Mine is channa pleuro... They get along well with arowana... Not like toman harimau(toman malaysia), its the fiercest of them all... Toman bunga is also a good candidate to comm with arowana and tigers... The most important fact in comm is size... All of them must be about the same size...
Like mine, the dominant one ( leader) is my gold arowana, the commanders( less dominant, but still teritorial) are my tigers and channa... The workers ( not dominant) are my gars, bichirs and others, they dont give a damn bout the others... So, u only have to have one dominant..

I feed once in two days... Fish does not need to eat many times like us... We need energy to fight gravity... Water gravity is less, so fish need less energy... Btw, if u feed too often, water quality will not be good...

hi, how many times you feed them per day?

lol.
Must be a nice tank, because have top and bottom swimmer..

This post has been edited by akhmedisonline: Mar 15 2015, 01:52 PM

Plus, bichirs, gars can starve for few months, arowana amd tigers can starve for 1 month... So u can imagine how much energy they consume... Very little..

Just realised u own one auranti... Mind sharing the pic?..

Well, I feed them to reduce the aggression. Like if you eat less, you become more active, you eat more you become lazy.
I've been wasting fish food..

not really, my oscar is lazy to swim n my indo tiger always dark n hide due to being scared w oscar. lol.
but i love me fishes

honestly, i have starved them longer to pellet train.
unsuccesful howsoever. haha

Yea i have one male, currently only about 13-14 inches long ? Next project getting a female.. Yea sub tropical channas need cold water, use fan la. I can maintain my temp at 26C.

Btw, how u know i have an auranti?

No pic la, nah fb video link:

Channa Aurantimaculata

This post has been edited by aimank_88: Mar 15 2015, 04:40 PM

13 inches is big man... How long have u had the auranti?

Forgot edi, 6 months ?

U bought them big already lar... Must be expensive... In penang 1 feet auranti cost rm200...

About the same price, i bought at 7-8 inches i think, for RM150.. Get a new auranti la, hihi.

Aaaaaa, dont poison me.... Auranti is one of the most beautiful channa, besides pleuro... But my aquarium can only maintain temp at 29-30... If using fan, can only go down to 28... Aquarium too big for fan... Have to use chiller but my electricity bill will be sky high... Huhu...

Use two of the high speed fans la, get the JAD brand. 27C, maybe 26C can get..

Source of inspiration:

Wicked!!!

jadah aiman meracun channa ni? hahaha

Hahahaha. Passing on the incurable toxin.

channa looks very colorful. how big can they get?

In aquarium channa auranti can go up to 1 feet only...

Depends on species

Nope. Can grow 2 feet. Have a friend with a single female auranti in a 4ft tank. Nearly 2ft, about 20 inches long.

Im thinking of mixing channa species with my bichir. are they aggressive? I saw this video on utube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPGmvemG6fk
looks more violent than oscar.