Axolotl and Dwarf snakehead?

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Hey guys I was wondering if I could keep a dwarf snakehead and 2 axolotls together since they live in the same water temperature. If anybody knows please let me know :D.
 
Aren't snakeheads rather vicious? I'd even be afraid of the frilly gills getting nipped. I wouldn't take the chance. I have to send away for an axolotl so I'd be careful.
 
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Aren't snakeheads rather vicious? I'd even be afraid of the frilly gills getting nipped. I wouldn't take the chance. I have to send away for an axolotl so I'd be careful.
Either one could after each other. Or the snakehead will get stressed and hide all day and night.
 
Ime axolotls have horrible eye sight and will strike anything that gets close enough. Even if the potential try is too large to eat they will still strike it just because of their horrible eye sight, they mainly use sense of smell and taste to locate food. Snake head from what I've seen are a spot and stalk predator meaning once they locate something they will slowly creep up on it till the get within sprinting distance and then strike the potential prey with such ferocity that even if the prey is too big to eat out right they can pick it apart instead.

Personally I agree with everyone else saying that they're best kept in their own tanks seperate from each other. Also I've never heard of a snakehead that like temps as low as what an axolotl prefers. Axolotls prefer a temp at roughly 52-64°F, they may originate from Mexico but they come from a cold water lake way up in the mountains where the temps rarely exceed 70°F even in summer.
 
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