Has anyone kept dwarf snakeheads?

[rumblesushi]

To my understanding the dwarf snakes are channa gachua and channa orientalis.

How big do they both usually get in aquaria? And how aggressive are they? Active?

I know that the bleheri is meant to be the least aggressive SH out there, but I don't know about gachua and orientalis.

Cheers,
JR

 

[WckedMidas]

orintalis is suposed to max at or yunder 4 to 6 inchs. Channa gachuas max at aprox 9 to 10 inchs . Niether is real aggressive. I kept my gachua in comunity settings with bichirs and cichlids with no problems .

 

[rayman45]

you wm whats good with our orintalis

 

[sleepyflight]

The one I had for a long time seemed to be pretty skiddish till he really wanted to snack on some Escondido babies. That only got him to get his hands dirty a couple times....other than that he was just always peeking out of his log.

 

[rumblesushi]

gachua or orientalis?

 

[WckedMidas]

what i said about orintalis is from the info i had found on them while back. never owned any of them yet but the gahuas i have.

 

[reefman]

there are more darfs than that like green spotted,leopard, choclate,frog,rainbow are some nice darfs have fun finding them (stupid goverment)

 

[iheartfishies]

They're the biggest jumpers I've ever delt with in my life...

had 10 now down to 2...



****ing little ****ers.

 

[MasterMing]

I have a group of 9 gachuas in a 55 gal. They all seem to get along fine and are pushing 6 inches.But I also keep thme very well fed so fighting may occur if food is limited.

 

[sleepyflight]

gachua or orientalis?

gachua.....and Iheartfishies is right!!! He better have a home in a nice deep tank or you better tinfoil any holes in the hooding or they'll be on the carpet.... My roomate loved them but he only managed to keep one out of a batch of 5.