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Far2lively

Far2lively

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Ive been keeping fish for years but only got into the predatory fosh in the last 6months so still learning more and more every day.

I had a channa gachua, channa aurantimaculata, common pleco, bristlenose pleco and a synodontis cat fish in the same tank for around 6months, then i removed the common pleco and the synodontis and the aurantimacuata has attacked the gachua why is this?? what should i do???

My friend has a small tank that she doesnt want but its only 40litre will that be ok for the gachua for a couple weeks until i find it a new home?? its about 7"long
 
Hi,

why does an aurantimaculata attac an gachua ?
Hmm not a difficult question, its because aurantiumaculata and in fact all snakehead species are aggressive especially to their own species and close relatives. You can read this everywhere 1
And its also written everywere that snakeheads should be kept in species only tanks, and that aurantimaculata are strictly subtropical and should not be kept in tropical conditions !

So what can you do ? Learn about the fish before you buy them !
 
I know about the fish I didn't just go and buy it! I was looking after the synodontis and the temp is at 22degrees which is fine, I knew they wernt compatible with eachother but there were no problems for 6months surely if they wanted to kill eachother it would have happened soon after I put the fish in the tank?? IMO no fish is the same in personality and aggression, it all depends if you give them feeder fish then they will naturally go for any fish smaller than itself surely, I may be totally wrong but no one know about these fish or any fish for that matter and we are still learning how they work
 
Hi channa are channa !

keeping them in comm tanks can work for weeks or months, but very soon on of the fish will be dead. And comparing aurantimaculata and gachua it sure will be the gachua that dies.
So No Channa should be kept in community tanks, especially not two different channa species !


And its NOT a matter of ffeding them fish, in fact gachua are insectivore and aurantimaculata are not 100%< fisheaters, too.

Various dies of insects,invertebrates and whole small fish is better
 
Thanks for all the input ive seperated them both now, i suppose i just assumed if they were fine for a couple months then everything would be ok, i think it was because the auranti got nearly twice the size of the gachua,

i have sold the auranti to a friend who had a spare tank and im goin to sell the gachua aswell and look into breeding snakeheads not sure what type though as the channa aurantimaculata has only been bred in captivity twice i think, do you know about blue galaxy channas?? im not sure on the latin name :S

cheers
 
Hi,

aurantimaculata have been bred more than twice.
The first breeder (M. Engemann, Germany) has hda three breedings in the last years. Another german D. Niemeier has bred them, too. There is a german guy in switzerland whose fish have eggs now the second time, and I think some of the british channafriends have managed to breed aurantimaculata, too. Not to forget one guy in Holland. Some of these guys I know personally.

The so called "blue galaxy" or more often called "treu blue" channas are a very high priced high altitude stewartii variant. They REALLY REALLY NEEED cold water. They are aggressive as hell, never seen a group of these without ripped fins ! They are a very bad start in channaism.

A good beginner channa is gachua or the sri lankan orientalis. Wonderful coloured species which easily can be bred even by channa beginners
 
Hi.
Far2lively, I took the time to respond to questions you have asked me in the past, pretty much giving you a complete care sheet on Channa.
You chose to ignore everything I told you and now you are having problems!

As Brucki said, you are better off starting with some easy Channa and get to know how to keep and breed them first.
Channa Bleheri are nice and easy as long as you can stick to their sub-tropical needs.
Otherwise, go for a tropical Gachua.
 
Hi gasmask!! I haven't ignored your advice, luckily they didn't kill eachother and I have just the gachua in a tank of its own with a pleco, I have sold the aurantimaculata now as a friend has wanted it for ages, I suppose I just wanted to do it by trial and error but that was clearly pointless, the gachua is healing well and I do daily water changes to speed this process up is this ok? Didn't know true blues were one of the most aggressive!! So if someone is keeping them its best to have them on the own I take it?? Are they easy to breed?? I was thinking about selling the gachua back to the lfs and getting a group of them, how long does it take for a pair to form usually?? Thanks and apologies for ignoring your advice gasmask
 
Far2lively said:
Hi gasmask!! I haven't ignored your advice, luckily they didn't kill eachother and I have just the gachua in a tank of its own with a pleco, I have sold the aurantimaculata now as a friend has wanted it for ages, I suppose I just wanted to do it by trial and error but that was clearly pointless, the gachua is healing well and I do daily water changes to speed this process up is this ok? Didn't know true blues were one of the most aggressive!! So if someone is keeping them its best to have them on the own I take it?? Are they easy to breed?? I was thinking about selling the gachua back to the lfs and getting a group of them, how long does it take for a pair to form usually?? Thanks and apologies for ignoring your advice gasmask
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Blue Moon Galaxy are (IME) most definitely not a Channa to start with.
As Brucki said they need REAL Sub-Tropical water (at the colder end) and they really do need this.

They can be very aggressive, and are not that easy to breed.

Unless you have a decent water cooler system and can keep the water very low, I would avoid these.
Can be pricey especially for trial and error!
 
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