Snake Head Fish

[solid1kennels]

has anyone got any experience with snake head fish how have they found there temp with other fish there eating habits etc

[reptilefever]

all i now is they eat anything and everything, if you put them in the same tank as any other fish the snake head will be the only one left! they make piranas look tame ive been told and i wouldnt bother attempting to evan bother to put my hand any where near the tank unless you dont like your fingers

[reptilefever]

watch the beasty in action YouTube - northern snakehead fish in louisiana?

[solid1kennels]

lol so dont u find the ones born in captavity rather than in the wild are different ive known these fish to live aside other fish bigger and smaller but obviously this is not always the case

someone else must have some positive feedback

[daftlassieEmma]

what kind of snakehead?

[reptilefever]

the fish kind, nasty buggers aswell

[Esfa]

there's loads of species of snakeheads. some are fine in a larger community, some grow to the size of your house and have elephants for snacks!

[capester]

There are loads of kinds, all will eat fish that they can swallow whole but don't tend to bother anything else (don't tear chunks or fin nip etc). There are some nice dwarfs that don't get much bigger than a foot and can be kept with medium/ large fish. Stay away from the bigger ones (reds etc) Unless you have a large tropical pond!

[Alkaline]

Most snakeheads are best in species only tanks and should be kept in pairs for breeding or singly as "pets". They will not pair out until maturity and tend to choose their mate from a group - simply sticking a male ansd female in a tank will result in the death of one or both. The standard method of pairing is to select a group of 6 fish as juveniles and keep them together until a pair form from the group.

At this point the pair wil begin to attack any encroaching snakehead and they should be given a tank of their own.

The most easily available and reasonably sized are Channa gachua and Channa blehri.

These species are not the evil voracious fish people would like to think, they will shred each others fins in territorial fights and occasionally eat smaller cohabitors (though ours live with cories and leave them be) but I have never been bitten by any of our six when feeding or doing tank maintenance and don't know anyone who has been tbh.

[HABU]

Originally Posted by Esfa

there's loads of species of snakeheads. some are fine in a larger community, some grow to the size of your house and have elephants for snacks!

yeah boss... i had the red snakeheads...



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