snake head thoughts

[dan ginjay]

hi i am thinking of buying a snake head i am not sure which 1 to go for could you lot please help me i dont want 1 that is going to get massive but i want an agressive sort many thanks dan

 

[thor]

Hi
channa gachua.
Channa assam.
Channa bleheri.
Bit bigger
channa melasoma.
Channa pulchra
channa ornatipinnis.
Just to name a few
rob

 

[Cheesetian]

A Channa Bleheri or two would be ideal for you sir. They're usually labelled as "Rainbow Snakeheads" in shops. They're really beautiful and will still give you the predatory factor you're looking for. They hardly grow more than 10", so not much to worry about length. Channa Gachua are nice as well although personally i think they're less beautiful than the Bleheri.

Hope this helps.

 

[gigas12]

Hi,I agree with Cheesetian!

 

[Brucki]

Hi,

Threadopener wants an agressive fish. I never had agressive bleheri, mine klived peacful with neontetra and guppy for month.

 

[John2708]

my channa sp assam live with mollies and there babys wont even eat feeder shrimp the shrimp have been living in there for a month know

 

[JML1997]

Pulchras are awesome

 

[tokyogasmask]

Like Brucki says, Bleheri are generally not aggressive.
There are some amazing looking sm-med Snakeheads out there such as Blue Moon Galaxy, Ice & Fire etc if you can keep a sub-tropical tank.

 

[thor]

hi
to start off in the world of keeping channa,i wouldnt go for something like a moonbeam or a sp fire and ice,moonbeams require the bottom end of subtrop,they like the water cold.fire and ice are like pitbulls.
bleheri or assam is a good starting point to keeping channa.
i agree with brucki and tokyo,bleheri are one of the more friendly channa.

 

[Brucki]

Hey M8,

bleheri are one of the more friendly channa.

it sounds a bit odd, but channa are odd sometimes, arent they ;-)