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[stotty]

stotty, I've seen gachuas much better than 6 inches

I don't disbelieve you at all but the ones I have grown up never got over that size its the old thing wild caught possibly? but I have had a few of these and does seem to be the max. Its certainly was no Strata or micropeltes

 

[rumblesushi]

seriously? Your gachuas have only got 6 inches? I thought they were meant to be bigger than rainbows. And out of the ones I've seen, the gachuas looked bigger

 

[stotty]

seriously? Your gachuas have only got 6 inches? I thought they were meant to be bigger than rainbows. And out of the ones I've seen, the gachuas looked bigger

7 inches at the max i would say the raindows i had were bigger as i say this is just my experience thats the nice thing about MFK you can share you knowlage with other people

 

[reefman]

grachaus get 9 to 10"

 

[jelly]

There are many variants of Gachua as they have a very large range, Some may be different species currently named Gachua, I have 2 harcourtbutleri which were formally gachua and these guys look identical to gachua and only grow 5"-6" max.
They are the smallest and supposed to be the most aggressive of the gachua's.

Dwarf Snakeheads are great 'Micromonsters'

 

[rumblesushi]

are hardcourtbutleris a synonym of orientalis?

 

[jelly]

are hardcourtbutleris a synonym of orientalis?

No they are different fish. endemic to lake Myanmar, I have probably mis-spelt that. Orientalis have no ventral fins and get bigger. I have seen some really good picks of Orientalis, One nice looking fish.

 

[baloo]

grachaus get 9 to 10"

and bigger depending on location
basicly it is presumed, but so far unprooven, that all different species of gachua are in fact their own species.
i have been told of unconfirmed DNA research by someone that wouldn't make it up.
but since only musikasinthorn works in the field of channa it could be a very long time until we have any concrete evidence or information on the subject.
hopefully someone else is going to take the subject up and get some much needed scientific evidence to clear everything up. without science backing you any theory is not worth the paper written on.
not that i'm saying don't publish what you know but just looking thru the posts with ppl disagreeing it will only ever be a theory or assumption until prooven correct.
i myself have a few ideas others don't agree with