Channa newbie:1st attempt=Channa Micropeltes

[kwstas_original]

Hey all snakehead keepers!
Just wanted to share the progrees of my 1st attempt in channa's with my micropeltes!

Here are the 5 juveniles fish when they first came in last year (March i think):

After some loss only the 2 strongest survived...others didn't feed well...
So Today:

Definitely one of the most aggressive spice i ever kept for sure!!!

 

[fishwhisperer]

beautiful!!!!!!!!

 

[gigas12]

Hi,awesome pickup!

 

[kwstas_original]

Thanks!
They feed only with live earthworm, hikari jumbo and sometimes dried krill.
Also feeders once in a while...nothing else is accepted even if i let them hungry enough..
I raised them in a 70 gal tank and now i think they are ready to move in the 350 gal with cichla, gar, ray etc.
What you guys think??

 

[gigas12]

Hi,best kept in a species tank!

 

[littleg902]

Hi,best kept in a species tank!

+1
Channa are best in species tanks. No reason to lose your cichla over them, they look great by themselves.

 

[EsoxPredator90]

got my rainbow snake head in with 2 parrot cichlids, i haven't had any problems, feed and swim happily what temperature are you keeping yours at? ive been told so many different things about temperature?

 

[tokyogasmask]

got my rainbow snake head in with 2 parrot cichlids, i haven't had any problems, feed and swim happily what temperature are you keeping yours at? ive been told so many different things about temperature?

Your Channa are 100% sub tropical.
The op's Channa are not Bleheri, but Micropeltes. These are tropical.

Yours is a dwarf Snakehead, most of which are sub tropical.
You don't have to take my word for it, I have only kept, studied and bred Channa for years!

 

[EsoxPredator90]

Your Channa are 100% sub tropical.
The op's Channa are not Bleheri, but Micropeltes. These are tropical.

Yours is a dwarf Snakehead, most of which are sub tropical.
You don't have to take my word for it, I have only kept, studied and bred Channa for years!

Tokyogasmask advice helped me now my channa bleheri is 100% better

 

[kwstas_original]

Almost a month ago i mooved my 2 micropeltes in a 8' tank with tankmates a dorado and a florida gar.
Everything looks great untill now but i always keep an eye on them....

I'll post a FTS when i finish planting!!