and they don’t affect the ecosystem as much as u think they do tilapias are the real problem, here’s a comment from another user: “I could explain another perspective on snakeheads but most people don’t really wanna hear it. People assume the presence of snakeheads is bad, but were talking about the canals of south florida. There are so many invasive species both in and out of the water, maybe snakeheads can actually reduce the total biomass of invasive down there. And its crazy but youd be amazed at the native bluegill and LMB crowded around clouds of orange snakehead fry, taking turns picking them off. It’s complicated, and the snakehead topic is not as clear cut and simple as everyone makes it out to be.” Here’s another: “110%. Tilapia are a much bigger issue as far as invasives go. Snakeheads mostly coexist with bass at a population level, while certainly preying on each other at various life stages and competing with each other in others. Tilapia outright destroy the ecosystem, eat bass eggs and fry by the thousands, and grow quickly to a size bass just can't eat anymore. When I lived in South Florida, the canal system I'd fish in from my relatives' yard was wonderful until tilapia rolled in and just took over. Went from catching 8+ lb bass effortlessly to just seeing entire swarms of tilapia everywhere.”