That vid of Ziti is great. He's like what the heck are you....food? Toy? Friend? Food!
Udon, Soba, and the Noodles
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Ziti is looking fantastic Magpie, and your Moke is something really special. Really enjoy watching your tank, I can't imagine how you get any work done with that as a distraction.
Great that meatball ate a snail, talk about a never ending supply of live food that's easy to culture
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This is the planted up one? I agree. Mine really likes to explore every nook and cranny looking for tasty critters.
Thanks, I had to google caudal peduncle - it essentially means their butt right before the tail, yeah? Yes, I really like how he's patterned there and how the tail has a golden ring to it also. I didn't realize that wasn't just how Mokes were until I went back to look at your thread with all of yours (which is so cool to see the variations.) You just rarely see Mokes pop up in here to say hi so I am happy you have a tribe of them!
I cannot wait! It will be a little less jungly but a big girl version of this.
At first yeah, then I think he realized food... interesting though because he's CB so it's fun to see the instincts kick in. Maybe that's why he's not a great hunter. Or maybe he's just a baby and needs to learn.
Ziti is all over the place now at feeding time - not just grabbing food in the heater corner. Last night with the live blackworms too, it is just bringing him out of his shell more and more. Well it's a big distraction for sure! If hubby and I are watching a movie and I get up to say get a beverage, it's hard not to stop and stare and he has to say "hey! stare later!" LOLZiti is looking fantastic Magpie, and your Moke is something really special. Really enjoy watching your tank, I can't imagine how you get any work done with that as a distraction.
Great that meatball ate a snail, talk about a never ending supply of live food that's easy to culture
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I have removed a lot of my MTS because their shells are very hard. I got like 40 ramshorns and threw them in the Betta tank, and then have been throwing a couple of those in at a time.
This is the planted up one? I agree. Mine really likes to explore every nook and cranny looking for tasty critters.
Thanks, I had to google caudal peduncle - it essentially means their butt right before the tail, yeah? Yes, I really like how he's patterned there and how the tail has a golden ring to it also. I didn't realize that wasn't just how Mokes were until I went back to look at your thread with all of yours (which is so cool to see the variations.) You just rarely see Mokes pop up in here to say hi so I am happy you have a tribe of them!
I cannot wait! It will be a little less jungly but a big girl version of this.
At first yeah, then I think he realized food... interesting though because he's CB so it's fun to see the instincts kick in. Maybe that's why he's not a great hunter. Or maybe he's just a baby and needs to learn.
Well it's a big distraction for sure! If hubby and I are watching a movie and I get up to say get a beverage, it's hard not to stop and stare and he has to say "hey! stare later!" LOL
I have removed a lot of my MTS because their shells are very hard. I got like 40 ramshorns and threw them in the Betta tank, and then have been throwing a couple of those in at a time.
Good call on the ramshorns. Once they get breeding they're unstoppable! My clown loaches get much the same with a bunch tossed in every week, and I'm sure they don't last the night.
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yes in the planted one but I will have to wait until I move out the mokes and teugs, and take the plants out of the pots and make it a proper dedicated setup like yours, not just a grow-out with plants.I will probably keep the SB albinos in there with the puffer so you can see them in the background every time I post about the puffer lol
It's going great so far! Granted it has only been a day and a half. He (no idea of the sex) doesn't even really look at the other fish, even just with curiosity. He has been exploring more (vs some initial pacing) and is so fun to watch! I was addicted to watching the tank yesterday between him and the polys.
His belly looked like he needed food so I put some live blackworms in tongs near him and he ate out of the tongs. (Yes!)
I then dumped a few in there for him to hunt.
I also got ghost shrimp (they only had 2) for him to hunt and actually the Teug was really into it! I don't think Teug ever got one but I saw him looking all over for them. Got a couple of videos of this.
It makes me think that ghost shrimp are a generally good idea because it definitely seems to be mentally stimulating for the fish. I'm going to try and buy like 15-20 at some point (they're only 50 cents) and throw them in my shrimp tank to breed and feed semi-consistently.
The puffer and Soba were swimming together a few times. That may have been a fluke but maybe they'll be buddies.
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Ziti compared to Udon
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Meatball.
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How did I miss this? Nice! Uncharted territory here lol Officially my favorite tank on the site
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Yeah... crossing everything I can cross that it works out long term.
