New and first Channa

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StiffMeister

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Hi guys, this weekend i bought my first channa. Check out these pics (taken with foon so not best quality):

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It was kind of an impulse buy as he was so beautiful and was staring at me, almost begging to take him home.

Ive read quite a lot about these fish but would like some personal xp from you guys about the following:
He is currently around 20cm and in my quarantine tank. I plan to put him in a tank with my 30cm ST, 50cm aro, 22.5-45cm panaques, 14-16cm botias and 25cm bichirs. Do you think they will do well? I know this species can be agressive but i think the presence of some other big fish will keep things under control. Do you think, when he grows bigger, he will start bothering/killing the smaller panaques or other fish?
What about the cold season. I dont plan on breeding so is it really necessary to give him a colder winter?
And last but not least, due to stock, i do a lot of waterchanges. Ive read that SH dont really like this. Will it bother this fish much or not? Tap water is really good here, with no chlorine etc.

Hope you can help me with my questions! Thanks in advance.
 
beautiful channa. congrats on the pickup!
 
Very nice pick up very nice fish! When I had my one a few years back Snakeheads.org told me about the cold season and to winter the fish up until this point it had been in a 6ft with some other odd balls and was no problem.
 
So this is the other channa that is illegal in MD, huh? Its a pity because it is a truly beautiful looking fish. Not that I'd have a snowballs chance of getting one this side of the pond anyway....
 
Thanks for the kind words and advice guys. Hes doing great and ive gained some info thru pm. I think he will be just fine in main tank when he grows a bit bigger. I will only need to keep an eye out on my smaller fish.
 
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