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Hi first off this is my first post on the snakehead forum so just wanted to introduce myself by saying hi so Hi :D .
1 day ago i got myself some snakeheads,im not even that sure cause im such a newb to them but a know you guys will help me out with some questions i mean hey im in MFK.
sorry for the bad pics but im only used too taking shots of models :P

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hi mate ,welcome to the wonderful world of snakeheads , you have got channa pulchra , they will grow real nice ,although if two pair up together you will need to separate them to a tank on there own, i haven't kept pulchra myself yet so will leave the rest of the info to the guys who have , they are a relatively new species grow to about 25-30cm
 
Yes, thes are pulchra.
I've got ten of them.
Second and third pic shows them in total stress color, due to lack of hiding places in the tank
 
Thanks tropheus and Brucki i looked around at first but could not find more info on the pulchra.
brucki the pics you see here is from there first hour in the tank i took em as soon as i dropped them in there theres tons of hiding places, i woke up this morning to see them darker i got lots of plantes a big log with lots of hiding places.
just need to ask a few more questions please?
1-do they eat live feeders i got some small tetras in there but the tetras are still alive i think they like frozen blood worms tryed that and they ate it. is it normal for them to be shy at first?
2-do they live ok with other snakeheads like redlines same size? or asiatica or rainbow?or small stingray? :P
3-if 2 dont really pair up can they stay there its a big tank 150x45x80cm.
 
tank height is fine , if you use floating plant cover or plant that reach the surface it will make them feel more secure and sometime will just hang out among the plants , ALL snakehead will eat live food but if they are accepting frozen bloodworm that is a good thing and i would recommend you try and keep them on a variety of frozen foods and or fresh food i.e shrimp pieces of fish etc this is much better for them than feeding feeders and a lot cheaper , honestly you will be glad in the long run.

what i have found is that they will probably be fine with any open water swimming snakeheads (micros pleuros maluroides) as tank mates and dont really recognize them as a threat , so your redlines at the same size should be fine , HOWEVER just use extreme caution as if it took there fancy it takes very little for them to kill each other ,sit and watch there behavior to each other ,any sign of nastiness split them up straight away ,also your redlines are going to outgrow the pulchra and very quickly so if all are the same size you probably only have a matter of weeks before the reds are far bigger than the pulchra ,another downside is that reds are extremely aggressive feeders and will eat all the food put in the tank so you need to make sure the pulchra are getting food, i keep two of the dottom dwelling snakeheads together but only one of each species and they are in a 9ft tank and even then only just tolerate each other ,i would not advise mixing different species of bottom dwelling snakeheads , your pulchra are likley to kill any newcomers pretty sharp , if you are determined to keep two types of sh i would strongly advise you chose pleuro Rather than red (which will out grow your tank in months anyway) for your open water swimmer and start them out smaller than the pulchra. never tried them with rays so cannot comment on this . by the way yes it is expected for them to be shy ,in fact them bottom dwelling snakeheads are quite shy always and like to hang about most the time in caves or among leaves etc. totally opposite to the water swimmers who are bold as brass and never stop moving
 
thanks a lot again tropheus that helped a lot.
my ray will be coming over in 3 days thats why i asked. redlines i might try to add only one and see if there in war or harmony. since i cant find pleuro here :( yet.
by the way what type of kick ass snakehead you got on your avatar? its sweet
 
no probs mate , like most things in this hobby its always trial and error if you want to try something unusual .

the one in my avatar is Channa aurantimaculata common name is golden cobra snakehead he is approx 12" long and really thick and without doubt the boss fish in my tank

let us know how you get on with the ray ,iam always interested in different mixes of fish and to know what has and hasn't worked for different people
 
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