dwarf snakehead

[bichir boi]

Hey, is it a risk to add it to my senegalus. The tank is about 30 gals. I am getting a large tank in a few months. Will it kill the bichir even though its a lot smaller?

 

[CFC]

Snakeheads are always a risk to add with any fish, dwarf snakeheads are usually less aggressive but are still very capable of dismantling other fish a bite at a time.
If you want to keep dwarf snakeheads in a community style set up then it is recomended to have a divider or spare tank to move the snakehead to in the event that it starts attacking other fish.

 

[bichir boi]

O right ok cheers. I just would like something in the tank for a while, until i get a larger 1 . The only fish i can think of that would be cool and is predatory is a leaf fish, bt i cant find any. I dont think my lfs gets them in.

 

[Black_Ghost_Guy]

Snakeheads are always a risk to add with any fish, dwarf snakeheads are usually less aggressive but are still very capable of dismantling other fish a bite at a time.
If you want to keep dwarf snakeheads in a community style set up then it is recomended to have a divider or spare tank to move the snakehead to in the event that it starts attacking other fish.

I have to disagree. I have never had problems with gachuas, and any that I've kept haven't even gone after fishes small enough to eat. They should do alright together, although in this case it would indeed be a risky, snakehads often do not tolerate fishes that look at all similar to themselves.

 

[CFC]

Snakeheads are always a risk to add with any fish, dwarf snakeheads are usually less aggressive but are still very capable of dismantling other fish a bite at a time.
If you want to keep dwarf snakeheads in a community style set up then it is recomended to have a divider or spare tank to move the snakehead to in the event that it starts attacking other fish.

I have to disagree. I have never had problems with gachuas, and any that I've kept haven't even gone after fishes small enough to eat. They should do alright together, although in this case it would indeed be a risky, snakehads often do not tolerate fishes that look at all similar to themselves.

I too have kept gachua's in a community set up (i now have a breeding pair) and for the most part i didnt have any problems keeping a single gachua with other large fish, until one day it decided to kill my redfinned wolf fish and ripped up a bellycrawler pike quite badly.

I didnt say it cant be done just that you have to be prepared to act in the event that the SH gets a flea up its butt and decides to go homicidal on your other fish.

 

[Black_Ghost_Guy]

I never said that you said that it couldn't be done ( ) just stating that for the most part gachuas can be kept in a community setting without problems.

 

[bichir boi]

Lol! A dwarf snakehead did that wow. Wolf fish i thought are the worst for aggression and pure evilness!! I not going to risk it then, i like my senegalus to much!

 

[Black_Ghost_Guy]

Yes, it would be best, because, like I said, they will also go after any fish that look similar to themselves (thus the pike/wolf whoopings). Also, redfinned wolf fish are not particularly aggressive...

 

[bichir boi]

I just thought all wolf fish were aggressive specially wit them teeth!

 

[CFC]

Oh red finned wolf fish are aggressive, just not as aggressive as other wolf fish or snakeheads

 

[Black_Ghost_Guy]

Oh red finned wolf fish are aggressive, just not as aggressive as other wolf fish or snakeheads

Yeah, I guess that I've been desynthesized to aggressive fish. H. Malabaricus is the godfather of all evil fish, though.