Snoop breaking them boys off!

[madugo]

lol if i am the mbu, i would kill all those brown/yellow fish lol...
just way too annoying lol...

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Snoop takes down his first crawdad with his torpedo attack move!

[eklikewhoa]

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Snoop takes down his first crawdad with his torpedo attack move!

[eklikewhoa]

Yeah I am sure he will get to that point.

Just wonder if I should starve him some to speed up the process but right now I like watching him eat.

[madugo]

it should eat it eventually...when it gets hungry...
you should see random disappearing fish once it gets big...
mine took out a few trohpeus, a few geos...a few featherfins...and a whole bunch of other fishes that swims slow lol...like pleco is very dangerous...

Here's Snoop stalking the bristenose... I don't know if they like each other or he's gonna one day take a chunk out of them.

[madugo]

it will eventually do that, just takes time...
now when mine is hungry and when it sees people far away, it will make splashing with the tail to make big noise...really funny lol...

Thanks for the offer but for now I need to work on him meeting me at the front glass when feeding and then work on the pellets only.

The trophs are voracious feeders... they steal the snails and large shrimp from him.

[eklikewhoa]

Here's Snoop stalking the bristenose... I don't know if they like each other or he's gonna one day take a chunk out of them.

[madugo]

ya i remember it was fun to watch at the size of yours, it really did have tactics.
once the mbu gets to the size of mine, it's just like one bite thing lol...
i feed mine mostly large frozen shrimps and NLS, it would just take too many NLS to make mine full now...

It's pretty healthy and has a good appetite, not nice a full looking like most home kept MBUs but he'll get there.




Yeah I don't plan on feeding him this stuff too often, just once and a while to see his tactics against the crawfish and their mighty claws!
I have a tub of mystery snails I am gut loading and a bag of raw shrimp in the freezer I am stuffing with NLS for his daily diet.

[eklikewhoa]

Thanks for the offer but for now I need to work on him meeting me at the front glass when feeding and then work on the pellets only.

The trophs are voracious feeders... they steal the snails and large shrimp from him.

[madugo]

3mm is kinda of small, i am still feeding mine pellets, i think they are 8mm or 10mm, and its floating...
the large size ones should preventing the tropheus from taking them, and since its floating, if the mbu go for it, other fish should back off...

well, at the LFS they always threw food into the tank and he's use to eating off the ground. I want to get him use to eating from the water surface cause it would be easier for me with all the trophs in there, food doesn't make it to the bottom of the tank with them.

Yeah I posted about feeding NLS on another forum and they weirdos over there criticized it as well... some people will never learn.

I want to starve him or not feed him as much so he gets use to me feeding it and like you said, see the the trophs eat and want to join them but I like seeing fish eat and have a hard time refraining from feeding.

I picked up a pho to-go cup worth of 3mm Thera+A from thai the other day so I'm good. You aren't feeding your MBU pellets anymore?

[eklikewhoa]

oh then it should be ok, it looks normal and not skinny...

It's pretty healthy and has a good appetite, not nice a full looking like most home kept MBUs but he'll get there.

i guess once in a while is ok, just dont it long term lol...

Yeah I don't plan on feeding him this stuff too often, just once and a while to see his tactics against the crawfish and their mighty claws!
I have a tub of mystery snails I am gut loading and a bag of raw shrimp in the freezer I am stuffing with NLS for his daily diet.

[eklikewhoa]

well, at the LFS they always threw food into the tank and he's use to eating off the ground. I want to get him use to eating from the water surface cause it would be easier for me with all the trophs in there, food doesn't make it to the bottom of the tank with them.

Yeah I posted about feeding NLS on another forum and they weirdos over there criticized it as well... some people will never learn.

I want to starve him or not feed him as much so he gets use to me feeding it and like you said, see the the trophs eat and want to join them but I like seeing fish eat and have a hard time refraining from feeding.

I picked up a pho to-go cup worth of 3mm Thera+A from thai the other day so I'm good. You aren't feeding your MBU pellets anymore?

[madugo]

i guess once in a while is ok, just dont it long term lol...

but I wanted to see them fight..... I purged them in freshwater for about an hour now and the one I'm about to feed is sitting in a tub of water with a lot of salt.

[madugo]

oh then it should be ok, it looks normal and not skinny...

I didn't treat, I don't like treating unless there is a problem or show signs of it. I think with a healthy diet it's immune will be strong enough.

but honestly the puffer has been in captivity and in houston for about a year now.

[madugo]

surprised that someone liked my idea lol...
it caused major debate and whole bunch people was criticizing me when i posted it on puffer forum lol...
they said i work for NLS and was trying to promote NLS lol...

maybe you dont even need to use the way i did, you have a whole bunch tropheus in there, put some big floating NLS in the tank, the mbu might eat it eventually when he see the tropheus and other fish going for it lol...
if you want some big floating NLS i can give you some, i still have maybe half a bucket left lol..

Do it! I am trying to convert this thing to pellets using your methods but it sucks having 100 other fish in there wanting what he eats.

Reminds me... I wanted to go grab some crawfish to qt for my Snoop... BRB, gonna hit up the Fiesta right quick.

[eklikewhoa]

dont feed the puffer live ones...frozen them first lol...
did you treat the mbu with metro yet?

but I wanted to see them fight..... I purged them in freshwater for about an hour now and the one I'm about to feed is sitting in a tub of water with a lot of salt.