I'de like to introduce myself, I'm Brian Tucker from Southern Indiana. I've been raising "monster fish" since I can first remember! My first fish that I can recall was a red bellied piranha that my older sister gave me when I was maybe 10 years old. I've had Cichlids, puffers, Piranha's, flower horns, and currently have a VERY old oscar named Loafy. I signed up to this forum to learn a bit more about snakeheads (a fish that I remember being sold at Wal Marts when I was younger!) and to plan my next purchase of an aquarium monster. The last endeavor I undertook was to raise a Pet Stop flowerhorn for 3 years. It turned out to be a female and its growth seemed stunted. Sadly she died about 3 weeks ago after battling an unknown disease for several weeks. Anyways I appreciate any help any of the other members give me and hopefully I can contribute to this forum for years to come!
Hello from Southern Indiana!
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Good to see another Indiana member on here.
As far as snakeheads go, they are now illegal in Indiana (and basically the entire US). I remember seeing redlines at the lfs around 15 years ago. The best bet is so get a bowfin, they look very similar to snakeheads.
What size tank do you have?
As far as snakeheads go, they are now illegal in Indiana (and basically the entire US). I remember seeing redlines at the lfs around 15 years ago. The best bet is so get a bowfin, they look very similar to snakeheads.
What size tank do you have?
Yes snake heads have been illegal for several years now. I remember when they banned them because they took over the population of a pond and are generally scary fish. I don't personally want a snakehead, I was just researching them. I plan to raise another flowerhorn, or a Frontosa this time.
As for tanks, I have a 55 gallon that loafy lives in and a pair of 20 gallon shorts that're unoccupied at the moment. I also have a few 10 gallons I used to raised breeder fish a few years ago.
I found a pretty good looking flowerhorn at Green Tree pet center today. I found my last flowerhorn at the Pets Mart in Bloomington. I've been considering ordering a lot of 5 baby flowerhorns and raising them, keeping the pick of the litter and selling off the rest. I've found a few people willing to sell them on eBay but it's a gamble.