Quest for Channa Marulioides LFS

[naser90096]

hahaha...yea thanks to you, anyway the fish is in very bad condition, the lfs I think never feed the fella, the connecting dots are nice and I hope I can groom her to a beauty. According to the lfs this is a wild caught pc the ex owner bought from young.

Anyway here she is, Snakehead from africa


By skareb

ai du ... very nice piece ... what's the size..??
is it better to keep them in light base background & bottom or dark base..??

 

[skareb]

rm100 quite reasonable. any other specimen they have there at the LFS?

only one he bought from his customer...

ai du ... very nice piece ... what's the size..??
is it better to keep them in light base background & bottom or dark base..??

Thanks...actually dark background is much better, they;re camouflage fish...

Here is the latest shot I took, color is more stable

 

[intrxz]

superb shot bro. hope d damaged fins grow back soon

 

[naser90096]

only one he bought from his customer...



Thanks...actually dark background is much better, they;re camouflage fish...

Here is the latest shot I took, color is more stable

wow!! getting nicer already ... so how big is this fella?? u think mine can become something like urs..??

 

[skareb]

superb shot bro. hope d damaged fins grow back soon

Thanks bro...yea I hope they can grow back to original without any scars.

wow!! getting nicer already ... so how big is this fella?? u think mine can become something like urs..??

The fish is about 20", About yours I'm not sure, bunga are a tricky fish to play, every fish is an individual which makes them unique, and keeps the chase going. I dun think theres much we can do other than giving them your best TLC, 80% would depend on gene.

from my expirience in fish keeping, a balance diet can help, feed min 50% with live feeder fish, fish scales contain a very unique compound call guanine (i think its spelt that way) this would help your fish to max out the color n scale lustre. gut load your feeder with high quality pellet. By feeding fish you make sure your fish gets all the nutrient it needs.

Then you pump up the fish with superworm to get the shape you want, not like this fella look like come from africa, they contain the highest fat % known, followed by market prawn which of cause contains a lot of carotein which helps in the development of color compound.

Keep a dark background, the fish will adjust itself.
Water quality of top quality,
NH3/4 = 0
NO2 = 0
NO3 below 50PPM
PH 6 or lower
when you fish is of excellent health they will show thier best color...

This fish was kept in a 6x3x3 FGT pack with almost 20 monster fish, I can bet the NO3 is more than 150PPM probably followed by high ammonia. The fish was so washed out and bacteria noid had form in the head and scale was chipping and gilled curled in due to high nitrate exposure, was so badly abused. I hope the fella can have a full recovery.

 

[intrxz]

what skareb stated r true. in less than a month u will obtained d max recovery

 

[skareb]

what skareb stated r true. in less than a month u will obtained d max recovery

I hope so too

 

[Oleoleole]

I paid RM100 for this fella, you confirm this is thai marulia? it looks like it

I can confirm it's not thai marulia, it should be marulia from India or south asia.

 

[skareb]

I can confirm it's not thai marulia, it should be marulia from India or south asia.

Thanks for the reply, I read back some of the thread, that India Spec you get those vicious teeth, this pc has very very fine blunt teeth, nothing of the obvious

I've sent the pic to a fren of mine whom are fish exporter n breeder for 20 years, he too gets confused, according to him the long slender shape makes it look like marulia, the white spotting also says marulia, but the head and pattern look maruliodes. But he is leaning more to Thai spec maybe some remote area which isnt familiar.

Any chance this is a cross bred?

 

[naser90096]

Thanks bro...yea I hope they can grow back to original without any scars.



The fish is about 20", About yours I'm not sure, bunga are a tricky fish to play, every fish is an individual which makes them unique, and keeps the chase going. I dun think theres much we can do other than giving them your best TLC, 80% would depend on gene.

from my expirience in fish keeping, a balance diet can help, feed min 50% with live feeder fish, fish scales contain a very unique compound call guanine (i think its spelt that way) this would help your fish to max out the color n scale lustre. gut load your feeder with high quality pellet. By feeding fish you make sure your fish gets all the nutrient it needs.

Then you pump up the fish with superworm to get the shape you want, not like this fella look like come from africa, they contain the highest fat % known, followed by market prawn which of cause contains a lot of carotein which helps in the development of color compound.

Keep a dark background, the fish will adjust itself.
Water quality of top quality,
NH3/4 = 0
NO2 = 0
NO3 below 50PPM
PH 6 or lower
when you fish is of excellent health they will show thier best color...

This fish was kept in a 6x3x3 FGT pack with almost 20 monster fish, I can bet the NO3 is more than 150PPM probably followed by high ammonia. The fish was so washed out and bacteria noid had form in the head and scale was chipping and gilled curled in due to high nitrate exposure, was so badly abused. I hope the fella can have a full recovery.

thx bro for ur info ...

what type of feeders are u refering to..?? i'm feeding mine a mixture of goldfish n platy ... oso giving mp now.