Setts71 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 9:49 pmHere you go, this was taken from an aquarium forum ;
Hi fishos.
You won't believe it but last thursday I was driving to work and I saw a fish flapping on the road. It's just a narrow potholed stretch of road and this part is next to a bit of a swamp so I assume it came from there. It was already pretty dry but I picked it up and continued to drive to work where I put it in a biscuit tin full of water.
So, atleast 20 minutes out of water and no worries at all. It's a definate snakehead, Channa striata so I have an aggressive little fella on my hands!
No wonder they aren't allowed in Australia as they fact they can breath air (I've read they drown if they can't actually get to the water surface) and are a wicked predator would make a volatile combination against any Aussie fish.
So, busily trying to find a local to whip me up some tanks as this has given me the preverbial boot and now the ban from the wife for tanks is over (8 month ban once we left Moura), I think it's time for a few 4x2x2's.
At the moment it's just living in a bucket and getting a diet of bugs and grasshoppers at the moment until I can get it into a tank environment.
Has anyone had any success keeping snakeheads before?
Cheers,
Andrew.
Looking at the main post I would expect a visit from the Fisheries depth, there's probably a law that prohibits them