Fish Recommendation-Channa Bleheri

[lsz]

Channa bleheri spotted at Amazon LFS.
$15 is not too expensive.
It is a dwarf snakehead
LSZ approved []

It is :
(1) Peaceful and compatible with other fish that are not big enough to swallow. If your fish are all at least tiger barb sized you are very safe. plecos, angels, discus...they will not bother them. But smaller corys may be at risk. Shrimps confirm cannot.
(2) A very interesting addition to planted tanks.
(3) able to take blood worm readily...no need to use feeders. Well trained ones take pellets too.
(4) slow growers...those in the shop are 3-4" ..max out at 6".
(5) Hardy

But:
(1) May jump if being pushed around too much...if given nice hiding place, chances of jumping much lower..but still possible
(2) cannot be kept in a too rowdy or busy tank. They do not hold themselves well against harressments.
(3) are territorial among their own kind. So if tank is too small, dont get too many.


here is one i kept last time

[hwchoy]

damn nice, but I like shrimps too leh []

[foxemty]

lsz, can put with aro?[:]

[stormhawk]

lsz, channa bleheri has two other very similar species, channa gachua (native to Singapore) and channa orientalis right? i have a dwarf snakehead in one of my tanks but i know it's not channa bleheri. doesn't have the red markings on the caudal fin. i guess it's channa orientalis.

regards, [] []

[lsz]

no no fox it will become aro food!

ANd storm, yeah if you are having another dwarf snakehead with red markings, there is a higher chance of it being orientalis
coz gachua is largely blue based..well kept ones have a nice powery light blue and some brown


this is one Very nice gachua . never seen like that before

[lsz]

THose are amazon are worth buying

they are in robust health, very active and they are being fed pellets!

what are you waiting for ? !

[stormhawk]

haha, lsz, i had one that looked like that a few months back. unfortunately it went belly up. i had another afrochanna species too. and that was one nasty bugger.[]

[eZion]

Saw a few species of dwarf snakeheads at the Tropical Intl' at Lor Halus.

[eZion]

Last month, I saw a small snakehead baby in one of the LFS at TB market. It was hidding in a tank filled with plants. When I asked one of the shop keepers he told me its just a "longou" fish...but when look closely, it is really a baby snakehead.

Went to Malaysia last month a caught three 3ft snakeheads...one of them still inside my freezer...don't know what to do with it []

[lsz]

wa a 3ft snakehead will take up a Lot of your freezer space man

[foxemty]

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On 7/17/2002 11:15:41 AM

Went to Malaysia last month a caught three 3ft snakeheads...one of them still inside my freezer...don't know what to do with it []
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eZion, was it a fishing trip? Where did you caught it? Heard from my fren that there is also a lot of snake heads in the Lim Chu Kang area where the water from reserviors are released into the sea. Will be fun to go fishing[]

[lsz]

should be toman

if want to keep can buy live from wet market
20" fish i think the guy will be willing to sell for 10$

[stormhawk]

there's a dwarf snakehead selling for $20 at C328. i think it's channa bleheri. but the bugger's real pale. the bag's placed on the floor. no takers yet.

[lsz]

i just saw it

i think that is gachua

[eZion]

Sorry, the specieman in my freezer is not 3ft but only about 1.5ft. The 3ft ones I used to caught were released back into the wild cause they are either mothers or are pregnant.

[stormhawk]

ahh, went down last night, the snakehead's gone. i guess someone finally had the heart to take it home.

[lsz]

don't worry storm, should be in season now.

Bleheri somehow i see them more often than less colourful ones..

Well if anyone wants to get i can offer to go amazon to get for you ppl and hold them for you guys.