Channa Pulchra Peacock Snakehead Care Vlog (ENG)
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- Care Vlog for my three Channa Pulchra going into basics of care, tank setup, temperature and feeding. Stay tuned for more videos on Channa coming soon!
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I am from Myanmar 😊
many channa keepers there in Myanmar😁
Beautiful 👋
Thank you! 😊
awesome vid
thank you, glad you enjoyed it😁
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Awesome video, thanks for all the information on these gorgeous fish!
I got a channa pulchra a week or 2 ago. A juvenile of around 10-12cm. I keep it in a 450l tank, sand substrate, internal eheim filter (1000l/h). So far he or she is doing great, just found a type of pellets that it'll eat as well. I do however have a question on feeding. How often do you feed yours? Is it for example better to feed a little bit every day or better one nice, big meal every 2-3 days. I'm curious what regiment you use as mine always seems hungry and will eat his/her belly nice and round. So i don't think I can go by the fish's apetite as an indicator :D
They will eat until they literally kill themselves, so best not to go by their hunger as a gauge😂. For the juveniles i will feed a little bit every day, with a pulchra about 10-12cm i would drop down to a few pellets three times a week. Channa honestly look their best when they are slimmer and when they are round and plump its not a great look. My friend who has a large Channa Aurantimaculata (45 cm) only feeds his once a month and its in radiant health although that might be a bit extreme! Resist the temptation to feed them even when they are begging at the glass and in the long run will overall be better for your pulchra.😁
@@ChannaScaping Awesome thanks for the reply! It's quite hard to find reliable information on how to care for these awesome fish 🙂
What leawes do you use? Catappa?
The 3 channa can be yoguether when they grow?
These three had to be separated later on, I recommend 6 in one tank if you dont want them to fight. Thats the minimum where they can co-exist.
Beautiful fish and tank! How big do C.Pulchra get?
Pulchra get to 30CM/12 inches max usually, still quite manageable
@ChannaScaping Love the videos! Can't wait for more longer videos!
I bought 1 yesterday about 3 inch. How often do you feed them? Thanks!
3 times a week is good when they are that size
I have a channa ornatipinnis yellow lips in a bare bottom tank with artificial creepers at the bottom for hiding and water lettuce on top...i m afraid to use substrate as I m not sure about certain things.. please tell me how often do you make water changes and what percentage of water do you change? I am also confused about gravel vacuuming..how often do we vacuum the gravel?..i am scared that the food particles left in the substrate will pollute the water or will become a cause for bacterial or fungal infection...pl. help... For example,in a tank of 3/2/2-4/2/2 ft. With a stewarti or orna,how should we do the maintenance...the stewarti tank has gravel, driftwood,rocks and water lettuce on top ...pl. share your experience and help me know what kind of maintenance routine works best for channa with a tank with gravel and a lot of rocks driftwood and hiding spaces...
For my Channa tanks, its 30% every two weeks. If you change too much they sometimes go into a kind of shock and refuse to eat for a few days. If you can see your tank is visibly dirty though, you can suck out the food waste before scheduled water changes. I have tanks which are bare bottom, which have gravel, sand and soil and if you want easy maintenance I would say stick with bare botton. Its easier to clean but it is initially more difficult to get the water cycled as less media and space for good bacteria to breed in the the tank. Sometimes my bare bottom tanks have bacterial bloom for weeks after setup which never happens with those which have substrate. If you choose to use substrate, I would say choose a sand over gravel as gravel collects more food waste in the spaces in between it, but with sand you can more easily suck it from the top of the surface. See this vid for what i mean: czcams.com/video/vBfU1vk5zfY/video.html. I wont use gravel or lava rock anymore after my experiences with the substrate becoming very dirty and causing problems. Its fine for other fish like nano fish who eat less but not for carnivorous fish I feel. I will either use sand or bare bottom now.
@@ChannaScaping thanks a ton for sharing these details buddy...i also felt the same thing but saw videos and spoke to a few people who got me confused because all that didn't work for me at all...it's crystal clear to me now though after interaction with you...i have not seen or spoken to anybody who explains in such detail and with so much passion and clarity...it is really kind and very generous of you to spare time for responding to such detailed issues of fishkeepers like me... most importantly,you make this look simple & fun and don't complicate it like most people with experience do...With so much knowledge,you could have acted like royalty like most experienced hobbyists but you are very humble...in the past few months,i have learned a lot from you..thanks again brother...
they breed quite easly i manage to breed them in my pond
i just had a pair that was enough
I havent managed to get a pair formed of Pulchra yet. Am getting a few more soon and trying to see if I can get some pairing going on. Great to hear they breed easily!
what will be the max size?
max size is reached at about 30cm for a pulchra or orna
How big they can get? Would 55 gallons fit 1?
about 30 cm max size. 55 gallons is a nice size for one
@@ChannaScaping thanks for replying! I have a link from a store said Peacock/barca Channa. But I couldn’t tell which kind is it. It’s so hard to find channa in the U.S due to States Laws. I can’t send link on CZcams, but I would appreciate if you can help me tell what kind is it.
Hello, I have an aquarium of 240 liters 120x40x50 how much pulchra can I keep together ?? Iam thinking for 4 to control the aggressiveness... what do you believe ??
to be safe, I would go for five minimum. Even more if you can afford it. I think that tank size is great for a group like. It wont be big enough when they are all old but by then, hopefully you will already have a pair and the others will have been recmoved.
@@ChannaScapingI have found channa pulchra for 50 euros for each fish and I am thinking of buying 4 of them because I can't have more and to start with putting them in 60 liters until they grow a little.... If I put 5 channa in 240 liters won't that be too much?? each fish is about 30 cm long and my aquarium is 120 x 40 cm and for now I don't care if a couple comes out.... 4 fish won't be enough??
when will they turn blue? 😅
Hi! I'm planning to keep Channa pulchra. Is it okay to keep it in a communal tank? The tank already has a silver gar, and 4 Raphael catfish.
Sometimes it works, usually it doesn't. Silver gar and the pulchra may fight or the catfish may be attacked. Channa are usually best left in species only tanks
@@ChannaScaping Got it! Decided not to buy it. Thank you for the reply 😁
recommend me best channa for 3ft
(20gal) tank
A pulchra or an orna is best for a 3ft tank
@@ChannaScaping Thanks
Whats a good tank size for a pair?
nice size would be a 4 ft tank I think for a pair
@@ChannaScaping perfect, that's what I got, thanks.
Hi! Are there any other species of channa that are about the same size? Around 30cm?
Yes, Channa Ornatipinnis , Stewartii are the common ones you can find which get to the same size
@@ChannaScaping got channa ornatipinnis! Very beautiful fish! H
Just got 2 little pulchra hopefully it turns out to be male and female pair later on if not then I'll buy an adult male or adult female, they are always swimming next to eachother and following eachother everywhere and rubbing against eachother while swimming, I don't Want to breed them just have a breeding pair think it's cool
Hoping the best, but monitor them as they settle in the tank and as they grow. I've had Channa i thought were pairs that later on started tearing into each other, so you will need to monitor carefully.
@@ChannaScapingthey are about 15cm now, 1 is slightly longer and considerably bulkier especially on the head, the smaller ones keeps going after the bigger one in a non aggressive way trying to wrap its body around the larger one but the bigger on that I think is a male is paying no attention for the most part and just goes about its business
@@ChannaScaping and the colouration is similar to yours blue body, yellow/orange spots, on the tail and bottom fin it's a orange/yellow and the top fin is Green/yellowish
Hi. May I ask what ph is best for channa pulchra?
Slightly acidic, pH 6.5 seems the best
@@ChannaScaping thanks for answering. Do you know can I keep other fish with pulchra and if yes what is the best tank mate?
Any update of breeding
How much cm this tank
100cm x 45cm
what channa species we can keep in aquarium
Any of them as long as your tank is big enough :)