Unfortunately since i did renovation last year, the fish room is now half a store room as well😂. Has been difficult for me to film, so I am looking at moving the fish into a different location outside my home to get the videos going again
may i know i just got my channa blue bleheri , but he seems to stay at the bottom of the tank , just got it for about 1 day , still not eating bloodworms , got a young one
Channa Blue Bleheri is Channa Andrao I think. Many wont move for the first few days as they get used to the tank. The better your tank is set up, the quicker they will come out. Use plants, rocks, wood, pots to give them somewhere to hide. The larger your tank is as well, the quicker they adjust. After about 5 days to a week they eventually start eating.
Hi, can the following fishes live peacefully together in a 125 gallon tank? All fishes are 3”-5” 1 - Channa Pulchra 1 - Channa Asiatica 2 - Albino Silver Arowana 4 - Silver dollars Thank you.
The pulchra and asiatica will start fighting almost immediately usually. Am not sure about the interactions with the arowana but the tank setups for arowanas are usually very different from that needed by Channa, so I wouldnt recommend this setup unfortunately.
how big do these fish get on maximum size. i would not keep one if i cannot provide the best for it. i have a 3.5 ft x 2 ft (7 sq ft tank base ) 18 inch in height. is it good enough for keeping 1 one fish only?
Depends on what your room temperature is and where you live. If you live somewhere with 4 seasons its probably ok to just use no heating and let the water stay at room temperature all year round. Goes down in the winter and rises accordingly in the summer.
How about the lighting? do they require lighting? ive read that they do not like strong lighting. thats what happen to my channa andrao. he seems to be inactive and the colours on its body do not flare that much.
Yes i dont use strong lighting, just enough to light the front of the tank and leave them dark areas in the back where they can go and hide into. The more hiding places you give them, the more comfortable they are..
Possession and transport is illegal in most states, which is why even if your state doesnt have a ban, you are unlikely to find them there as they cant be transported through other states to get there. If you look at the Facebook Snakehead groups there are some US based owners, you might want to message some of them and ask where they got their fish from, they might be able to help😁
Great video got a 45g tank was thinking about these guys do you think 1 on its own would do ok or would you advise getting 2 and if so would a heavily planted 45g tank be big enough or the 2 thanks dude look forward to more content 👍
That tank is just nice for a small group. I wouldn't get 2 though, if they dont like each other it will be endless fighting between them. Would recommend trying to get 3 and preferably getting mix of male and females. 4 or 5 would be even better so that aggression is spread out more. You will need to setup the tank properly so they have hiding spaces and so that line of sight is broken up. They will fight anyway regardless for the first week or so but they settle down later if they can find their own space. If you also decide to keep just one then you dont have to worry about all that.
@@ChannaScaping thanks so much I will be setting up soon just gonna move things around and thinking about a different tank now maybe a 4 or 5 foot tank as Iv made space in my fish room / basement with that in mind would you recommend 4 or 5 ? There will be loads of plants and wood to be fair I want to set it up very similar to your set ups love that look. Been looking at bigger ones like the golden cobra what size tank would you recommend for one of them and last thing in your opinion if you were me would you go for a small group of the rainbow in the 4 of 5 foot or one bigger golden cobra Also just like to say your videos on snakeheads are the best I can find will be following you for new updates thanks 🙏
@@thomasraymail With a 4/5 ft tank thats perfect for a sizeable group - 5-7 fishes definitely, no problem there! Golden cobras really need big tanks, I have a small one in a 3ft tank now (video coming soon!) but that will need to be upgraded to probably a 5ft in a year. I like keeping both groups of the dwarf snakeheads as well as solo fish of the larger species. They both have their joy in different ways, with the groups you get to see the interactions and hopefully breeding of course, with the larger ones you get this really large majestic fish with amazing finnage and movement. Keeping groups is more challenging though because you have to monitor the fighting and squabbling between them so keeping solo specimens is probably easier. Thanks for the kind words on the content, more videos on new species are coming soon (Golden Cobra and Maruliodes)!
Thanks man will look out for new video and hope to be setting something up in the next 1-3 months will let you know what I decide keep up the great video 😊
If you dont want to buy an aquarium hood and want to keep the ADA60P looking nice, I would suggest getting clear acrylic cut to size of the tank (60cm x 30cm) and using that as a cover. Make sure the acrylic is heavy enough to be able to withstand some jumps. Acrylic bends on exposure to water though so you need to flip the lip around occasionally to make sure it doesnt get too warped.
Ask Google its a bit quicker... Rainbow snakehead (Channa bleheri) This is a small, relatively peaceful member of the dwarf snakehead complex. The Rainbow is among the most colourful of all snakeheads and reaching about 20cm/7.8” is as suited for the community tank as the Dwarf. The Dwarf snakehead, especially those from northern India, should be maintained in cooler water of 18-25°C/64-77°F with more middle-of-the-road water parameters (pH 6.0-7.5, GH 6 to 8) being ideal. Reaching only 20cm/7.8”, the Dwarf is relatively docile and can be maintained in a community tank with other fishes of similar size.
What are the tank dimensions for a group of these snakeheads? Can you keep the bleheri with chocolate snake head? If i keep them in an open top planted tank are there ways to get around not having a lid? (2 or 3 inch glass lip, or maybe a taller tank so there are a few inches of room to jump) Thank you for your reply
Keeping 3 in a 90 x 45 x 45 cm tank with plenty of hiding spaces. If you want more, go bigger. Open top is really tough, glass lip wont work, they will always find the space where they can jump through. if you wanted to go for a taller tank, then maybe putting 24 inches (yes!) between the top of the water and the top of the tank and then putting a lip around it would work, but that would be a really weird tank shape and I think that would have to be custom. They have two types of jump, one is where they just start from the top of the water surface and that is only a few inches and people think that maybe giving some clearance at the top will be enough, but they have another type of jump where they start from the bottom of the tank and power themselves out of the water and that is where they can really get some height! I have seen even baby bleheri jump 30CM out of the tank and adults can launch themselves with more power, so maybe with 60CM I might feel its ok but even then I dont think I would be sleeping well at night...
@@crowbarfish0812 Plenty big for one, would be perfect for a pair at that size. For bleheri they dont dig into the substrate so I find they dont mess up the plants at all and work well for planted tanks.
hi, now im confused. last i heard/ read was that Bleheri's come from strong current rivers, where the oxygen level is very high. plus that Bleheri's may be prone to fungus/ bacteria, especially if kept in warmer areas. so i diverted my pump outlet rainbar to spray directly into the Bleheri's section, but also added a "retarder" just 1cm below the waterline so that the water jets will hit the retarder (its just a piece of tubing the same length as the rainbar) right after entering the water, so that the current isnt too crazy, yet i will be getting very high oxygenation. . the rainbar used to be submerged underwater and pretty much far away from the Bleheri's. they seemed pretty calm, and like to just float around the mid to top column of the water, perfectly still, like in some sort of zen meditation. . now, they tend to stay away from the rainbar, and do that zen thing perched on some of those long superfast-growing plants. however, they sometimes seem to enjoy perching on the retarder itself, directly against the rainbar jets. which kinda surprised me! im also hoping this behaviour, and the availability of high pressure jets from the rainbar, will help prevent bacteria and fungus, whereas back then, the waters were too calm and still and i kept worrying. . i do live in a warmer tropical country, and only turn on the aircon at night when i get home. i hope this setup helps overall.
There are some species like Stewartii and I think Pardalis which come from stream areas which faster moving water but I think Bleheri's natural habitat is going to be very similar to this video czcams.com/video/-fgq-rvhQtA/video.html I use rainbars for my big fish like Barca and Auranti because i prefer the stronger suction to clean out their food as they are big messy eaters. The bacterial problems are caused more by the heat at constant high temperatures weakening their immune systems it seems and not really to do with the bacteria in the tank . Anyway, I think a rainbar just dropping water down on the surface is going to be fine. Just dont use those pumps which generate actual waves in the aquarium. As long as there are still areas in the tank where they can go into that 'zen' mode I think its fine and is not distressing them. I set my aircon only at night now at 20c which drops the water temp to about 18c and then in the day it raises to about 22c. I am going to be using less aircon for the May, June, July, August months to try and mimic a summer and hopefully get some breeding activity going on. During the winter months i lwill eave the aircon on during the day at intervals (one hr on and one hr off) using a timer and then on all at night. It costs a bit on the electric bill but I have all my subtropical channa in one room so its much more efficient than trying to use a chiller or fans or whatever.
do you know any fish that could go with bleheri? Some cory species can go to 16 degrees but im scared if they get eaten the snakehead dies because of the spikes. I tried some native botia's but they kept attacking the snakehead so i had to rehome them. Kinda out of options and i feel like he is happier with something in the tank. He used to be with a bichir and they chilled the whole day laying on each other. But now the bichir went to a bigger tank of mine and he is alone and looks depressed. Or it might just be the winterperiod that got him looking depressed im not sure.
Saw a few people keep Hoplo catfish with their dwarf snakeheads quite successfully. A bit like cories but too big to get swallowed. The other option I was going to mention were senegal bichirs but you already mentioned those! During the winter period Bleheri will slow down and not move and eat much which is what you might be seeing as it being a bit sad, but honestly they are perfectly happy alone, in fact they are probably happiest alone!
@@ChannaScaping but you cant keep bichirs and hoplo's at 16C so thats a no go sadly anyway. Luckily i got a big square tank with hoplo's and bichirs next to the channa tank XD
@@andersverschuren2372 Yeah, bichirs and hoplos cant take the temp drop unfortunately, I just remembered someone who kept Bleheri with pond loaches (weather loaches) quite successfully, that might be an option for the bottom layer clean up crew..
@@ChannaScaping thats so cool i love those kind of loaches. they are native species where i come from even. def gone add some if i find a bigger species. I take that kuhli loaches get eaten .
2-3 times a week for adults and more often for small ones. sponge filters are great for 1-2 snakeheads but if you have a group they will eat a lot and produce a lot of waste so would recommend something with more mechanical capability such as HOB or Canister.
@@crowbarfish0812 I use all types of filters nowadays as Im just seeing what works well: Sponge, Internal, canisters, sumps they all work well depending on the number of fish and the size of the tank. Overflow sump will work perfectly, no worries about that I think.
@@ChannaScaping how many channa bleheri can I keep in a tank 3 feet by 1.5 feet tank and how many can I keep in a tank of 4/2/2 ? And is a top filter good enough for 3-5 bleheri? Also i needed to ask you,i just got a wild caught adult stewarti which is not taking either pellets or dried shrimps...it's been 5 days now ... what to do?i m really tensed...all other channa,like stiktos,andrao,my other Stewarti are now taking pellets and dried shrimps..but not this one .. how to start feeding...it is too shy,keeps hiding and has not taken any food yet..i dont have bloodworms available in my City..what to do?can I feed live feeder fish like guppies or zebra danios?... Please suggest how to get this to start feeding..i leave pellets or dried shrimps overnight also but it doesn't eat...
I know its difficult to fully tell them apart. I have some Bleheri which I now think are Brunnea, but nevermind, I have also given up on trying to fully ID them😅😅
I love this I have a Channa andreo myself they ar Elustondo such pocket sized predators
Nice content, Thanks!
great vid
Thank you😁
Amazing...😍😍😍
can we have a fish room tour?
Unfortunately since i did renovation last year, the fish room is now half a store room as well😂. Has been difficult for me to film, so I am looking at moving the fish into a different location outside my home to get the videos going again
may i know i just got my channa blue bleheri , but he seems to stay at the bottom of the tank , just got it for about 1 day , still not eating bloodworms , got a young one
Channa Blue Bleheri is Channa Andrao I think. Many wont move for the first few days as they get used to the tank. The better your tank is set up, the quicker they will come out. Use plants, rocks, wood, pots to give them somewhere to hide. The larger your tank is as well, the quicker they adjust. After about 5 days to a week they eventually start eating.
Hi, can the following fishes live peacefully together in a 125 gallon tank?
All fishes are 3”-5”
1 - Channa Pulchra
1 - Channa Asiatica
2 - Albino Silver Arowana
4 - Silver dollars
Thank you.
The pulchra and asiatica will start fighting almost immediately usually. Am not sure about the interactions with the arowana but the tank setups for arowanas are usually very different from that needed by Channa, so I wouldnt recommend this setup unfortunately.
how big do these fish get on maximum size. i would not keep one if i cannot provide the best for it. i have a 3.5 ft x 2 ft (7 sq ft tank base ) 18 inch in height. is it good enough for keeping 1 one fish only?
Maximum is 6 inches, your tank can easily hold a group of them very comfortably and is much more fun keeping Bleheri in groups.☺
Can i keep one snakehead in a 37 gallon or 40?
for just one bleheri? Plenty of space there. Absolutely no problems/ People usually keep groups of small snakeheads in those sizes..
Very nice Bro 😍😍
thank you😁
In the winter in the garage, that sucks. Winter you are at home alot to watch the fish, summer you more outside. Yikes
Depends on what your room temperature is and where you live. If you live somewhere with 4 seasons its probably ok to just use no heating and let the water stay at room temperature all year round. Goes down in the winter and rises accordingly in the summer.
@@ChannaScaping summer actually cooler than the winter, winter its like 21 celcius and summer 20 cause we dont heat in summer
@@ChannaScaping butttt i have other fish in there aswell so the only thing holding me back is that temperature drop
How about the lighting? do they require lighting? ive read that they do not like strong lighting. thats what happen to my channa andrao. he seems to be inactive and the colours on its body do not flare that much.
Yes i dont use strong lighting, just enough to light the front of the tank and leave them dark areas in the back where they can go and hide into. The more hiding places you give them, the more comfortable they are..
We did you pick up your snakeheads? I am in us and I am having a hard time finding them even though where I live they are not illegal
Possession and transport is illegal in most states, which is why even if your state doesnt have a ban, you are unlikely to find them there as they cant be transported through other states to get there.
If you look at the Facebook Snakehead groups there are some US based owners, you might want to message some of them and ask where they got their fish from, they might be able to help😁
@@ChannaScaping I appreciate the assistance 😅 tysm
Great video got a 45g tank was thinking about these guys do you think 1 on its own would do ok or would you advise getting 2 and if so would a heavily planted 45g tank be big enough or the 2 thanks dude look forward to more content 👍
That tank is just nice for a small group. I wouldn't get 2 though, if they dont like each other it will be endless fighting between them. Would recommend trying to get 3 and preferably getting mix of male and females. 4 or 5 would be even better so that aggression is spread out more. You will need to setup the tank properly so they have hiding spaces and so that line of sight is broken up. They will fight anyway regardless for the first week or so but they settle down later if they can find their own space. If you also decide to keep just one then you dont have to worry about all that.
@@ChannaScaping thanks so much I will be setting up soon just gonna move things around and thinking about a different tank now maybe a 4 or 5 foot tank as Iv made space in my fish room / basement with that in mind would you recommend 4 or 5 ? There will be loads of plants and wood to be fair I want to set it up very similar to your set ups love that look. Been looking at bigger ones like the golden cobra what size tank would you recommend for one of them and last thing in your opinion if you were me would you go for a small group of the rainbow in the 4 of 5 foot or one bigger golden cobra
Also just like to say your videos on snakeheads are the best I can find will be following you for new updates thanks 🙏
@@thomasraymail With a 4/5 ft tank thats perfect for a sizeable group - 5-7 fishes definitely, no problem there! Golden cobras really need big tanks, I have a small one in a 3ft tank now (video coming soon!) but that will need to be upgraded to probably a 5ft in a year.
I like keeping both groups of the dwarf snakeheads as well as solo fish of the larger species. They both have their joy in different ways, with the groups you get to see the interactions and hopefully breeding of course, with the larger ones you get this really large majestic fish with amazing finnage and movement. Keeping groups is more challenging though because you have to monitor the fighting and squabbling between them so keeping solo specimens is probably easier.
Thanks for the kind words on the content, more videos on new species are coming soon (Golden Cobra and Maruliodes)!
Thanks man will look out for new video and hope to be setting something up in the next 1-3 months will let you know what I decide keep up the great video 😊
@@thomasraymail Keep us updated and good luck!
I’m planning to setup a channa tank with Ada 60p , but since you scare me about the jump. How can I come about solving that issue?
If you dont want to buy an aquarium hood and want to keep the ADA60P looking nice, I would suggest getting clear acrylic cut to size of the tank (60cm x 30cm) and using that as a cover. Make sure the acrylic is heavy enough to be able to withstand some jumps. Acrylic bends on exposure to water though so you need to flip the lip around occasionally to make sure it doesnt get too warped.
Don’t mind buying anything to prevent on it jumping out. I’ll try searching around
I have a question can they have any other type of fish in with them? Like cichlids? And are they a brackish water fish?
Ask Google its a bit quicker...
Rainbow snakehead (Channa bleheri)
This is a small, relatively peaceful member of the dwarf snakehead complex. The Rainbow is among the most colourful of all snakeheads and reaching about 20cm/7.8” is as suited for the community tank as the Dwarf.
The Dwarf snakehead, especially those from northern India, should be maintained in cooler water of 18-25°C/64-77°F with more middle-of-the-road water parameters (pH 6.0-7.5, GH 6 to 8) being ideal. Reaching only 20cm/7.8”, the Dwarf is relatively docile and can be maintained in a community tank with other fishes of similar size.
What are the tank dimensions for a group of these snakeheads? Can you keep the bleheri with chocolate snake head? If i keep them in an open top planted tank are there ways to get around not having a lid? (2 or 3 inch glass lip, or maybe a taller tank so there are a few inches of room to jump)
Thank you for your reply
Keeping 3 in a 90 x 45 x 45 cm tank with plenty of hiding spaces. If you want more, go bigger. Open top is really tough, glass lip wont work, they will always find the space where they can jump through. if you wanted to go for a taller tank, then maybe putting 24 inches (yes!) between the top of the water and the top of the tank and then putting a lip around it would work, but that would be a really weird tank shape and I think that would have to be custom.
They have two types of jump, one is where they just start from the top of the water surface and that is only a few inches and people think that maybe giving some clearance at the top will be enough, but they have another type of jump where they start from the bottom of the tank and power themselves out of the water and that is where they can really get some height! I have seen even baby bleheri jump 30CM out of the tank and adults can launch themselves with more power, so maybe with 60CM I might feel its ok but even then I dont think I would be sleeping well at night...
@@ChannaScaping thank you!!
@@crowbarfish0812 Plenty big for one, would be perfect for a pair at that size. For bleheri they dont dig into the substrate so I find they dont mess up the plants at all and work well for planted tanks.
Got any breeding pair now?
hi, now im confused.
last i heard/ read was that Bleheri's come from strong current rivers, where the oxygen level is very high.
plus that Bleheri's may be prone to fungus/ bacteria, especially if kept in warmer areas.
so i diverted my pump outlet rainbar to spray directly into the Bleheri's section, but also added a "retarder" just 1cm below the waterline so that the water jets will hit the retarder (its just a piece of tubing the same length as the rainbar) right after entering the water, so that the current isnt too crazy, yet i will be getting very high oxygenation.
.
the rainbar used to be submerged underwater and pretty much far away from the Bleheri's. they seemed pretty calm, and like to just float around the mid to top column of the water, perfectly still, like in some sort of zen meditation.
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now, they tend to stay away from the rainbar, and do that zen thing perched on some of those long superfast-growing plants. however, they sometimes seem to enjoy perching on the retarder itself, directly against the rainbar jets. which kinda surprised me! im also hoping this behaviour, and the availability of high pressure jets from the rainbar, will help prevent bacteria and fungus, whereas back then, the waters were too calm and still and i kept worrying.
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i do live in a warmer tropical country, and only turn on the aircon at night when i get home. i hope this setup helps overall.
There are some species like Stewartii and I think Pardalis which come from stream areas which faster moving water but I think Bleheri's natural habitat is going to be very similar to this video czcams.com/video/-fgq-rvhQtA/video.html
I use rainbars for my big fish like Barca and Auranti because i prefer the stronger suction to clean out their food as they are big messy eaters. The bacterial problems are caused more by the heat at constant high temperatures weakening their immune systems it seems and not really to do with the bacteria in the tank . Anyway, I think a rainbar just dropping water down on the surface is going to be fine. Just dont use those pumps which generate actual waves in the aquarium. As long as there are still areas in the tank where they can go into that 'zen' mode I think its fine and is not distressing them.
I set my aircon only at night now at 20c which drops the water temp to about 18c and then in the day it raises to about 22c. I am going to be using less aircon for the May, June, July, August months to try and mimic a summer and hopefully get some breeding activity going on. During the winter months i lwill eave the aircon on during the day at intervals (one hr on and one hr off) using a timer and then on all at night. It costs a bit on the electric bill but I have all my subtropical channa in one room so its much more efficient than trying to use a chiller or fans or whatever.
Good afternoon, is Bleheri available for sale?
Try Aquarium Glaser or MasterFisch in Germany to see if they have stock and if they can export to you.
Yes
Available
do you know any fish that could go with bleheri? Some cory species can go to 16 degrees but im scared if they get eaten the snakehead dies because of the spikes. I tried some native botia's but they kept attacking the snakehead so i had to rehome them. Kinda out of options and i feel like he is happier with something in the tank. He used to be with a bichir and they chilled the whole day laying on each other. But now the bichir went to a bigger tank of mine and he is alone and looks depressed. Or it might just be the winterperiod that got him looking depressed im not sure.
Saw a few people keep Hoplo catfish with their dwarf snakeheads quite successfully. A bit like cories but too big to get swallowed. The other option I was going to mention were senegal bichirs but you already mentioned those!
During the winter period Bleheri will slow down and not move and eat much which is what you might be seeing as it being a bit sad, but honestly they are perfectly happy alone, in fact they are probably happiest alone!
@@ChannaScaping but you cant keep bichirs and hoplo's at 16C so thats a no go sadly anyway. Luckily i got a big square tank with hoplo's and bichirs next to the channa tank XD
@@ChannaScaping thx
@@andersverschuren2372 Yeah, bichirs and hoplos cant take the temp drop unfortunately, I just remembered someone who kept Bleheri with pond loaches (weather loaches) quite successfully, that might be an option for the bottom layer clean up crew..
@@ChannaScaping thats so cool i love those kind of loaches. they are native species where i come from even. def gone add some if i find a bigger species. I take that kuhli loaches get eaten .
Hi! Im planing to keep a snakehead. How often do you feed your snakehead? And Is sponge filter really enough for this guys?
2-3 times a week for adults and more often for small ones. sponge filters are great for 1-2 snakeheads but if you have a group they will eat a lot and produce a lot of waste so would recommend something with more mechanical capability such as HOB or Canister.
@@crowbarfish0812 I use all types of filters nowadays as Im just seeing what works well: Sponge, Internal, canisters, sumps they all work well depending on the number of fish and the size of the tank. Overflow sump will work perfectly, no worries about that I think.
@@ChannaScaping how many channa bleheri can I keep in a tank 3 feet by 1.5 feet tank and how many can I keep in a tank of 4/2/2 ? And is a top filter good enough for 3-5 bleheri? Also i needed to ask you,i just got a wild caught adult stewarti which is not taking either pellets or dried shrimps...it's been 5 days now ... what to do?i m really tensed...all other channa,like stiktos,andrao,my other Stewarti are now taking pellets and dried shrimps..but not this one .. how to start feeding...it is too shy,keeps hiding and has not taken any food yet..i dont have bloodworms available in my City..what to do?can I feed live feeder fish like guppies or zebra danios?... Please suggest how to get this to start feeding..i leave pellets or dried shrimps overnight also but it doesn't eat...
@@CoreStrengthTVI'm starting a new tank do you have any SH you could sell me
omg i give up. who cares if mine are bleheris or brunneas hahaha as long as they are happy and healthy
I know its difficult to fully tell them apart. I have some Bleheri which I now think are Brunnea, but nevermind, I have also given up on trying to fully ID them😅😅