My pack of Pleuro's (pic's)
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This pic was snapped in sequence , the little green guy shifted from green to blue instantly as he turned to face me.
my fave snakehead and that's a stunner! shame that hard to get in uk" I had 4 last year and all died within 2 days"
I like blue plueros, they look very nice in a planted tank. Contrasting the greens & blues.
Plueros are hard to find in the UK and Canada? They relatively easy to find here; not as easy as Micropeltis and Marulioides though. Those buggers are everywhere.
Plueros at one of the bigger LFS here, they go around USD34:
Plueros at the dude's place where I usually buy my channas:
His juvies:
Plueros are hard to find in the UK and Canada? They relatively easy to find here; not as easy as Micropeltis and Marulioides though. Those buggers are everywhere.
Plueros at one of the bigger LFS here, they go around USD34:
Plueros at the dude's place where I usually buy my channas:
His juvies:
Very cool" Don't know about the Tinfoil Barbs thow 
yah id love a tank of those in a planted tank!
ship me a load over lol
yah id love a tank of those in a planted tank!
ship me a load over lol
How bichirs are interacting with channas ? I saw one ornate next to a channa. Ornates are quite skitish , just wondering how its behaving ?
In my experience, with the aurantimaculatas anyway, they tolerate them, until they don't.
I had 2 delhezi, 2 ornatipinnis and a senegal. The female started hunting the male delhezi the second it swam by, but ignored all the other ones, then came the turn of the female delhezi, and after I got rid of the delhezis, the aggression turned towards the ornatipinnis.
So long term, it's a no go, but it seems to be the case with any fish mixed with channas.
I had 2 delhezi, 2 ornatipinnis and a senegal. The female started hunting the male delhezi the second it swam by, but ignored all the other ones, then came the turn of the female delhezi, and after I got rid of the delhezis, the aggression turned towards the ornatipinnis.
So long term, it's a no go, but it seems to be the case with any fish mixed with channas.
I agree most channa mixes it's not a matter of if it will work or not , it's a question of how long will it work for lol. I wouldn't even try mixing bichirs or anything else with any of the subtropical species .
These Pleuros behave very differently then the subtropicals . I'm prepared to seperate them from the bichirs but their have been no signs of trouble , the bichirs are larger and ignored , they do occasionally swim up and flare at my Delhezi when he's swimming up for air but they loose interest just as quickly , they actually hide among the the bichir pile during the evenings, when resting or if spooked . The syno cat that also lives in the tank isn't as lucky will need relocating soon , they leave him alone when he's hidden in the woodwork but they also drive him back into hiding any time he's out swimming around i suspect it's only a matter if time before they get big enough to stop chasing him and start taking chunks out of him .
The biggest issue is feeding anything else ! The Pleuros are gluttons and lightning fast very little food gets past them. Makes it trickey to feed the others without over feeding the Pleuros . I have to feed in the evening before lights out. Then a second feed of sinking food right after turning the lights out does the trick . The bichirs & cat seem to have the advantage at night and are hungrier since the Pleuros get 99.9% of any food offered when the lights are on .
These Pleuros behave very differently then the subtropicals . I'm prepared to seperate them from the bichirs but their have been no signs of trouble , the bichirs are larger and ignored , they do occasionally swim up and flare at my Delhezi when he's swimming up for air but they loose interest just as quickly , they actually hide among the the bichir pile during the evenings, when resting or if spooked . The syno cat that also lives in the tank isn't as lucky will need relocating soon , they leave him alone when he's hidden in the woodwork but they also drive him back into hiding any time he's out swimming around i suspect it's only a matter if time before they get big enough to stop chasing him and start taking chunks out of him .
The biggest issue is feeding anything else ! The Pleuros are gluttons and lightning fast very little food gets past them. Makes it trickey to feed the others without over feeding the Pleuros . I have to feed in the evening before lights out. Then a second feed of sinking food right after turning the lights out does the trick . The bichirs & cat seem to have the advantage at night and are hungrier since the Pleuros get 99.9% of any food offered when the lights are on .
