl
09-05-2005, 10:37 PM
i want a snakehead.. how much?? ill take 1 or 2.
rumblesushi
09-06-2005, 2:45 AM
I'll ship you one from the UK for 500 dollars :D
joshksy
09-10-2005, 11:56 AM
Joshksy, which sh is this "golden cobra?"... the one in pic below? :confused:
I totally agree with you here... very sensative as juveniles...
The pic you have shown is the expensive one I'm talking about.
I think you need to ask aapl76 for a pic of his Golden Cobra. I may not be sure if it's the same.
PhullTank57
09-10-2005, 3:51 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by PhullTank57
Not a bad deal at all... actually almost a steal @t that price!!
dude, this channa aint an albino...
i've been looking for a true golden one like this... so far i've only heard of the japs getting it...
IoStrisciare, bro... I know this isn't a true albino... black eyes... it lecoustic. In the US, any Sh available/offered is a good deal... some deals good to some, some deals not so good... depends where in states they're from. :uhoh:
PhullTank57
09-10-2005, 3:55 PM
The pic you have shown is the expensive one I'm talking about.
I think you need to ask aapl76 for a pic of his Golden Cobra. I may not be sure if it's the same.
Joshsky, about how much do these "golden cobras" go for in your area??
dragoneel2009
09-12-2005, 5:30 PM
: do any of u guys now what a tentacle snake looks like?
dragoneel2009
09-12-2005, 5:36 PM
What kind of sharks and stingrays do u have and how many?
rumblesushi
09-12-2005, 6:17 PM
I um... have 3 great white sharks and 6 or 7 stingrays.
contender
09-13-2005, 11:42 PM
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=4502&stc=1
man, after seeing this, i knew they had theses at my LFS. $1.25USD a fish, at a very young jevenile stage, maybe just a month old... so i got one... myabe i'll post a photo leter...
but, i actually have a question:
i saw a fish trader site, selling an albino snakehead, but it's scietific name was listed as channa micropeltes. the micropeltes is the giant of the species, the giant snakehead, and at a juevenile stage, they are very clearly easy to ID. but the albino looked exactely like a channa striata, common snakehead.
what would the scientific name be for an albino, or can breeders produce any channa as an albino?
thanks in advance.
some pics of my old albino snakeheads
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=2/medium/image053.jpg (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=2/medium/image053.jpg)
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=2/medium/image039.jpg (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=2/medium/image039.jpg)
rumblesushi
09-20-2005, 4:21 AM
what species were your albinos? And why did you get rid of them? :D
ive got no idea man.. hahaa anyway i had them long long time ago.. going for sgd$3 bucks each. sold one when he was about 8inches.. gave away a couple cause they were eating too much!
rumblesushi
09-20-2005, 5:30 AM
were they aggressive?
Mine is a cold blooded killer at 4.5 inches. Pretty sure it's an albino micropeltes. Unless there is a more aggressive species, then it's that :D
maybe for my case, i reared them together since young.. till about 6 inches they all seem fine in a comm tank. only small fights at times.
contender
09-20-2005, 11:32 AM
were they aggressive?
Mine is a cold blooded killer at 4.5 inches. Pretty sure it's an albino micropeltes. Unless there is a more aggressive species, then it's that :D
share any photos?
i'll show you mine ; )
Monster VooDoo Fish
09-21-2005, 10:55 AM
pic
contender
09-21-2005, 9:28 PM
WOW! thats an awesome speciman...
species? looks like a striata?
how does he like the lights and do you use any special lights for the plants
filters?
sorry for all the questions, but thanks in advance...
Monster VooDoo Fish
09-22-2005, 8:48 AM
Yes a striata, the lights don't bother it at all.
I use P.C. lights made by coralife around 2wpg.
My filter is a modified 350 magnum..no co2
contender
09-22-2005, 9:21 AM
man, did you just clean the tank before the photo or is it always that clean?
how about plant debris?
Monster VooDoo Fish
09-22-2005, 2:30 PM
man, did you just clean the tank before the photo or is it always that clean?
how about plant debris?
Naw man, its always cleaned once a week or so..
You can see some plant debris floating with my duckweed.
Monster fish are hard on plants..
I clean the filter once a month or so.
contender
09-22-2005, 9:18 PM
cool..
lemme get some decent shots of mine, and i'll share.
still anxious to see rumblesuchi's shot of alibino micropeltes... ?
rumblesushi
09-23-2005, 3:06 AM
contender - I'll post another pic this evening if you want, the reason I'm reluctant to do so is I don't have a digi camera, only a crappy LG phone camera and they come out awful.
Sometime I'll actually take some proper pics with some slide film, and scan them in.
PhullTank57
09-23-2005, 8:43 AM
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=5149&stc=1
Gorgeous looking speciman, Monster VooDoo Fish! :thumbsup: Also like the layout of your tank... ("Love the the looks of dedicated SH sp. planted tanks!!). Your striata must really feel at home in there... Great job!! :clap
sgland
09-23-2005, 11:15 AM
nice BIG tank!
coyotethug
09-25-2005, 10:20 AM
ok now, who in the state is breeding them and how much will an albino cost me? I'm sorry but after these pics I gotta have one.
contender
09-25-2005, 11:28 AM
contender - I'll post another pic this evening if you want, the reason I'm reluctant to do so is I don't have a digi camera, only a crappy LG phone camera and they come out awful.
Sometime I'll actually take some proper pics with some slide film, and scan them in.
heck yeah rumblesushi, lets see it! i'm very interested to see what albino micropeltes looks like here some of mine:
PhullTank57
09-25-2005, 11:08 PM
Nice pics, Contender! :thumbsup:
paintboi101
10-12-2005, 2:20 AM
wow, now i know why my friend wants one of those, maybe i should get 1 too? if i hav enough money. : )
paintboi101
10-12-2005, 2:21 AM
that fish also looks clean too so i can puit one in my silver tank, silver = clean, and clean = goodness, and freshness. lol
swissarmy26
02-13-2008, 10:42 PM
I know where to catch channa maruliodes. I have caught them as small as a pound and as big as 5lbs. They are pretty amazing fish.
superkimchiman
03-12-2008, 2:45 AM
NOTICE TO ALL
all of u who have a albino snakehead dont ask for ID. Its a striata no matter how much u guys wanna argue.