I skimmed through it, not bad generalized info.
johnnyberotten, our the only other Canadian I've run into who also keeps asiatica.
My experiences are quite different though i have a 14+" female and she is as aggressive as they come I feed frozen and pellets but she has gutted , skinned shredded and killed (in that order normally lol) every tank mate I've ever tried even as a small 5-6" er she killed off a pleco who was a good 8" and 3-4 times he body weight. She attacks me on a regular basis, rip's net's attacks new decore or violently turns on the filter return from time to time lol. The only tankmate she ever tolerated was her mate I grew out a group of fry let nature take it's course and ended up with a pair. They were fine together until breeding season, the female was almost twice the size of the male and he died during rough courtship. Although worth noting it was always her that was the killer, even when picking off the other Channa after pairing. The male was a shy timid fish who kept to himself might have even done well with tank mates alone but i have no way to know as she would kill anything and everything right away.
On the flip side i kept and auranti for several years in a mix tank (again was a pair and lost one in courtship). She didn't bother tank mates unless challenged, she even ignored bite sized smaller tank mates. The only time i ran into an issue was with larger tank mates, if tank mates challenged her over a hiding spot or food she would literally rip them in half.
