Channa Barca

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Yes, but can't one gain answers on such things when he asks? Also, most of the stuff involves people saying how much they love them. Still don't know certain care requirements and still don't know if they are subtropical or tropical.
 
yes mate, i would certainly urge anyone who is lucky enough to own one of the pricier channa to try and breed them. a very good example would be ornatipinis , they are only known from a small area in the wild , and the rate that they are being sold in shops without anyone yet managing to breed can not be sustained, they are a fairly poor choice for anyone to keep anyway because of there aggresion and temp requirments.
there is also the consideration that if you comm with other channa they may interbreed and for me i have no interest in seeing crossed channa , i would certainly hate to see the same happen to channa as has happened to a lot of african cichlids.
the main reason though is that it useally ends up pretty bad for the fish either the channa being stressed and not eating or the channa eating the other fish. they do without doubt behave diferantly when kept in a species tank they are much more confident and much more active ,
saying all that i have commed them in the past myself and i realise that not everyone will want a species tank , that is down to personal choice , all i can do is let people know what i tried in the past and what has worked and what has not.

cheers col
 
there are no living c amphibius in the trade , if these could be found again then these would be at the top of the list. there is no known c.nox in the trade these come from a part of china that ornimental fish is not very popular and have not yet been exported. c. cyanospilos is also not known in the trade at the moment so again if refound would be a high priority. c pleuro is not bred in captivity as yet , so if a ban comes into effect as things stand we would loose pleuros from the trade, c. auranti has only been bred by one person and if not bred before any ban would be lost from the trade. c. diplogramma are all wild caught at the moment so again may disapear from the trade, the fact is even the ones that have bred in captivity are not bred on large scale anywhere, so if and when the ban comes into force in 2010 then only the stock that is allready in europe will be aloud in. and it will be down to the people who have stock to try and breed them to keep the channa hobby alive. luckly the ban was postponed earlier this year and channa have seen a interest boost so there are now a fair few in shops ect. but there is still only a handfull of people actually breeding them.

cheers col




 
AU_Arowana-RG;2540794; said:
Wait, are you saying that there is a consideration for an international Channa BAN!?
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bit of a late reply (sorry i missed the post )


not an international ban but a e.u. ban which obviously covers a LOT of countries.



as things stand where ever the channa come from ,be it a river or pool in the wild or a breeding facility or even farmed for food factory ,will need to apply to the e.u. to be licenced as e.u.s. free status.



this is something that could be done in closed systems very easy so should see a continued trade in most of the farmed species . but an open water source would mean the whole country would need to be varified e.u.s. free which is a very hard thing to accomplish although not impossable , the main area of concern would be india and the counties surrounding the himalayas. and as there is allready pressure on those goverments to put controls in place as to the amount of fish that are now being exported from theese areas , and so may not put the time and effort into gaining eus free status



cheers col
 
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