My Channa Andrao

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Webley

Webley

Jack Dempsey
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Sep 4, 2011
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Hello.
About and year ago I bought 4 Channa bleheri, but soon I discovered they were wrongly identified, so I have 4 Channa andrao.
They are beautiful, but i'm confused about their gender. Can someone help me?

The big male (I don't have doubts about this one):




This one I'm really confused, sometimes he/she tries to fight the big male and chases the females:





Female 1 (?):



Female 2 (?):



2 Females (?) together:


1 Female with the one I'm really confused about:



Thanks for the help :)
 
Idk about the gender but those are beautiful

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Hi,

imho your gender identification is right, the one that confuses you is imho female, too. sometiomes its difficult with andrao, my female looked male , to me too in the beginning.

PS : you should feed this species not as mcuh as you do ! All fish are too fat !
 
Brucki said:
Hi,

imho your gender identification is right, the one that confuses you is imho female, too. sometiomes its difficult with andrao, my female looked male , to me too in the beginning.

PS : you should feed this species not as mcuh as you do ! All fish are too fat !
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Thank you for your comment :) In the photos the fish are very full, I gave them earth worms (they loved it!). I usually feed them one or two times a week.
 
Agreed on the fat.

A mistake we all make and dearly pay....
 
very nice
 
Thank you all for your comments and help :)

Joao M said:
Olá Patrícia !

Didn´t know you had channas now. Looking good !
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Hi João :)
I have bought them a year ago, and was waiting for them to grow a bit and become more active (the cold winter made them "froze"). I expected them to be bleheri but well, this species is very nice too, and i'm happy with them.


I have more news, Brucki was right, I have 1 male and 3 females. The one who was confusing me by bitting the other females is now a pair with the male.
I had to remove the other 2 females because the couple was after them and almost killed them.
Now they are alone and I saw them mate and are always together.

Some pictures of them together (sorry about the stain on the glass):



 
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