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[DannyLee94]

hi
try and get the temp down a bit,auranti are much more active when the water is cool,and loads of floating cover should make him chill out a bit,and when he is relaxed he should start eating,ive got a five ft tank with 8 young aurantis in and they are big eaters mate,as soon as i go near the tank they are at the surface begging for food,they are also about four inches now aswell.
plus how long has he been in the tank,might not be used to his surounding yet,if he goes much longer with out eating,buy some earth worms,they should get him intrested,they have never failed for me.

How are ya thor its good to hear from ya, what you say about him eating, well he bangs his prawns but only every other day, the day inbetween he's just not interested, i'me just glad to know that he is what he should be, the rest i know i can sort out.
always good to hear from ya, you've been a great help,
cheers simon. p.s. i am going to try him with worms tomorow.

 

[tokyogasmask]

By the way are you still mixing your channa,
how many have you got left pal ???

I have had one Channa die on me in all my fish keeping years. (this was a large Marulius that jumped through a tank lid)
I have had none die on me through improper care.

Please take a while to look through my pictures here and on the site I mod at (http://thesnakeheadforum.com) and note how well looked after and nice looking mine are.

I do not mix Sub-tropical fish with tropical fish period.
The "mixing" you are talking about was two sub-tropical channa.
One of which was sold to a member here, the other Is happily swimming around by himself.

Danny, You should know better than to try make me out to be a bad fish keeper. I am borderline obsessive about snakeheads, which is why it often angers me when I see pics of snakeheads mixed with non-snakeheads.
So yours is temp. Good. Hope he lasts longer than your others huh?

I keep many many snakeheads. Most of them the larger speices (Marulius, Marulioides) and have bred several dwarf speicies (Bleheri, Gachua th-03)

But then, it isn't me asking for help here is it.

(By the way anyone who did a little research or knows anything about snakeheads could of identified your malnourished Auranti withing seconds.)

Back on topic though, When ever mine had a non eating stage (this does happen occasionaly with Aurantis) I have always found dropping live crickets in the tank soon sorts that out.

 

[DannyLee94]

I have had one Channa die on me in all my fish keeping years. (this was a large Marulius that jumped through a tank lid)
I have had none die on me through improper care.

Please take a while to look through my pictures here and on the site I mod at (http://thesnakeheadforum.com) and note how well looked after and nice looking mine are.

I do not mix Sub-tropical fish with tropical fish period.
The "mixing" you are talking about was two sub-tropical channa.
One of which was sold to a member here, the other Is happily swimming around by himself.

Danny, You should know better than to try make me out to be a bad fish keeper. I am borderline obsessive about snakeheads, which is why it often angers me when I see pics of snakeheads mixed with non-snakeheads.
So yours is temp. Good. Hope he lasts longer than your others huh?

I keep many many snakeheads. Most of them the larger speices (Marulius, Marulioides) and have bred several dwarf speicies (Bleheri, Gachua th-03)

But then, it isn't me asking for help here is it.

(By the way anyone who did a little research or knows anything about snakeheads could of identified your malnourished Auranti withing seconds.)

Back on topic though, When ever mine had a non eating stage (this does happen occasionaly with Aurantis) I have always found dropping live crickets in the tank soon sorts that out.

LISTEN Mr gasmask .1. i have only ever had 1 snake head die on me and it was the same way yours died and certainly not through improper care also I dont need to post pictures of my tanks to show people how good they are, as anybody who knows me knows how good they are.
2.If you read my reply to your derogatory and patronising remark about semi tropics and tropicals you would have noticed i have already explained, i had very little choice, would you prefer i let him die, he now lives with a neighbour and i had no prob with him for the time he was with the snakehead.
As you know yourself with your snakehead mixing someyimes needs must and if you have healthy fish at the end, wheres the problem.
Regarding your irresponsible channa mixing with big channa, you where lucky to come away without losing a fish as you can't watch them all night, so before you start having a pop at others make sure your own house is in check.
3. regarding calling you a bad fishkeeper, well lets be honest pal you started it, i only asked for an id. because i was worried about his slow growthrate.
4. Are you trying to tell me that you have never had a problem with a snakehead and needed advice, because if you are then your a liar as well as a condesending braggot and i certainly was'nt asking for any advice of you.
thanks for the reply.

 

[tokyogasmask]

Braggot? LOL Name calling time?

Glad you seperated them Danny.
Just need to seperate your Asiatica from the Oscar next and you'll be good to go.

I did come across hard I guess, but you know what tanks, tank space you had before you got the Auranti so "letting him die" didn't really need to come into the conversation. But I can bring myself down a step or two for the sake of forum peace.

Anyway, that out the way, I am still more than happy to give you (good) advice on your Auranti should you want it.
I have a formed adult pair and the seperated one that I have watched grow from tiny little 3" up to current 14" so any advice I could give you is from personal experience.

As for needing advice, of course I do! I'm seeking a little help myself with breeding Marulioides at this very moment!
But if anyone who KNOWS that I am doing something that could be damaging to them I would take their advice on board. No matter how harsh they may come across.

Take it easy.

 

[DannyLee94]

Braggot? LOL Name calling time?

Glad you seperated them Danny.
Just need to seperate your Asiatica from the Oscar next and you'll be good to go.

I did come across hard I guess, but you know what tanks, tank space you had before you got the Auranti so "letting him die" didn't really need to come into the conversation. But I can bring myself down a step or two for the sake of forum peace.

Anyway, that out the way, I am still more than happy to give you (good) advice on your Auranti should you want it.
I have a formed adult pair and the seperated one that I have watched grow from tiny little 3" up to current 14" so any advice I could give you is from personal experience.

As for needing advice, of course I do! I'm seeking a little help myself with breeding Marulioides at this very moment!
But if anyone who KNOWS that I am doing something that could be damaging to them I would take their advice on board. No matter how harsh they may come across.

Take it easy.

Look mate like i said, i did'nt start this slander and have no wish to continue it, but manners cost nothing and any body else i speak to on this site, i treat them with respect and only want the same in return, you are not talking to a child, i am an adult with my own house a buisiness and family, and when i'me attacked verbally i WILL retaliate.
i do appreciate you do know your stuff regarding snakeheads especially auranti. and your tanks are second to none that i've seen but your ego, man, chill out,i'me not a bad person.
The auranti has his own tank, i put the sev. there because that was the safest place for him at the time as auranti is only small and at 22 to 23 the temp. would not be that much of an issue for the short time he was in there.
I see you've been over my thread in the cichlid lounge.
the oscar thing started out similar to the sev. circumstance and has ended up a bit of an experiment.
You would have to see this to believe, they have been together for quite a while now and both happy and healthy.
I recently put in a divider and the 2 of them knocked it down to get back to each other, if i did'nt know better i 'de think they were fond of each other.
But the first sign of agression and the oscar can go back to his cichlid tank.
Oscars can live between 20 to 25.
It's a shame we can't talk with out all the sh*t, i suppose we are all different. all the best lad.

 

[chronick]

i think you two are both taking things too seriously...

 

[DannyLee94]

i think you two are both taking things too seriously...

I can so see your point man, but i only asked for a second opinion on a seemingly slow growing fish and like i say manners and politeness cost nothing.
If you piss someone off 9 out of 10 times they'l come right back atcha.
But its a shame because he does know his stuff, just too much of a dictator, which in turn will put some people off speaking on the site, for fear of being humiliated and harrassed .
He said himself he's bordering obsessive, (GET IT UNDER CONTROL).
Peoples views differ and thats that.

 

[limz_777]

just to let you know , there are dwarf fishes like humans dwarfism , discus are one good example , got a friend who's common malabaricus got stuck at 8 inch and didnt grow any bigger till adulthood

 

[DannyLee94]

just to let you know , there are dwarf fishes like humans dwarfism , discus are one good example , got a friend who's common malabaricus got stuck at 8 inch and didnt grow any bigger till adulthood

8" mala. thats mad, i have a mala, great fish, got to keep him on his own, he's mean.
Got to say, i would be disapointed if my auranti didnt reach his potential length of 16", what a fish and what a hoby. all the best pal.

 

[-DC-]

It is prawn i am feeding, have given sev. to neighbour, he now has tank to himself again.
I look forward to him taking food the way yours do.
I saw on your thread how your asiatica was so much a better feeder, mine is the same.
My auranti. is just baby but on thespecies guide it says they are agressive like the asiatica, so could you tell me is asiatica a lot more mean ?

Auranti have a mean streak in them for sure, and can be agressive towards tank mates, Asiatica however are in a league of there own, if your lucky you might get a pair to live together, but that's it, mine will attack to kill anything i put in that tank even fish twice there size, mine became agressive towards me at about 4" have to be VERY careful when working in the tank , and they are VERY agressive feeders, so will likly stop any tank mates from getting food as well. I've heard of people who tried the mix and the asiatica kill off auranti even if equal size

and i have to ask what's with the pic of a starving dog in your display ?