micropeltes

I'm planning on doing a dwarf sagittaria and sagittaria broadleaf carpet on my next project and I wonder if it's worth the effort. Will adult Channa micropeltes dig? Say 30" big? I'm planning a 2-3" thickness for sand supported by ferts for the sagittaria. If that does not work, garden soil and...

Just sharing the hard to get variant of micropeltes to the MFK community. These bad boys look real exotic when small to juvenile. As they mature they resemble a lot like a normal micropeltes would except for different patterns on the body with more pronounced blue hues of a diplogramma. Enjoy!