Damn, my little albino SH is a killer

[rumblesushi]

sg - I'm almost 100% sure it is. It looks exactly like that link I posted above which is an albino micropeltes.

It also looks very underdeveloped for a fish that's around 4 inches. It's also absurdly aggressive. It has to be micropeltes.

Btw have you tried any tankmates with your 2 micros?

 

[Heppy]

it still could be channa striata there too are aggresive and get big. usually channa micropeltes is quite peaceful till it gets like 10"

 

[rumblesushi]

How big do striata get?

I was thinking maybe striata until I saw the baby albino micropeltes pics, which look exactly like mine.

 

[DanDanUK]

You know I said I bought a 4+ inch spotted gar at the same time?

Well the little channa killed it today. This little guy. About 3.5 inches.

Unbelievable. I saw the channa go for it a couple of times yesterday, but thought nothing of it, the gar just darted of, didn't think it was anything serious.

Today I came back to see the gar floating around with lacerations and blood on his side. Didn't look like a fatal wound, but was obviously enough for a baby fish.

And the little channa was still trying to bite him when he was dead hahahahahha.

This made me think it HAS to be an albino of a giant snakehead. I can't imagine any other type of SH being this aggressive at this size. He's tiny, looks like a tadpole. He's gonna grow into a killer.

Well i'm sorry to hear about your Gar Rob.

Snakeheads are pure evil little ******** and it's supprising how young they are when they learn to kill like that.

It would have only happened when they got bigger unless you was to move one of them.

 

[rumblesushi]

I figured there would not be a problem until they hit about 10-12 inches, I was planning on keeping them together until the SH became aggressive.

I really didn't expect it to become this aggressive after only 2 days.

Anymore suggestions for tankmates?

 

[sgland]

Btw have you tried any tankmates with your 2 micros?

Nope!

But i itching 4 an aro. But they just too expensive to risk. It's a matter of time a fight broke out even if things seem peaceful at first.

Hopefully i can get one in the wild

 

[Capo]

Damn, i love little fish (and big) with big personality, its good when they are active too, i mean, he didnt kill the gar when the light were off did he?
That is the most frustrating thing, not knowing what your fish is really like until its too dark to see them!
But yeah, awesome fish!

 

[DanDanUK]

I figured there would not be a problem until they hit about 10-12 inches, I was planning on keeping them together until the SH became aggressive.

I really didn't expect it to become this aggressive after only 2 days.

Anymore suggestions for tankmates?

How big is your tank your keeping him in ? Or did you mention in a PM that you had a pond ?

Well if you have a big enough space for them the only thing i would suggest to you would be another Snakehead keep them in a speices tank as you have found out they are extreamly agressive and don't combine well with other fish speices.

If your curious as to what it acctually did to you gar check out Raymans video footage of his snakehead and thats what it did to your gar !

 

[IoStrisciare]

and albinos are supposed to be quieter and less aggressive!

hahaha... tt puts an end to that myth.

 

[rumblesushi]

seriously? Why are albinos meant to be less aggressive?