Micropletis beatin to a pulp by African catfish !!!

[xellos]

4 days ago I introduced my new Channa Micropeltis to my Big tank which only housed an African Sharptooth Catfish Clarias gariepinus, and a Pleco. I feared that after the 42 cm Snakehead acclimates to the new tank , he will attack and injure or maybe kills the Catfish . Waking up today I was surprized to see the snakehead all bruised up , with nasty wounds on the gill covers and torn fins ... Like WTF ?! I thought Snakeheads where badasses ??! even after I turned on the lights the Catfish kept attacking it , biting and slamming the snakehead to the rocks and glass , the snakehead injured himself more trying to escape and bumping to everything in its path . He tried to fight back but man that catfish was vicious he took couple of bites to the head and kept coming , after that snakehead got desperate and sat in the corner and took the punishment . here is some pics of the snakehead , if you look close you can see how the scales are ripped off along the body :


I took the Catfish away in a hurry Knowing it was the same size as the snakehead , about 44 cm , here are the pic of the catfish after i took him out :


Anybody wants a terminator catfish ??!

 

[JKM]

Sucks when things don't work out

 

[crazyfreak204]

that sucks man .but fish are like humans not everyone of them no matter what kind is going to be aggresive .its so happends that ur catfish is more aggressive. how long was the catfish in the tank before u introduced the channa? they are tuff fish man he will heal up over time as long as ur water quality is perfect . when i moved my boys to there new tank they got beat up really bad one of them even had a chuck the size of a quarter taken out of his head .but a cupple weeks later he looked perfect! it sucks that the two fish do get along but like the other guy said its all trial and error .but good luck to u man they are wicked fish !

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[xellos]

Yeah man ! the catfish was introduced a week before the snakehead . I hope it heals up pretty soon .

 

[Yekjohnny@gmail.com]

Good luck, man.... My snakeheads are only 5" but it sure is vicious.. It will attack anything smaller or same size as itself even among its own.


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[xellos]

Good luck, man.... My snakeheads are only 5" but it sure is vicious.. It will attack anything smaller or same size as itself even among its own.


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I dont care how vicious they are , just dont put them with african catfish !!

 

[trickzter1991]

.the african catfish owned the snakehead..really bad..

 

[xellos]

The snakehead is almost healed up , pics coming soon .

 

[ettfettbranamn]

yeah, the micro is not big/confident enough to defend himself yet.. give it 10cm more and it will be another story.. they often work in com tanks up until the size he is now.. after that they often start eying smaller or equally sized fish.. the clarias on the other hand are just evil..

 

[xellos]

After 2 weeks my Micro is 100% healed and healthy and he turned out to be a real handsome fish , enjoy :



He is the master of his own tank now , notice the lil pleco in the last pic ! that the only tank mate he will ever have . On the other hand the vicious Clarias Gariepinus is at at large in another tank , He Never stops Growwwwwwwing :


Man it sucks to be an American ! you never get to keep the Real Monster Fish like these two