My First Snakeheads: Channa Sp. Assam :)

[Sidrock]

Hi guys,

Today, I finally bought my first Snakeheads.

These fish stand out in my "stock" as:

1. the only fish I have which can be described as "peaceful"

2. which are not going to ridiculously large for their tank

I have 5 specimen between 3 and 4 inches. These are currently kept in a 15 Gal tank with a very large sponge filter and a Boyu internal filter running 24x7.

I will move them to my 50 gal in a couple of months when I get a new tank for my Malawi cichlids.

 

[D12DetroitD12]

Very nice pics. God i wish we could legally have Snake heads here in the U.S. maybe ill move out of the country just to get one

 

[nishant_datta]

very nice pick up sid. these guys color up real nice when bigger.

 

[lungfishlover]

good looking snakeheads!

 

[Sidrock]

Thanks guys..

I haven't had the time to set-up the tank properly in terms of decor and aesthetics. I plan to spend some more time on this over the next week.

I wanted to start with the Dwarfs (sp. Assam seemed a bit more "exclusive" compared to the Channa Bleheri). I plan to get an Auranti in some time before "graduating" to the Barca. "Big Plans", right? ..Let's see how these cheap and cheerful sp. Assams works out..

-Sid

 

[tengxiong]

very nice pics

 

[Matt724]

I've made it a goal of mine to eventually move out of the states just to keep a snakehead (and some other illegals) because they're so gorgeous.

 

[magimango]

stunning!

 

[jeep13820]

i set up my 55 today now my brothers ganna pick up the snakeheads from his friends house. im ganna get 2 baby red snakeheads and ganna go fishing for some baby snook at the canal

 

[jeep13820]

i had 2 baby peacock bass about 1-2 inches that i coaght ina lake but they recently died by ick