C. Pleuro comm. tank 6.6ft 180gal

[Red Aimara]

Pleuro prefers driftwood and plants when seeking refuge.

Besides the moderate temperament and beautiful colours, I'd consider its active swimming one of the plus points too.

A lot of Channas will just park at a place until feeding time. Pleuro is one of the more active types.

I wouldn't consider them to be "semi aggressive". To echo Madou's point: they can be outright killers if they want to be.

This is one of the psychopaths I keep the Pleuro with.

 

[steenmillinder]

Pleuro prefers driftwood and plants when seeking refuge.

Besides the moderate temperament and beautiful colours, I'd consider its active swimming one of the plus points too.

A lot of Channas will just park at a place until feeding time. Pleuro is one of the more active types.

I wouldn't consider them to be "semi aggressive". To echo Madou's point: they can be outright killers if they want to be.

This is one of the psychopaths I keep the Pleuro with.

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yeah that's a beast

 

[Madou]

I've seen pleuros in Asia. They definitely considered semi aggressive. They are very calm to keep in a community with enough space. A pleuro will get bully by pikes and oscar.

How would I say it... No.
A pleuro won't get bullied by pikes or Oscars. Not unless either is twice the size.
I mean, in the end people do what they want, but pleuros are killers, as are all the tropical channas (and all channas, to be fair). They're kind of similar to those red pike cichlids where you get a pair, and then it's a gamble whether whatever you put in the water is allowed to live or not.

 

[steenmillinder]

i've seen and read most of what i can find on the interwebs and for me it's a difficult one the pleuro, it seems to thrive best in groups in the wild when not spawning, but a group in an aquarium will not so group if a pair gets frisky and romantic..

Is keeping a single pleuro a bit like keeping a single RBP or Carib. piranha?

Pleuro seems really nice, active twitchy predator, stunning looks, Jerkyll/Hide, but is it at all suitable for a setup this size?...

 

[FishNCash]

How would I say it... No.
A pleuro won't get bullied by pikes or Oscars. Not unless either is twice the size.
I mean, in the end people do what they want, but pleuros are killers, as are all the tropical channas (and all channas, to be fair). They're kind of similar to those red pike cichlids where you get a pair, and then it's a gamble whether whatever you put in the water is allowed to live or not.

stop giving bad info. Not all Channas are killers. It's people and media like you that give Channas a bad reputation

 

[Madou]

stop giving bad info. Not all Channas are killers. It's people and media like you that give Channas a bad reputation

Because you disagree doesn't make it bad info.
I have owned every kind of Channa besides thre three monster sized ones.
It has been from a couple forming in my bleheri tank tearing every other 4 bleheris apart overnight, to a couple of Aurantis tearing three fishes literally in half in the span of three minutes when they'd lived with them for months, passing by the Pleuro that choked himself to death trying to swallow a fish nobody would think small enough to pose a problem... Turns out it was not small enough, didn't stop the pleuro.

So no, those are not bad info, it is the most likely scenario with any kind of channa. Always has been, always will be. You do have the odd "gentle" channa from time to time, some people get lucky, but that is the exception, not the norm.