I got a packet of 10 Channa micropeltes about the same size as the video shown for S$2 which is about US$1.60. Which means 16 (US) cents per fish. These snakeheads (this particular species) are cheap in Asia because they are readily available for human consumption (those 30cm and above). Someone asked if they are delicious. YES!!
@bebay29 Is it true that Snakeheads are now illegal to own in the US? In 1992 in NJ I owned a snakehead. It was all of the as described. I remember it being a beautiful exciting fish to watch. It had a lot of energy and a gluttonous appetite.
So are they illegal now? Can you get them with some kind of permit?
@jam4987u987 As of the state of Maryland it is illegal to purchase or own a snake-head because they have been released in the wild and are causing problems with the ecosystem. For this reason it is now classified as an invasive species. Just check with your local law enforcement or DNR and you should have all your answers answered correctly and it would be up to date information. Try an oscar arowana pacu or pirannah. i prefer the oscar and arowana.
fish eat fish in the real world.. just saying.. quit bitchin about people feeding there fish live food. if that fish was in the wild it would be eating a million little fishes that you could have saved.. boo fucking hoo
its now illegal in most states of the US to own a snakehead as a pet... They are known for extreme aggression and if caught while fishing put on ice and eaten when home
oh btw, giant snakeheads/tomans don't really taste that good. local anglers would make fun of their catch because there's not much use for them.
however there's this other type of snakehead called the haruan that tastes better. they're kind of like health food around here and often consumed for skin care and quick wound healing. very good for those who've just got out of surgery and mothers after labor. tastes best steamed with lots of ginger and lemongrass.
i'm from malaysia and snakeheads are common here. the ones shown here are the giant snakehead (we call them tomans), and they're the most aggressive. other varieties of snakeheads are quite harmless.
these fishes don't nest actually. but it's true that they're very defensive in protecting their young. large females would guard schools of thousands of baby tomans in lakes or water reservoirs - easy targets for anglers.
if u want to know more about snakeheads, just drop me a line. cheers!
nice tank. sad to see that snakeheads are a no go so many places.. here in denmark only poisones snakes are banned unless u have special permission. got three toman my self, one got eat'n ... mean fish!
actually here in singapore people feed baby red snakeheads to their pet fish it only cost SGD$2 to get like 10 red snakehead and we eat the adults too as food!!!
Extremely hardy even in the worst water condition & got nasty bites! DON'T WALK but slither like eels when on dry land. Nat Geo & Maryland scientists had preposterous reports, snakehead walked on dry land & survived 4days out of water, using insecticide poisoning entire lake killing more fishes than snakeheads! Failed to consider repercussion of such action thinking the results are inconsequential. Lakes lead to sea & effects maybe accumulatively disastrous with like-minded irresponsible people.
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the next life for those nd you who feed live fishes to their pets...will become the live fish being eaten by a snakehead nd being filmed for fun at the same time...karma says. haha so it's sad for the snakehead keepers. their and your next afterlife is a goldfish or other small fishes being purchased by another snakehead keeper to feed it to his snakehead.
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@hypeOff uhhh karma isn't real and uhh bro its how the animal needs to eat get out of here with this bs about animal abuse for feeding a fish another fish for the snakehead to survive gtfo
I hope this guy knows that snakeheads get big.. and will eat anything in their tank...
They are so awesome though, to bad you can't really get them in Canada they have been banned.
Also they have videos of people fishing for large snakeheads in Thailand... Imagine a huge pike and 10 times more aggressive, and you have a snakehead.
whoa they do look like snakes! once they're really big, are you going to kill them? I wouldn't think you'd release them if they are hazardous to the environment like that. Great video though, they sure are fast lol
i live where the snakehead real habitat. i can catch em in my backyard. drain, lake, swamp,.. not a probs.. pack of pacu, python, crocs, crazy fishers, and dry season can control their population... btw.. snakehead is a good meal.. pls check my vid about eating snakehead.
I love snakeheads. Mollies aren't expensive here in the philippines. They cost 25cents each, even cheaper if you buy in volume. I want to buy a snakehead now and releasing it in the lake near our house just for fun. Hahaha!!! Lame...
Hey why don;t you make a video titled "SNAKEHEAD STARVING"!!!!
LOL!!!
These stupid fish come in so many colors and paterns it's hard to figure out what's what, but they're all ugly and nasty! These 2 in the video look like Wrasses, but Wrasses are saltwater and much smaller.
Love your Tank but the mollies and archerfish are brackish water, and soon your snakeheads will eat all your fish I see you have a bichir which is problably the only fish ok with snakeheads!!!
Iv been looking for one for a long time I have several different aggressive fish and this is one iv been wanting for a long time could you tell me were or how to get one please!
My pal told me that he had a bag of feeders on top of the water just like this and the snakehead bit a hole in the bag, gained entry and bashed the shit out of the feeders while inside the bag... was waiting of that to happen here.
mangisda, kids will be eaten if u leave them in ur pond, they can walk out of lakes n stuff and go other places and eat prettty big stuff. be cautious
Great fishes but soon enough, all other fishes will be a your snakeheads food. ..i had 2 snakeheads, when i got them they were only the size of my finger, after 2 months they were the size of my arm. I have to take them out of my 50gal tank and put them in my backyard pond.
now my snakeheads are about 11inch and it already eaten my 3inched archer fish and 4.5inch malayan halfbeak ...tsk!tsk! never combine expensive fish with these.You'll just be surprised one morning its already a species tank
I got a packet of 10 Channa micropeltes about the same size as the video shown for S$2 which is about US$1.60. Which means 16 (US) cents per fish. These snakeheads (this particular species) are cheap in Asia because they are readily available for human consumption (those 30cm and above). Someone asked if they are delicious. YES!!
SnakeheadLover 1 month ago
how many gallons is this tank?
jpcd1215 4 months ago
i have this type of snakhead.he is still young and i mix him with my oscars,parrot chcild,climbing perch and marble goby.will it get along?
TheSupermanprem 5 months ago
smart edition to your tank..... in a few months they will be eating all those other fish in your tank too...........
sexxypolska 6 months ago
Can you buy a snakehead in Canada ??
ronofontario 6 months ago
If they taste good, we should farm them to eat.
jam4987u987 10 months ago
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haha saw this on river monsters!
huntingirl223 11 months ago
Sucks to be small.
heartjilli1998 1 year ago
plz tell me where to get these?
kennysteez 1 year ago
@kennysteez They're illegal to keep as pets in the U.S. Only way you can have one is if it's dead and on ice.
Hanul14 1 year ago
@kennysteez Another good fish to have since these are illegal in the U.S. is the Oscar and are amazing fish and eat other fish
bebay29 11 months ago
@bebay29 Is it true that Snakeheads are now illegal to own in the US? In 1992 in NJ I owned a snakehead. It was all of the as described. I remember it being a beautiful exciting fish to watch. It had a lot of energy and a gluttonous appetite.
So are they illegal now? Can you get them with some kind of permit?
jam4987u987 10 months ago
@jam4987u987 As of the state of Maryland it is illegal to purchase or own a snake-head because they have been released in the wild and are causing problems with the ecosystem. For this reason it is now classified as an invasive species. Just check with your local law enforcement or DNR and you should have all your answers answered correctly and it would be up to date information. Try an oscar arowana pacu or pirannah. i prefer the oscar and arowana.
bebay29 10 months ago
fish eat fish in the real world.. just saying.. quit bitchin about people feeding there fish live food. if that fish was in the wild it would be eating a million little fishes that you could have saved.. boo fucking hoo
jrhelton2002 1 year ago
nice video , where can i get a snakehead fish from .
killasheen15 1 year ago
@killasheen15 SnakeHead fish are illegal to keep alive. You will serve years in prison and get up to a $250,000 fine.
coolchris0 1 year ago
where did you buy your snakeheads i have been trying to buy some?
thetruegift1 1 year ago
@David13198....He is right and it carries a 250,000 fine. Hope you don't get caught, you will be paying for it the rest your life!!
darunner14 1 year ago
hello, i'm from romania, i have a private pound, and i want to bring some snakehead here, is it possible?to they live in winter conditions?
bennydumi 1 year ago
The only upside to these fish: If you go out, it it jumps out, you aint gotta worry about it dying!
301whitehall 1 year ago
@vlamir omfg me 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
iPodZhacked 1 year ago
man, maybe ya should keep the other fishes out from the snakeheads?
jasonjapi 1 year ago
where do u live because keeping them as pets is illegal in the U.S.
David013198 1 year ago
hey when the fish grows big fry it and eat it if you want
alexfrom323 1 year ago
its now illegal in most states of the US to own a snakehead as a pet... They are known for extreme aggression and if caught while fishing put on ice and eaten when home
FlamingTigerStudios 1 year ago
kataba detiti
blackparade341 1 year ago
Omg I'm watching this on river monsters right now!
Vladimirtod78 1 year ago
These are not illegal only the bullseye and giant snake head are
jarrettdanz 1 year ago
u wont have any fishes left in that tank when they get a little bigger :d
niclaswidblom 2 years ago
Very nice!...Damnit! Mine wouldn't eat anything...dunno what the hell is wrong, can anyone help me out? plzzzz -_-'
freshhydroguy 2 years ago
Do u still have ur red snakeheads
Jroget30 2 years ago
where do you buy them???? i live in belgium...
Ganjazale 2 years ago
In a petstore... =/
porthos08 2 years ago
Can withstand temperature UP to zero degrees!? Wow, a high tolerance indeed! I'd like to tolerate such high temperatures of UP UP UP to zero degrees.
DeimosEclipse 2 years ago
nice vid I need to get one and i live in illnois can someone hook me up ?
7chinaman7 2 years ago
there illegal...
AirsoftBros954 2 years ago
they are expensive to feed =X
idunnosia 2 years ago
Is it really ok to keep your Snakehead with your Bichir?
DralnuduLouvre 3 years ago
oh btw, giant snakeheads/tomans don't really taste that good. local anglers would make fun of their catch because there's not much use for them.
however there's this other type of snakehead called the haruan that tastes better. they're kind of like health food around here and often consumed for skin care and quick wound healing. very good for those who've just got out of surgery and mothers after labor. tastes best steamed with lots of ginger and lemongrass.
mohdrezarahim 3 years ago
i'm from malaysia and snakeheads are common here. the ones shown here are the giant snakehead (we call them tomans), and they're the most aggressive. other varieties of snakeheads are quite harmless.
these fishes don't nest actually. but it's true that they're very defensive in protecting their young. large females would guard schools of thousands of baby tomans in lakes or water reservoirs - easy targets for anglers.
if u want to know more about snakeheads, just drop me a line. cheers!
mohdrezarahim 3 years ago 2
Haha, ikan haruan, shanh yu la, haruan porridge is nice!!
My toman ate up my tiny haruan, which i tot they are from the ame family tree, like cousin... but.......... now only left two toman kia..
watch my SNAKEHEAD EATING MAHSEER, Kelah sungai at:
watch?v=Br_1gT8tLEU
SEz610i 2 years ago
hahaha. we have the same filter, same kind of bichir and same snakehead! btw, Very NICE vid!
petraiserdude26 3 years ago
what do i feed them when they are 4 cm long? i got 30 of those =X and 3 died cause they aint eating!
idunnosia 3 years ago
is that a archer fish in there good one if it is
7jako7 3 years ago
nice tank. sad to see that snakeheads are a no go so many places.. here in denmark only poisones snakes are banned unless u have special permission. got three toman my self, one got eat'n ... mean fish!
fissekussen 3 years ago
wow u have an archer fish in there with them?? nice snakeheads. i envy your tank
FlamingFury5 3 years ago
nice snakehead how big are they in this video. Im thinking of getting one myself.
TReMoRZz69 3 years ago
actually here in singapore people feed baby red snakeheads to their pet fish it only cost SGD$2 to get like 10 red snakehead and we eat the adults too as food!!!
idunnosia 3 years ago
how do you get snakehead(if in states) wher can u get them legally in u.s??
sparklerbombg 3 years ago
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Extremely hardy even in the worst water condition & got nasty bites! DON'T WALK but slither like eels when on dry land. Nat Geo & Maryland scientists had preposterous reports, snakehead walked on dry land & survived 4days out of water, using insecticide poisoning entire lake killing more fishes than snakeheads! Failed to consider repercussion of such action thinking the results are inconsequential. Lakes lead to sea & effects maybe accumulatively disastrous with like-minded irresponsible people.
Crappanahdon 3 years ago
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the next life for those nd you who feed live fishes to their pets...will become the live fish being eaten by a snakehead nd being filmed for fun at the same time...karma says. haha so it's sad for the snakehead keepers. their and your next afterlife is a goldfish or other small fishes being purchased by another snakehead keeper to feed it to his snakehead.
hypeOff 3 years ago
koi sucks! hahaha!
mercury904 3 years ago
wanyusri84 3 years ago
wow now ur just my fan, thanks I've just got the stupidest fan from commenting on snakeheads....what a dumbass stocker
hypeOff 3 years ago
whutever... i dont want you to be lonely in the tube...
wanyusri84 3 years ago
i aint lonely on youtube.wtf...dude ur trippin
hypeOff 3 years ago
@hypeOff LOL DUMBASS STOCKER! make yourself look stupid. STALKER
gerLd 1 year ago
wanyusri84 3 years ago
@hypeOff LOL get that afterlife shit out of here, it's either heaven or hell when we die.
killdog102 1 year ago
@hypeOff what about people who feed live mice to their snakes?
hlake911 1 year ago
@hypeOff Hey dummy karma agrees with the circle of life... And so what hes feeding the fish its still how shit works for animals...
rangerdanger73 1 year ago
@hypeOff ur logic is off...cause that would be mean eventually we would all become goldfish....
aDreamCalledHome 1 year ago
@hypeOff uhhh karma isn't real and uhh bro its how the animal needs to eat get out of here with this bs about animal abuse for feeding a fish another fish for the snakehead to survive gtfo
xchrisownz 1 year ago
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wazup954 1 year ago
@hypeOff well atleast you have a short lived life as a gold fish then become a human again and feed more gold fish to snake heads
wazup954 1 year ago
@hypeOff so what will it eat in the wild 2 survive duh fishes 2 theres no fish palet in the wild
rustycutie 1 year ago
@hypeOff hmm, the lion king says different
gerLd 9 months ago
I hope this guy knows that snakeheads get big.. and will eat anything in their tank...
They are so awesome though, to bad you can't really get them in Canada they have been banned.
Also they have videos of people fishing for large snakeheads in Thailand... Imagine a huge pike and 10 times more aggressive, and you have a snakehead.
Sp33dstix 3 years ago
lol my m8 has had 2 baby snakeheads for 3 days and his molly vanished over nite lol
bigstevemesh 3 years ago
where do you find them? and what size tank do you need?
beyondthetailgate 3 years ago
whoa they do look like snakes! once they're really big, are you going to kill them? I wouldn't think you'd release them if they are hazardous to the environment like that. Great video though, they sure are fast lol
ZakeirSnake 3 years ago
whutever... he can release it anywhere.. native lol!!!
wanyusri84 3 years ago
snakeheads ARE beautiful fish, but you can NOT just release them. you are ignorant if you don't understand the serious problem they are causing.
erichhoelter 3 years ago
i live where the snakehead real habitat. i can catch em in my backyard. drain, lake, swamp,.. not a probs.. pack of pacu, python, crocs, crazy fishers, and dry season can control their population... btw.. snakehead is a good meal.. pls check my vid about eating snakehead.
wanyusri84 3 years ago
In a couple of months ur mollies will be eaten
runemaster003 3 years ago
months? Try in a few days or even hours. These guys tear fish into pieces if they cannot fit in their mouths.
Sp33dstix 3 years ago
not giants at all. but in a few monthes those fish will eat anything smaller than themselves in the tank.
Chet74 3 years ago
ive'd got one!hahha!!
arioncabasa 3 years ago
giant snakeheads can catch almost everything..
o0DrankOrgel0o 3 years ago
like some poor guys balls?
diehard951 3 years ago
haha,those little fishes are so fast
A7XStan 3 years ago
I love snakeheads. Mollies aren't expensive here in the philippines. They cost 25cents each, even cheaper if you buy in volume. I want to buy a snakehead now and releasing it in the lake near our house just for fun. Hahaha!!! Lame...
choyadgreat 4 years ago
lol would be funny.
RiiDDiiM 4 years ago
please don't and say you did it ...please
Gaus212 3 years ago
I didn't do it man... It's just a joke... Sorry to keep you worried... :-)
choyadgreat 3 years ago
Thanks man...now I can sleep in peace lol
Gaus212 3 years ago
were can u buy those things?
05kauaiboySRT4 4 years ago
IF you see a snakehead, make it go extinct!!!!
Hey why don;t you make a video titled "SNAKEHEAD STARVING"!!!!
LOL!!!
These stupid fish come in so many colors and paterns it's hard to figure out what's what, but they're all ugly and nasty! These 2 in the video look like Wrasses, but Wrasses are saltwater and much smaller.
RagingCaveman 4 years ago
snakeheads live in saltwater when they grow older too
krownx 4 years ago
but way cool video!
ShadowthChaos 4 years ago
Don't keep archers in fresh water.
NewETown 4 years ago
Agreed they are BRACKISH!
ShadowthChaos 4 years ago
Exterminate them. Ugly, plus obviously nothing will be viable around them.
phyllisjm1954 4 years ago
how long do all those fish last for 1 feed?
oliesminis 4 years ago
dam your rich feeding it mollys
darneir 4 years ago
Love your Tank but the mollies and archerfish are brackish water, and soon your snakeheads will eat all your fish I see you have a bichir which is problably the only fish ok with snakeheads!!!
TheDarkEel 4 years ago
hey man, what's the name of this song? i like it but i don't know its name.
Alwesi 4 years ago
Iv been looking for one for a long time I have several different aggressive fish and this is one iv been wanting for a long time could you tell me were or how to get one please!
JavenHere 4 years ago
My pal told me that he had a bag of feeders on top of the water just like this and the snakehead bit a hole in the bag, gained entry and bashed the shit out of the feeders while inside the bag... was waiting of that to happen here.
ztwntyn8 4 years ago
What are u the other zebra stripped fishes with the snakeheads.
subzerokid99 4 years ago
mangisda, kids will be eaten if u leave them in ur pond, they can walk out of lakes n stuff and go other places and eat prettty big stuff. be cautious
MRPEANUTMAN123 4 years ago
Great fishes but soon enough, all other fishes will be a your snakeheads food. ..i had 2 snakeheads, when i got them they were only the size of my finger, after 2 months they were the size of my arm. I have to take them out of my 50gal tank and put them in my backyard pond.
mangisda 4 years ago
love your tank!
scy2200j 5 years ago
you wanna sell me one?
haha jk nice fish though
cichlid247 5 years ago
now my snakeheads are about 11inch and it already eaten my 3inched archer fish and 4.5inch malayan halfbeak ...tsk!tsk! never combine expensive fish with these.You'll just be surprised one morning its already a species tank
mercury904 5 years ago