need help with snakehead aggresion
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Hi!
This is what most Channa are like!
They shouldn't have tank mates, because they will usually kill everyone in their vicinity.
It's just their nature.
This is what most Channa are like!
They shouldn't have tank mates, because they will usually kill everyone in their vicinity.
It's just their nature.
it depends on the personality of the fish too, and the fact that whether it has been grown out with other fish or just solo. My Giant Snakehead(Channa Micropeltes)
is currently living with a Pacu, RTC and two Midevils.
If your snakehead is bullying larger fish than itself, then i suggest not putting any tankmates.
Um...er...because he's a snakehead?
I've only had experience with one species of snakehead (micropeltes) but when I was a kid I worked part time in pet stores and had a lot of experience with that species. They were available everywhere, cheaply and in huge numbers. Very cool fish for a species tank, but a bad choice for the "just one more fish..." crowd.
The micropeltes that I owned, and the many purchased by regular customers who were not too embarrassed to tell the truth, all fell into two categories: those who attacked and destroyed any other fish they saw immediately...and those who did it eventually.
I've only had experience with one species of snakehead (micropeltes) but when I was a kid I worked part time in pet stores and had a lot of experience with that species. They were available everywhere, cheaply and in huge numbers. Very cool fish for a species tank, but a bad choice for the "just one more fish..." crowd.
The micropeltes that I owned, and the many purchased by regular customers who were not too embarrassed to tell the truth, all fell into two categories: those who attacked and destroyed any other fish they saw immediately...and those who did it eventually.
By eventually you mean how much time? As in days, weeks,etc. Mine has been living since 4 months without any issues in a community pond.
From my experience with micropeltes those 2 statements are facts.
No hard and fast rules, no way to hammer down a specific answer...but it always seems to go bad, and usually sooner rather than later. Days, weeks, months...all possibilities equally valid. Probably the biggest variable is what species the snake lives with. They just don't play well with others.
It's usually the other way around. The large open water Channa can be kept with other fish under certain conditions, but the smaller substrate-bound Channa can almost never be kept in company for long term.
Exception is Parachanna obscura which can be kept with other fish if the conditions are right.