Water Change

[crayfishjamie]

How often should I do water changes for my channa bleheri, and how much? Cheers

 

[fishguy2727]

Weekly, enough to keep the nitrate concentration under 20ppm BEFORE a water change.

 

[ron4sum1]

How often should I do water changes for my channa bleheri, and how much? Cheers

It depends. If your filter's already matured, then weekly, about 20-30% change. If it's a new one, then about daily, 50%!

 

[ron4sum1]

How often should I do water changes for my channa bleheri, and how much? Cheers

It depends. If your filter's already matured, then weekly, about 20-30% change. If it's a new one, then about daily, 50%!

 

[gasmask]

Hi.
A small weekly water change will be more than sufficient.
Most Channa (especially smaller) live in quite stagnant waters.
Some even in swampy water pools!

 

[crayfishjamie]

Ok thanks for the replies, weekly it is then. Just one more thing, I want to get some sort of live food for them like mealworms, will they be ok? Also could I use cockles that are in jars from the supermarket? Thanks

 

[talisker]

i asked this question on the snakehead form and a lot of people on there only change the water 4 times a year.