View Full Version : A beautiful SH!!
zeroneox
10-05-2005, 12:21 PM
Only 5~6"...
contender
10-05-2005, 12:31 PM
beautiful!
species?
i cant id it...it looks striata but the colors are way vivid ....
Its an young Channa Aurantimaculata. I have one myself. Currently 12", its my favourite, will grow 16-18".
Its a shame the camera does not show the irridesent blue on the head, I have the same problem with my camera.
zeroneox
10-05-2005, 3:14 PM
they called it golden cobra SH
rumblesushi
10-05-2005, 3:25 PM
yep they are beautiful. I passed one up last time I was in wildwoods, for a stupid wolf fish.
I want one.
Jelly - how much did you pay? :)
yep they are beautiful. I passed one up last time I was in wildwoods, for a stupid wolf fish.
I want one.
Jelly - how much did you pay? :)
Thats where I got mine, think it was £65 or £69, Was about 7" when I got it about two months ago, now 12" I nearly got a wolf from there but didn't seem interesting enough. They did have a red wolf as well that i nearly bought.
Good shop!
They now have a Channa sp. Assam for £85 i am trying to sort a tank out for. Expensive considering its one of the dwarfs and has been breed in captivity.
amazingly beauitiful sh
quite the specimen
Tainted Glory
10-05-2005, 4:40 PM
Yet another reason to hate US F&W...
rumblesushi
10-05-2005, 4:56 PM
jelly - that's some growth rate. What have you been feeding it? And what is their max size?
Also what size and price was the red wolf? They seem 10x better than hoplias.
PhullTank57
10-05-2005, 9:16 PM
Yes indeed, that is one BEAUTIFUL fish!! :drool:
sgland
10-05-2005, 9:44 PM
Thats where I got mine, think it was £65 or £69, Was about 7" when I got it about two months ago, now 12" I nearly got a wolf from there but didn't seem interesting enough. They did have a red wolf as well that i nearly bought.
Good shop!
They now have a Channa sp. Assam for £85 i am trying to sort a tank out for. Expensive considering its one of the dwarfs and has been breed in captivity.
:eek: wow. channas cost a lot in your country!!
IoStrisciare
10-05-2005, 9:48 PM
Yes indeed, that is one BEAUTIFUL fish!! :drool:
Love this pic bro.... :grinyes: :headbang2
zeroneox
10-05-2005, 11:58 PM
Thanks It cost only about USD20
rumblesushi
10-06-2005, 3:54 AM
do you have it in a 10 inch tank? :D
Hey sgland - channas like that, golden cobra snakehead etc are quite expensive.
A baby micropeltes or a gachua or something like that is cheap. Not many places stock them, but the places that do sell them for £5 or 10 for a baby.
wayne the pain
10-06-2005, 5:03 AM
Thats where I got mine, think it was £65 or £69, Was about 7" when I got it about two months ago, now 12" I nearly got a wolf from there but didn't seem interesting enough. They did have a red wolf as well that i nearly bought.
Good shop!
They now have a Channa sp. Assam for £85 i am trying to sort a tank out for. Expensive considering its one of the dwarfs and has been breed in captivity.
You down south have it hard you can get sp assam up here (manchester) for 12 pounds, and i got a 9" Aruanti for 30 pounds from BAS, but i would still like a trip to wildwoods for a look round.
wayne the pain
10-06-2005, 5:05 AM
jelly - that's some growth rate. What have you been feeding it? And what is their max size?
Also what size and price was the red wolf? They seem 10x better than hoplias.
Always a few Red wolfs at BAS 15 quid for a 3" fish.
rumblesushi
10-06-2005, 5:16 AM
Wayne where is BAS?
rumblesushi
10-06-2005, 5:18 AM
btw jelly and wayne, when i went to wildwoods a few months ago they had one cobra SH, around 8 inches for 85 quid.
wayne the pain
10-06-2005, 5:23 AM
BAS is in bolton just outside manchester, always have unusual fish in at good prices too. gutted i passed up on Channa asiatica last xmas for 50, hoping they will get them again, just waiting on ATF's now.
jelly - that's some growth rate. What have you been feeding it? And what is their max size?
Also what size and price was the red wolf? They seem 10x better than hoplias.
The red wolf was about £35. about 4" in length. To be honest didn't look that interesting either.
He is growing quickly, My SH has a varied diet of frozen fish, prawns and shrimp.
Live shrimp once a week and a cricket a couple of times a week, the odd bit of chicken or fish from my dinner and some Arowana pellets. Max size 16" to 18".
Wildwoods is expensive for fish like that. Plays on the ignorance of its customers I think, They put up a little info plac to tell you how special or rare the fish is. Some fish as stated before are cheap, Red SH were £3 odd last time I saw them, Most snakeheads are around £5 to £15 when they have them. They do have a good selection of fish, its a big store. The most expensive fish they have at the moment is zebra plecs at £245.
To be honest most of the shops down here are expensive. Most charge around the £2 mark for a Neon.
I guess you pay what you have to. I did get a price for the Sp. Assam from Tom halvorsen, £22 each, 6-8cm. But he has none in stock. If you guys know of anyone that has them let me know. I really want one, A pair if I can get them.
wayne the pain
10-06-2005, 8:13 AM
Tom halvorsen isn't that cheap either. have you tried Wholesale trop's they deliever too :)
BAS is in bolton just outside manchester, always have unusual fish in at good prices too. gutted i passed up on Channa asiatica last xmas for 50, hoping they will get them again, just waiting on ATF's now.
Wildwoods do normally have ATF's none in at the moment thought. They have the usual freshwater barracudda's, needle fish and have some Vampire Tetras in at the moment.
Does BAS have any Sp. assam now? do they have a website.
Cheers
wayne the pain
10-06-2005, 8:26 AM
PM'd you ;)
joeytoe
10-06-2005, 8:54 AM
A truely Beautiful fish, I wish they could still be imported here.
Springtyme
10-06-2005, 9:51 AM
Absolutely gorgeous...
PhullTank57
10-06-2005, 6:38 PM
Love this pic bro....
Thanks, bro! ;) a couple more for you, then...
big dawg
10-06-2005, 9:18 PM
NICE!!!!
tigerfangs
10-07-2005, 2:43 AM
Hey Phully, do you still have it, or did you sell it awhile ago?