Hi I got 4 channa Barca has anyone experience with sexing them ?
They are a WOW Fish !!!!
Cheers http://thepieraquatics.blogspot.com/

yes WOW! are they inte the UK??

can you see any difference in their head shape?

Yes they are in the UK .. In Wigan ( Pier Aquatics)

Me wants!!!! David, are these real Barca? Shure look like it...

Yep ,these are barca and the one in the pic is a female.

Wow, Neil! That is amazing! I wonder if Kev will want to keep them

I had a look at the web page and all those fish pictured look female to me. I would need more pics to say for sure.

How much are they going for I am very interested?

975 UK pounds a piece, so almost $2000,- a piece.

Looks like they have come down in price then.

Hi,



have look on Thoma Halversons Page that is the Pair from AshDavid.
I think you can not tell on these Pics if they are female or male the first Pic could be a male to but as Ash said we need other Pics.
I pick them up in about 14 days, cheers Neil

Gaetano

Well I hope Gaetano has Good Luck with the King of Channa's
I want to see pictures of them when they are home with you in Germany .
Many people said they were expensive but I dont think they realize how hard to
get this fish is ...
I ordered these in Febuary ..
4 pcs is a lot to get too ..
We were very lucky and I think Gaetano has a bargain
I wish I could take pictures like Ashdavid
The pics I saw were amazing ....
They are what made me order the fishes ..

How many came in all together?

Just 4 buddy ..
I am not sure if I can get any more

Hi,


i will take MANY pictures of them

I found a good flight from Hamburg to you but i have to check it on monday, i will let you know when we will arrive in about 2 Weeks Neil.

Cheers

Gaetano

(Ashdavid takes the best Photos i have seen on many fishes !!! After i get these 4 fishes i can not buy a new cam.... )

Very Nice!!Looks good i hope i can see this beautiful fish in real

thanks bro! Have you managed to sex them yet?

Hi David,



im not really shore because they are only 25-30 cm but I THINK that we have both 2 Pairs as you can se on the Pic you note the diffrence in coloration, black markings and the fins of the one i belive male are bigger, i putted them together yesterday and the fought a little bit... af few scales were lost and torn up fins later everything was ok and now they swimm together, i already knowed this behaviur from Aurantimaculta, Asiatica etc there is no Channa love Without Pain... i don´t seperate them and now it is ok.... here the Pic as you see they are small and thin... right now :
And THANKS NEIL for shipping them !!!!

The one up the front looks female and the one at the back looks male to me.

Great Photo and great fish. I am Jealous.

Indeed amazing! Where's the leaf in the tank for? Lowering ph?

Hi Loubard,


the leaf is for lovering a bit of PH and it is against infections i added more of them because i know they would fight a bit i don't know the english Name in German they are called Seemandelbaum Blätter(leafs) .... i also have an ultraviolet lamp added to the external filter the only thing i worry about with Channa infections so i do all to avoid them.


Regards

Gaetano

FANTASTIC>>> I am happy to see them in their new home
They look real good after the journey
I am realy glad you guys are going to have a go at breeding them and they didnt get split up as a trophy fish ..
They are Almond Leaves by the way .
Good Luck from you new English Friend

All I can say is watch their eyes, they have really weak eyes and will cloud over in an instant if the water is not perfect.

Hi

Thanks Neil i do my best buddy but they are to small right now....

@ David, thank you for your tip im gonna look after that ! i will change a part of water every 14 days or maybe a small one every week ? .... the filtration is big enough for the tank + UV Light so no need to craze abou this.



Gaetano

HA >>> How do you know they are to small to breed if no one has done them before ?

Going away from these fish .
If all fishes only bred at maximum size there would be many more extict fishes .
All the Best Buddy ...

oo nice barcas
hopefully you get a pair out of them

How is the pairing going?

Hi David,


they do well together no fights etc,one of them eats all what comes the other is a bit vain he only takes worms.

Thats great, as this is half the battle won.

Very interesting thread. I wonder if any of you guys that are trying to breed barcas use a cooling off period to stimulate them to spawn? Do you do any other methods to induce spawning, like adjusting the pH, lighting, and so on?

That is the plan. I had no luck last year though , going to try again this year.

Wow ... that much???? How about a close relative to barc the micropeltes or TOMAN? Is it also that pricy? Toman is known to be the most aggressive snakehead and can grow big ... and also considered as popular game fish as well as delicacy here in Indonesia. Toman also known to attack human swimming nearby its nest and oftenly attack its owner during tank maintenances.
I'm breeding Channa Micropeltes and Channa Striata now ... and if the price is that high, I'm considering exporting the species.