Hello, people!
There are often threads that ask:
"CAN I KEEP MY SNAKEHEADS TOGETHER WITH......blabla!??"
My answer:
Sure you can....you can keep snakeheads with EVERY other fish!!!
BUT:
For how long????
snakeheads are predators............and if they cannot swallow their prey at once,it might happen they bite pieces out of them ,or try to swallow it and die!
Exspacially catfish and basses........because of their spikes at the fins,or the high back might be dangerous for snakehads while trying to swallow them!
Especially on this forum there are so many pictures posted where I can see overcrowded Aquariums..full with every kind of fish..........(we call this in Germay a FISHSOUP....and that has nothing to do with serious aquaristic)
No hiding places..............sometimes no gravel..........bright light !
Snakeheads like to have hiding places........they like dim light (best way: floating plants)
A lot of people want to keep snakeheads because it is cool!
But think about the needs those fish have to stay healthy and comfortable.......
It is better to inform yourself before buying such a fish!
Keep them in an aquarium for their own !
Do not mix them with other fish!
Do not feed them EVERY day..........the do not need it and it is not healthy for a snakehead which is not an very active swimmer (Ch. pleutophthalma is the only snakehead that is always swimming)!
They become fat very fast.........and a fat fish will die earlier!
I keep snakeheads for more than 11 years now...........
I have breed a lot of them!
And I know what I am talking about!!
It is just an advice and you are the ones who are responsible for the fish!
It is up to you!
If you want to have an interesting ,healthy and good conditioned fish!
And if you want to have fun with your hobby!
Please:
Think before acting..............
Sorry.but those things make me really angry!
Pascal
There are often threads that ask:
"CAN I KEEP MY SNAKEHEADS TOGETHER WITH......blabla!??"
My answer:
Sure you can....you can keep snakeheads with EVERY other fish!!!
BUT:
For how long????
snakeheads are predators............and if they cannot swallow their prey at once,it might happen they bite pieces out of them ,or try to swallow it and die!
Exspacially catfish and basses........because of their spikes at the fins,or the high back might be dangerous for snakehads while trying to swallow them!
Especially on this forum there are so many pictures posted where I can see overcrowded Aquariums..full with every kind of fish..........(we call this in Germay a FISHSOUP....and that has nothing to do with serious aquaristic)
No hiding places..............sometimes no gravel..........bright light !
Snakeheads like to have hiding places........they like dim light (best way: floating plants)
A lot of people want to keep snakeheads because it is cool!
But think about the needs those fish have to stay healthy and comfortable.......
It is better to inform yourself before buying such a fish!
Keep them in an aquarium for their own !
Do not mix them with other fish!
Do not feed them EVERY day..........the do not need it and it is not healthy for a snakehead which is not an very active swimmer (Ch. pleutophthalma is the only snakehead that is always swimming)!
They become fat very fast.........and a fat fish will die earlier!
I keep snakeheads for more than 11 years now...........
I have breed a lot of them!
And I know what I am talking about!!
It is just an advice and you are the ones who are responsible for the fish!
It is up to you!
If you want to have an interesting ,healthy and good conditioned fish!
And if you want to have fun with your hobby!
Please:
Think before acting..............
Sorry.but those things make me really angry!
Pascal