I have just got myself three of the best looking snakeheads I have ever seen. They do look like the Galaxy blue on Tom Halvorsons website which does not do them any justice, I will try to get some pics up. They were captured up high in the Meghalaya region. There is discussion about whether they are Stewarti variants, now I have seen them they do look like Stewarti but not enough for me. I may of course be completely wrong.
It has been suggested that they like cooler water Max 20 C which is my problem as my room temp is 23 C and I am finding it very difficult to bring the temp down. I dont have anywhere cooler to put them. Do any of you guys have any ideas, a small water cooler or something that would help me out. I would be very grateful. Cheers Please help.
They also look like an image I have seen that has been sent to Snakeheads.org, on some other forums, their reply
This is indeed an Channa sp. and we strongly believe that this is a
very rare species from the Meghalaya range,
which is called (by the exporter - there is only one exporting this
fish)
"trueBlue".
P. Musikasinthorn suggests it to be a color form of C. stewartii. We do
also have those fishes (Both trueBlues and stewartiis), but believe it
is an own species.
Whatever the systematics.
This fish needs COLD WATER, yes! Not more than 20 C°!
(We keep ours at 15 C° at the moment!)
Check Shillong (capital of Meghalaya) air temperature here
http://mobile.wunderground.com/auto/...ons/42516.html
This is a very rare and expensive fish. We believe you have a male. It
lives in small streams of mountain ranges above 4000 ft.!
We have best experiences adding tons of roots to the tank. They seem
that they do not like plants to much.
A feature of NE Channa is that those are mouthbrooders which start
breeding after a winter hibernation (thats what ours do at 15 C°. In
two months when the water temp increases and water changes are done
more often, they merge to couples.
It has been suggested that they like cooler water Max 20 C which is my problem as my room temp is 23 C and I am finding it very difficult to bring the temp down. I dont have anywhere cooler to put them. Do any of you guys have any ideas, a small water cooler or something that would help me out. I would be very grateful. Cheers Please help.
They also look like an image I have seen that has been sent to Snakeheads.org, on some other forums, their reply
This is indeed an Channa sp. and we strongly believe that this is a
very rare species from the Meghalaya range,
which is called (by the exporter - there is only one exporting this
fish)
"trueBlue".
P. Musikasinthorn suggests it to be a color form of C. stewartii. We do
also have those fishes (Both trueBlues and stewartiis), but believe it
is an own species.
Whatever the systematics.
This fish needs COLD WATER, yes! Not more than 20 C°!
(We keep ours at 15 C° at the moment!)
Check Shillong (capital of Meghalaya) air temperature here
http://mobile.wunderground.com/auto/...ons/42516.html
This is a very rare and expensive fish. We believe you have a male. It
lives in small streams of mountain ranges above 4000 ft.!
We have best experiences adding tons of roots to the tank. They seem
that they do not like plants to much.
A feature of NE Channa is that those are mouthbrooders which start
breeding after a winter hibernation (thats what ours do at 15 C°. In
two months when the water temp increases and water changes are done
more often, they merge to couples.
PICTURES!!!! Come one dont do this to us 