Badbluto

Snakeheads can cause quite a commotion among people. Myself, I will pass. These are not (in my opinion) pretty fish, and from my research, they will kill anything put into the tank with them. It is no wonder various locales are scared to death of these fish reaching thier local waterways . They breed fast and would destroy the local fish population. The LFS's sell these fish when they are quite immature. The problem happens when they grow so rapidly that the owner may be inclined to just release it as they don't have the room for it. I wish there was more education for the sale of these super predators to potential buyers. This would allow the responsible aquarist to be able to enjoy this fish and others like it rather than having them banned.

Beautiful fish. Is that 1600 gal in your house? If so I would be very interested in learning more on how you constructed it

Hi there, New to site. Introduced to this site by my niece and would like to thank her. Lot of good information to be found here. Have been into aquariums off and on for last 20 + years. Last tank was a 90 gall and I now have a 130 Gall. Was doing tropical community, went to more aggresive fish as in Oscars and other Cichlids. I am doing research into stingrays and am going over a book by Richard Ross called " Aqualog Special: Freshwater Stingrays from South America" This book which I had to order from the states is a vast well of information regarding the care and well being of this fish and I HIGHLY recommend it as a must read if like myself you are looking to delve into this facinating fish. As such when it is time if I make the decision I will be looking for local breeders from who I will be looking to purchase from. Well enough with my first post on this forum, now time to look around some more Mark