Hi, thanks for the info. Do you think this is an Emerald? If you look at my avatar pic, that is the same fish. The spot marks along it back have gone. ( Maybe a stress thing ) Also his head was quite was the lighter colour. He has now, as the week passed he has relaxed and the large kind of finger print markings have gone. The body is a brown mottled trout look and his head has darkened to almost black with a purple/blue. Really there are so many variations, I wonder do I have an old age pensioner or a teenager. lol He is 10 inches long. His head would be 1 inch and 3/4 wide. and the price of £80
Channa Pulchra Growth Size and Rate
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The one in your pic looks like my Channa Gachua, it was sold to me a a Royal Blue Snakehead, Tropical and grows to around 10" mines about 8" atm
I may be wrong though do you have a bigger pic??
I may be wrong though do you have a bigger pic??
Here is a link to a video of mine on utube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-HCa1aEAlNM
I also have a facebook page for snakehead keepers just up and running with pics and videos...I think now he may be an Emerald. Very much a Stewartii variant.
I also have a facebook page for snakehead keepers just up and running with pics and videos...I think now he may be an Emerald. Very much a Stewartii variant.
I just received my four juvenile Channa Pulchra by normal post from a licensed dealer.
They are about 5cm and have a 42x18x12 tank to themselves.
They are about 5cm and have a 42x18x12 tank to themselves.
Full Belly LOL
Hi, Have had a time trying to photograph this beast. He hides a lot of the time.
He is 10" long and lives with a few other fish of various sizes which he does not bother as yet. He seems to eat whitebait and little else. Along with a shovel nose catfish
flying fox
Albino Bichir
All above around 5"+
I think the shop was right. Sold as an Emerald Snakehead.
Have some video to edit lol
He is 10" long and lives with a few other fish of various sizes which he does not bother as yet. He seems to eat whitebait and little else. Along with a shovel nose catfish
flying fox
Albino Bichir
All above around 5"+
I think the shop was right. Sold as an Emerald Snakehead.
Have some video to edit lol
I find it sad when people do what you have done.
You are mixing Channa with other fish which is bad enough, but they are also Sub-tropical fish.
Brucki has serious experience with Channa, and clearly told you your fish is a HIGH ALTITUDE Channa that is STRICTLY SUB TROPICAL.
What is it with people not bothering with the first BASIC rules of Channa keeping!
Tokyogasmask has it all correct i did the same when i first bought channai kept them with loads of other fish as my local lfs said this was fine, clearly just to make a sale, weeks later fish went missing and started getting attacked!
If you dont keep them at the right temps they wont be happy for one and will be suseptable to diseases
I have taken his advice and ignored it when i ignored it bad things happened lol
I now keep all my channe in the right enviroment and they look better than ever!!!
Dont buy fish if you dont know anything about them
Good Luck.
arhh a cutie! I have 6 of a similar size they are growing out in a 36x12x15 and will be moved to a 48 inch tank that I buy. Whilst samll they are in with 9 Cory sterbai which are being moved next week to start trying to breed. Mine have no heater in the tank and its about 21 it wont go as low as 19
