Channa Species Reference

[Fingerling]

Hey nick,

It is a bleheri alright, and possibly a young one. These spots tend to fade away when the C . bleheri matures.

[SCOPE]

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

If these are from taiwan shipment, i suspect these are pulchra

[Fingerling]

If these are from taiwan shipment, i suspect these are pulchra

Hey joe,

Channa pulchra exhibit a much duller colour compared to these bleheris, also they tend to have spots all over their bodies and their finns dont have these orange reddish colour.

[inimicus]

Thanks Nick!

Wow those pics that you posted are really sharp!

[minute_me]

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

they were housed in temporary 2ft tank, with lots of hiding places and obstacle but still it's seek and destroy for the dominant fish. the dominant fish will sneak up to the other fish and bite it's fins and body.

by the way, how do you intoduce your channas to pellet food? starve them?

[Fingerling]

A 2 ft tank for an already 10 cm fish and given the aggresiveness of Channa Striata probably explains why your Channas killed each other. Yes they do need hiding places but there's a larger emphasis to their requirement of territory ( space )

I dont starve them, merely just introduce, and vacuum off the uneaten foods if not taken.

[minute_me]

Is it possible to rear a group of say 5 chana together? I have seen them in the size of 4 to 5 cm in their natural habitat, they are always alone. They only school together when they are very young for eg up to size of 2 to 3cm in size.

I tried to rear them from very young, about size of 2cm. When they get bigger and bigger, it gets lesser and lesser. One in the group will grow faster and stronger than the rest. The strongest one will then start chasing the weak ones. In the end it will be left with one or 2 if u have a very big tank.

[proace92]

wow nice work!

[Fingerling]

Is it possible to rear a group of say 5 chana together? I have seen them in the size of 4 to 5 cm in their natural habitat, they are always alone. They only school together when they are very young for eg up to size of 2 to 3cm in size.

I tried to rear them from very young, about size of 2cm. When they get bigger and bigger, it gets lesser and lesser. One in the group will grow faster and stronger than the rest. The strongest one will then start chasing the weak ones. In the end it will be left with one or 2 if u have a very big tank.

Hi Min, with a big enough tank, sufficent cover their aggression should be at a minimum. But it also depends on the species of channa you are housing. In the wild, most channas are found either alone, or in pairs ( channa pairs stick to each other for life. They have a very strong bond once a pair is formed. ) other than the channa pluero species that hunts in packs. Like all other fish, there would be always be a dominant one in the group. In such cases usually the bigger ones tend to be the males, this also varies with different channa sp. When a pair forms from a group, aggression is taken out on ALL the other tankmates including its own channa species. Hence in the end if you end up with only 2 out of the group, you can safely say you have a bonded pair. Such pairs should be left in their own tank.

[XnSdVd]

EXCELLENT resource thread. Many thanks for posting it =) Has this been stickied yet?

[Hesh69]

coolest thread ever!! fukin awsm

[Twp1219]

Very informative thread! Thumbs up

[Dv4]

Never knew there were so many interesting channas out there...

A trruely informative reference source I would say.

Thanks a lot.

[gkohys]

Hi guys.
Not sure if this is the right thread for my question below, but really appreciate some help.

I've just got a meghalaya leopard recently.
Was fine when I first bought it until i scared him while feeding him one day.
It jumped once and was fine. He was still eating after that.

Later that day I got home finding it's fin all closed and not reacting to me at all.
It either stays at the top or bottom corner and refuses to eat.

Threw in some feeder fish but still untouched when I woke up the next morning.
I'm really not sure what I should do. The only reason I could think of is the scare.

Anyone can help out here? Really appreciate any help.
Thanks!!

[vannel]

Erm.. Sorry to bring up an old thread, but this has relevance to Channa.. So I thought I'd just continue the conversation..

I was wondering if anyone had reliable sources of information on sp. "Fire and Ice".. More towards their biotope/habitat and their temperature requirements (tropical/subtropical)..

What I gather is that they do better in subtropical but is that seasonal? Or year round? I don't have a chiller, but am running a fan over the tank to bring down water temperatures.

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[Joculator]

Very informative!