Ophieleotris Aporos

[dale_d_h]

does anyone have any experiance of keeping this fish or any other snakehead in brackish?

 

[nmonks]

Ophieleotris aporos is not a snakehead; it is a sleeper goby. Wild fish are found in fresh, brackish, and marine environments. Like most other sleeper gobies, your best bet is to keep it at SG 1.005, provide plenty of hiding places, and keep away from fish so small they might be swallowed. Sleepers tend to be territorial.

None of the true snakeheads are euryhaline brackish water fish, though a few species enter slightly brackish water in the wild, specifically Channa punctata (to 30 cm), Channa striata (to 1 m) and Channa orientalis (to 30 cm) according to Fishbase.

I've personally kept Channa asiatica (to 20 cm) in low-end brackish conditions (around SG 1.002-1.003) alongside juvenile scats, sleeper gobies, and tyre-track spiny eels. More than anything else this reflects the fact snakeheads tend to be extremely hardy and adaptable fish. Channa asiatica is a lovely, peaceful species that mostly eats invertebrates in the wild and thrives in peaceful community tanks.

Regardless, few of the snakeheads can be kept much above SG 1.003, and even the brackish water species won't tolerate anything above SG 1.005 for long periods.

Cheers, Neale

does anyone have any experiance of keeping this fish or any other snakehead in brackish?

 

[dale_d_h]

ok cheers,
was just surfing fishbase and saw it there as a brackish fish.
interesting side note, ive just ordered your book on amazon self xmas pressie

 

[nmonks]

Hope you enjoy the book!

Cheers, Neale

interesting side note, ive just ordered your book on amazon self xmas pressie