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    Re: Channa Species Reference

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    Scientific name: sp fluro green

    Common name: none

    Family: Channidae suspected varient of channa punctata

    Maximum size: 35 cm / 14 inches

    Origin:

    Temperament: Predatory

    Company: should not be kept with fish smaller than 2/3 of the species size.

    Water parameters: Temperature 22-28˚C / 72-82˚F; pH 6-7.5

    Feeding: will accept all live food and often frozen food.


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    Re: Channa Species Reference

    Channa sp 'galaxy blue'

    see sterwerti for details


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    Re: Channa Species Reference

    Scientific name: Parachanna obscura

    Common name: African Snakehead

    Family: Channidae

    Maximum size: 35 cm / 14 inches

    Origin: White Nile, Lake Chad basin, Zaire

    Temperament: Predatory

    Company: Parachanna obscura should not be kept with fish smaller than 2/3 of the species size.

    Water parameters: Temperature 22-28˚C / 72-82˚F; pH 6-7.5

    Feeding: Parachanna obscura will accept all live food and often frozen food.



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    Re: Channa Species Reference

    Scientific name: Channa harcourtbutleri

    Maximum size: 16 cm / 6 inches

    Origin: Channa harcourtbutleri is found in Yawnghwe and nearby areas of Myanmar

    Temperament: Aggressive

    Company: Channa harcourtbutleri Should not be ekpt with species smaller then themselves.

    Water parameters: Temperature 22-28˚C / 72-82˚ F; pH 6-8.5

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    Re: Channa Species Reference

    Scientific name: Channa maculata

    Common name: Blotched Snakehead

    Maximum size: 33 cm / 13 inches

    Origin: Southern China, Northern Vietnam

    Temperament: Predatory

    Company: Channa maculata should not be kept with any channa species smaller than themselves.

    Water parameters: Temperature 22-28˚C / 72-82˚ F; pH 6-7.5

    Identification: Channa maculata have simillar markings to those on the northern snakeheads (c.argus) lined up irregular spots on the sides to the top of the body.


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    Re: Channa Species Reference

    Scientific name: Channa lucius

    Common name: Splendid Snakehead,Marbled Snakehead

    Maximum size: 40 cm / 16 inches

    Origin: Channa lucius (Splendid Snakehead) is found in rivers inf southeastern Sumatra and the Kapuas basin of western Kalimantan

    Temperament: Aggressive

    Company: Channa lucius (Splendid Snakehead) should not be kept in aquariums smaller than 2/3 of the species size.

    Water parameters: Temperature 24-29 c indicating a sub-tropical to tropical species ; pH 5.5-6

    Feeding: Channa lucius (Splendid Snakehead) will accept most meaty food.


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    Re: Channa Species Reference

    Scientific name: Channa sp. five stripe

    Common name: kerala , five stripe , marble snakehead

    Maximum size: around 25cm

    Origin: Southern: northern West Bengal

    Introduced range : not yet known

    Temperament: agressive toward own species even after pairing up it is not unheard of for one of the pair to kill the other, should not be housed in anything less than a four foot tank as a group

    Company: best kept in a species tank , do not mix with tropicals as these are sub-tropical fish and will not fair well, they also do not mix well with others , if fish are found that they tolerate then useally they will hide all the time.

    Water parameters: Temperature 20-23 c ; pH avoid extreams but another species that looks and acts its best in softer water , as stated sub-tropical so does need a winter cooling period , can be kept at ambient room temperature in most modern households

    Identification: marble grey with five distinct stripes down the side of the fish however i have one with 4 stripe and it is know for one with 6 stripe , males tend to show blue in there anal fins , in breeding dress they completly change there colour and become near black and white.

    Beeding : as with all other let a pair form from a group , when the pair is formed quick acttion will be needed to split up the other fish as they often kill there tankmates overnight after pairig , everything else is fairly straight forward , but again watch when spawning is compleate as aggresions again raise and often can result in one of the pair being killed , mouthbrooder and fry again should be fed on newly hatched brine shrimp

    Oher notes: watch this fish when transfering from tank to bag or vice versa , they are true escape artists , more so than any other member of the family , this fish can jump out of a bag with only a couple of inches of water in , they can also climb up nets .

    a rare find in the trade , and have started to comand a high price


    Picture credited to Vandecruz of arofanatics

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    Re: Channa Species Reference

    Scientific name: Channa pulchra

    Common name: burmese snakehead

    Maximum size: around 20-25cm

    Origin: Southern: Irrawaddy and Sitang River basins Myanmar

    introductions: none as yet!!

    Temperament: fairly aggresive , will not tolerate members of its own kind in small spaces , although a dwarf species requires a largewell structured tank to house a group

    Company: best kept in a species tank , do not mix with tropicalsas these are sub-tropical fish and will not fair well , given the correct aquarium setting these can be a nice 1st snakehead , they become more aggresive the less the space provided for them is.


    Water parameters: Temperature 18-25 c ; pH avoid extreams,slighly softer water , although these guys can stand higher levels of temperatures for periods of time they should not be kept year round at these temps. there behavior is directly affected by tempreture , and very high temps are thought to be stressfull

    Identification: similar to ornatipinis but have much smaller less prominent black spots on head , useally shows 1 2 or 3 black spots in dorsal fin

    tank set-up: an important consideration for theese guys , eventhough they are considered as a dwarf species , please aquascape as if they where at least a medium sized snakehead , they can be aggresive among each other and need there own territories , where they are found the river bed is made up of volcanic rock (red lava) use of theese andplants can make a realistic biotope setting. temp should be sub-tropical with a lower safe guard set at around 16deg ambient temps should take care of the higher temps , high temps in there natural range peak just into the lower tropical range

    as with ornatipinis they inhabit a stream that is fed from the hiymalayamountains , in the wet season it is very wet with snow melt from themountain causing fast flowing waters high oxogen content and higher ph alues, in the drt season the opposite happens , streams dry up snow tops melting , so the stream turns into a series of isolated pools ,in theese pools the oxogen content slowly drops as does ph and waterlevel , in the aquarium this can be replicated by installing a sio,tunze ect powerhead at the surface during winter months , when summercomes round we can drop the level of the water ,turn off the pumps atthe surface and add hardwood leaves to soften the water , by mimicking nature in this way we stand the best chance of getting these fishes to breed in aquaria , and also ensure they are at there happiest

    other notes: now fairly easy to obtain and many people havehad sucsess breeding in the aquarium, this has pushed prices down.


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    Re: Channa Species Reference

    Scientific name: Channa ornatipinnis

    Common name: burmese spotted snakehead

    Maximum size: around 25cm

    Origin: Southern: Irrawaddy and Sitang River basins Myanmar

    introductions: none as yet!!

    Temperament: very aggresive , will not tolerate members of its own kind in small spaces , although a dwarf species requires a very large well structured tank to house a group

    Company: best kept in a species tank , do not mix with tropicals as these are sub-tropical fish and will not fair well , more than any other snakeheads these guys deserve proper consideration when buying. they deserve a species tank, and should be left to the more seasoned snakehead keeper. they do not make a very good 1st 2nd or even 3rd snakehead

    Water parameters: Temperature 18-25 c ; pH avoid extreams, slighly softer water , although these guys can stand higher levels of temp for periods of time they sould not be kept year round at theese temps. there behavior is directly affected by tempreture , and very high temps are thought to be stressfull

    Identification: similar to pulchra but have much more prominent black spots on head , allways shows multi black spots in dorsal fin

    tank set-up: an important consideration for theese guys , even though they are considered as a dwarf species , please aquascape as if they where at least a medium sized snakehead , they are ultra aggresive amoung each other and need there own territories , in nature they are found one large stones , one stone one fish - never two . try and replicate this in the aquarium with seperate areas for each fish , this in its self reqs, a large area to work with. where they are found the river bed is made up of volcanic rock (red lava) use of theese and plants can make a realistic biotope setting. temp should be sub-tropical with a lower safe guard set at around 16deg ambient temps should take care of the higher temps

    as with pulchra they inhabit a stream that is fed from the hiymalaya mountains , in the wet season it is very wet with snow melt from the mountain causing fast flowing waters high oxygen content and higher ph values, in the dry season the opposite happens , streams dry up snow stops melting , so the stream turns into a series of isolated pools , in theese pools the oxogen content slowly drops as does ph and water level , in the aquarium this can be replicated by installing a sio, tunze ect powerhead at the surface during winter months , when summer comes round we can drop the level of the water ,turn off the pumps at the surface and add hardwood leaves to soften the water , by mimicing nature in this way we stand the best chance of getting these wonderfull fish to breed in aquaria , and also ensure they are at there happiest

    other notes: they are from a small area and not very many are thought to live in the wild , they have not yet bred in the aquarium together with falling prices this is without doubt going to be putting excesive pressure on wild stocks , before we know it there will be no more left!!

    as the prices have fell this has unfortunatly meant that they are available to more people and more people will but these fish as an impulse buy ,many of them are dieing at the hands of people who know no better , every owner of this fish should try and breed it to try and ensure the contunuance of this fish not only in aquariums but also in the wild

    Breeding: not yet acheived in the aquarium . thoughts are that following there natural pattern will be the key with this species , know to be a mouthbrooder from a male specimen caught in the wild carrying young.
    some people have opted to keep theres in seperate aquariums while they grow . bringing them together when sexually mature , to save on deaths from fighting while growing up


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    Re: Channa Species Reference

    Scientific name: Channa sp turquoise

    Common name: gachua turquoise - note DNA tests have now proved this to be a valid species seperate from gachua
    (latest update - there is now some doubt over the results of the dna tests
    carried out on this species. so for the time being we can still assume this fish
    my possably be in the gachua complex and by refered to as

    "gachua var. turquoise" until further dna tests can be carried out


    Maximum size: new species -suspected around 20-25cm

    Origin: Southern: Brahmaputra River basin, Assam, India

    Temperament: fairly mild as long as well structered tank provided

    Company: best kept in a species tank , do not mix with tropicals as these are sub-tropical fish and will not fair well
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    Water parameters: Temperature 18-25 c ;a sub tropical species found near the rainbow habbitat , pH avoid extreams, slighly softer wateris prefered


    breeding : as with other gachua species breeding should not prove difficult , and they can pair up and breed from a suprisingly small size of around 3-4 inches. for all all other breeding information please refer to gachua care sheet


    Identification: looks very much like gachua but with blue turqoise running lenght of body that is more visable in natural light ,classic gachua red band on cardinal fin and under eyes

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    Re: Channa Species Reference

    Credits to MFKers Plausible and Tropheus

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    Re: Channa Species Reference

    Hi fingerling,

    Some of the pictures are not credited. I'm concerned that you may not have permission from the original owner to use the pictures. It's an infringement of the copyright law.

    If you cannot contact them directly, at least put a link to where the image is from so that all readers can go the the source if they want to see more details.

    Cheers,
    I have dwarf cichlids in my tanks! Do you?

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    Re: Channa Species Reference

    Sure i will. Thanks for the tip.

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    Re: Channa Species Reference

    Hi,Thanks for the useful info................

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    Re: Channa Species Reference

    Thank you for the time to put this thread up fingerling. Great deal of info for Channa lovers all in one place..what else can anyone ask for.

    Just a question...is there any sp assam for sale so far in Singapore yet?

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    Yes, Channa sp assam is available in Singapore every now and then. You might have to check with your LFS in regards to this.

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    Re: Channa Species Reference

    Hmm pretty challenging to ask them about assam cause the lfs uses their own chinese nicknames for the fishes. Nevertheless will try. If not then i guess i have to sweep the farms then. Just went to a farm yesterday and they have a whole tub full of Bleheri at 5inches. Was hoping to find smaller ones actually.

    Nevertheless, please do inform me if any of you folks do come across assam please.

    Thank you in advance.

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    Re: Channa Species Reference

    Quote Originally Posted by Fingerling View Post
    Scientific name: Channa Striata

    Common name: Chevron Snakehead, Striped Snakehead, Haruan ,Toman Paya

    tank: due to the size and aggresiveness of this fish only the largest of home aquaria should be considered , if keeping more than one in a tank a lot of cover at surface and structures to break the line of sight between the fish should be used
    I tried putting 2 of them together. They are about 10cm in length. there are lots of rocks and vegetation in the tank for them to hide so that they cannot "see" each other. However, the dominant one will seek out the weaker one and attack it until it die.

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    Re: Channa Species Reference

    Sorry for your loss, what sized tank were they housed in?

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    Re: Channa Species Reference

    Any idea on the variant of my belheri, their dorsal spots are quite obvious, which I do not see in some other belheri.







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