Compatablitiy?
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50 gal is good for now, but go ahead and figure your going to need a 100+ within a year depending on the ammount of channa you stock
Lucky Toman;3143307; said:
yep. well i'm going to have 4 .. 4 SHs at 12" each .. not too bad. And as for whats with the bumping? because i'm waiting on good answers before I order them. as soon as i get some good opinions i'm going to call and order what I want.
i've personally kept gachua with parachanna obscura but not long term as the ob would eventually get too large and aggressive to keep with gachua imo,you would need several hundred gallons to keep them together long term but candidates would be parachanna africana,channa punctata,c.melasoma and maybe a c.lucia or something similar but as with cichlids you will have to be prepared to move them around if it doesn't work out,imo a 50 gallon would be fine for a pair depending on dimensions,i would say a 36"x15"x15" as a minimum would be ok for an individual but larger is better and to keep them all together if it works you are looking at a 72"+x30"width and 24" height but bigger would be alot better to allow for territories
thanks jordan .. the first good post. only thing i'm thinknig about is the only name out of your list that i know i can get my hands on is guacha. Other then that they might be more rare for me to find and hence more expensive. I'm thinking out of the most common around canada. like is it possible to keep a combo of two of either .. blerhi .. guacha .. pulchra anything like that together?
Acura_RSX;3144193; said:
First good post?
Hey You got some pretty sound advice from me (a channa keeper) in the first reply to your thread!
As I said the only safe bet is a species only. Even that is not a garantee. Some channa can't tollerate their own species as they age.
It being a 50gallon tank, my advice has double the strength.
And as for Gachua, they are (mainly) tropical, so the temps may not match those other snakeheads (most being sub-tropical)
Pulchra are 100% not reccomended as a "community".
I would possibly reccomend for your tank size mixing a few Channa Bleheri with a few Assams.
But as with all SHs, Once a pair has formed and start to breed you can say bye bye to the rest.
i'm not saying it will work it probably won't but if he's going to keep them together regardless then i was just thinking the best way of doing it but you have give sound advice from your experiences so that is probably the best way to gotokyogasmask;3144206; said:
tokyogasmask;3144206; said:
i did take your advice and was considering 4 bleheri but still wondering if anyone has had success with two species together. are assam's small and fairly common?
Common depends where you live.
But yep normally pretty common.
Both bleheris and assam stay small.
They have also been known to get along with each other too.
May be a good choice for you.
I have some bleheri. They are nice colorful snakeheads, and not very aggresive. I have never owned assams so I can't tell to much about them.
Here are my Bleheris:
Here is one of my pulchras:
And heres some of my new Gachua. (Not sure what variety, maybe Laos, but he is VERY aggresive and seems to be growing very big.)
Hope these photos help you make up your mind.
But yep normally pretty common.
Both bleheris and assam stay small.
They have also been known to get along with each other too.
May be a good choice for you.
I have some bleheri. They are nice colorful snakeheads, and not very aggresive. I have never owned assams so I can't tell to much about them.
Here are my Bleheris:
Here is one of my pulchras:
And heres some of my new Gachua. (Not sure what variety, maybe Laos, but he is VERY aggresive and seems to be growing very big.)
Hope these photos help you make up your mind.
i'm reallt jelous! i like them alll. i guess it's going to depend on what types my LFS can get for my this week. i've always liked the bleheri (and everything i search on assam just says it's the same as bleheri). and i think 4 bleheri would look sick together. By not aggresive u mean towards each other or in general? i still would like to see the real predators come out in them with live food etc.
