Species behavior differences?

[shawe1]

I have seen a fair amount of 'profiles' in the short time I have been keeping snakeheads and doing some research but I havent seen much on species behavior, so was wondering if anyone knows of any profiles that go in to this level of detail?

The reason I ask is it seems there is a fair amount of differences between the behavour of different species. My first experience with snakeheads wasnt an overally great one, I brought a channa gachua, had him in the tank for approx 3 weeks and he barely moved so i ended up getting bored and got rid of him. I was kinda put off of channa for a while but recently i purchased 3 channa asiatica and they are literally worlds apart in terms of behaviour. At 3 inches long they were feeding out of my hand immediately after being put in their new surroundings. They are constantly on the prowl looking for food, swimming up and down the glass etc. On the other hand my brother has a channa pulchra but his seems to be very much like my gachua was and barely moves, where as the pluros he had were very active similar to my asiatica.

Anyhow, kinda rambling but does anyone know of any channa profiles that cover the differences in behaviour?

 

[-DC-]

I'm not aware of any such reference that lists all the behavioural differences. Probably not possibly since age and setup will significantly effect how they behave and each individual will have it's own personality/ experiences which will effect it's personality.

I can tell you from experience the Asiatica will calm down in time/with age. They will behave very much like gachua or pulchra just a bit bolder and more aggressive/territorial .

Mine were all over when young but as they get older they pick a favourite spot where they can see everything in the room and sit there , mine comes out to sit on top of her cave and watch the tv and she'll get very active for meals or when anyone gets too close to her tank , occasionally she'll decide to rearrange and dig and build caves that's about it.

 

[Miguel]

As Devon said.

Assuming their correct habitat standards are a given, they all have heit personalities.

I have seen shy chanas change completely when moved to new tanks. I would say they either like their tank, and act natural, or they don't, and act shy and hidden.