looking to buy snakeshead fish
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There are always channa available in Canada. They aren't all that hard to find. You can get Micropeltes (giant snakehead) at any petstore for $10-$20 bucks, but that doesn't mean you should, they get far too large for any home aquarium.
A number of more aquarium compatible species are readily available, belheri, pulchra, pleuropthalma, etc.
I would suggest looking for a dealer in Montreal (^ Marius just happens to be in the neck of the woods haha). Channa are illegal in Ontario, so I would assume Montreal would probably be the best market.
JMorash
A number of more aquarium compatible species are readily available, belheri, pulchra, pleuropthalma, etc.
I would suggest looking for a dealer in Montreal (^ Marius just happens to be in the neck of the woods haha). Channa are illegal in Ontario, so I would assume Montreal would probably be the best market.
JMorash
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I had no idea snakehead were illegal in Ontario. Now something makes sense. 
Anyway, I have been asked to source the following snakehead out of Thailand:
-Indian giant snakehead (Channa diplogramma)
-Spotted snakehead (Channa punctata)
-Forest snakehead (Channa lucius)
-Spotted snakehead (Channa punctata)
-Emperor snakehead (Channa marulioides)
-Blackfinned snakehead (Channa melanopterus)
-Black snakehead (Channa melasoma)
-Baram snakehead (Channa baramensis) =0x
-Dwarf snakehead (Channa gachua)
-Marble snakehead(Channa sp. "five stripe")
-Burmese snakehead(Channa burmanica)
-Burmese peacock snakehead (Channa pulchra)
-Burmese ornate snakehead (Channa ornatipinnis)
-Orangespotted snakehead (Channa aurantimaculata)
-Golden snakehead (Channa stewartii)
-Chinese snakehead (Channa asiatica)
-Chel snakehead (Channa amphibeus)
-Barca snakehead (Channa barca)
-African snakehead (Parachanna obscura)
-Congo snakehead (Parachanna insignis)
-Niger snakehead (Parachanna africana)
Out of curiosity, of the above variants, how many are seen regularly in Canada and at what kind of prices? I have no experience with these guys.
I got an email from one guy I dealt with last year in Bangkok who says the following:
And so I wait...
Anyway, I have been asked to source the following snakehead out of Thailand:
-Indian giant snakehead (Channa diplogramma)
-Spotted snakehead (Channa punctata)
-Forest snakehead (Channa lucius)
-Spotted snakehead (Channa punctata)
-Emperor snakehead (Channa marulioides)
-Blackfinned snakehead (Channa melanopterus)
-Black snakehead (Channa melasoma)
-Baram snakehead (Channa baramensis) =0x
-Dwarf snakehead (Channa gachua)
-Marble snakehead(Channa sp. "five stripe")
-Burmese snakehead(Channa burmanica)
-Burmese peacock snakehead (Channa pulchra)
-Burmese ornate snakehead (Channa ornatipinnis)
-Orangespotted snakehead (Channa aurantimaculata)
-Golden snakehead (Channa stewartii)
-Chinese snakehead (Channa asiatica)
-Chel snakehead (Channa amphibeus)
-Barca snakehead (Channa barca)
-African snakehead (Parachanna obscura)
-Congo snakehead (Parachanna insignis)
-Niger snakehead (Parachanna africana)
Out of curiosity, of the above variants, how many are seen regularly in Canada and at what kind of prices? I have no experience with these guys.
I got an email from one guy I dealt with last year in Bangkok who says the following:
And so I wait...
Out of those species I have dealt with a few.
Channa Gachua should go for about $50 for a good sized fish.
Channa Aurantimaculatua I would pay anywheres between $200-300 depending on size, color, and if it was sexed. Mind you my last pair was gorgeous, and it was an adult male/female who were already paired up. I only spent $450 for the pair.
Channa Stewartii $40-$60
Channa Asiatica $60 ( I think that's how much I saw them go for last time)
Channa Pulchra $40-$60 dollars. (price is going down, because they are a very easy fish to breed)
Channa Ornatipinnis - I paid $120 for them and I thought that was a great price. I think prices are going up because they are becoming more sought after and no more common. Watch out a lot of really nice adult Pulchra are sold as ornatipinnis, they are nice fish but no wheres worth the price of a real Ornatipinnis.
Channa Maruliodes - $30-$50 depending on size and what not.
Channa Barca - The Holy Grail... there are a lot of fake Braca out there so watch out. If it's under $1500 I would bet it's not the real deal. I have a source on one now. I was going to get it for myself, but if someone wants it, I will get it for you. It's show sized, (going to assume at least 18") and the price stands at $4000, I make no profit on it. Just want to see one come in. There are probably no more than 50 peices in private collections world wide.
Those are just what I have paid for the fish I have owned.
Theo look for pleuropthalma, and if you can get ornatipinnis, aurantimaculata, or diplogramma I will take them.
Channa Gachua should go for about $50 for a good sized fish.
Channa Aurantimaculatua I would pay anywheres between $200-300 depending on size, color, and if it was sexed. Mind you my last pair was gorgeous, and it was an adult male/female who were already paired up. I only spent $450 for the pair.
Channa Stewartii $40-$60
Channa Asiatica $60 ( I think that's how much I saw them go for last time)
Channa Pulchra $40-$60 dollars. (price is going down, because they are a very easy fish to breed)
Channa Ornatipinnis - I paid $120 for them and I thought that was a great price. I think prices are going up because they are becoming more sought after and no more common. Watch out a lot of really nice adult Pulchra are sold as ornatipinnis, they are nice fish but no wheres worth the price of a real Ornatipinnis.
Channa Maruliodes - $30-$50 depending on size and what not.
Channa Barca - The Holy Grail... there are a lot of fake Braca out there so watch out. If it's under $1500 I would bet it's not the real deal. I have a source on one now. I was going to get it for myself, but if someone wants it, I will get it for you. It's show sized, (going to assume at least 18") and the price stands at $4000, I make no profit on it. Just want to see one come in. There are probably no more than 50 peices in private collections world wide.
Those are just what I have paid for the fish I have owned.
Theo look for pleuropthalma, and if you can get ornatipinnis, aurantimaculata, or diplogramma I will take them.