H. Malabaricus tank size..

[Oddball]

My 2+footer mala swam around the 450 quite a bit. He was only sedentary at mid-day and just after eating. Keeping a big mala in a small tank only guarantees that it won't do much swimming since there's no place to move.

 

[Chub_by]

I agree with that. Question is how big one will grow if I get it small.. then again the question is am I limiting the maximum size of the fish by keeping it in the smaller tank. It's difficult.

 

[Zeke]

Bigger the tank,bigger and faster they grow, in my humble opinion. Feed it constantly. I would try to use some type of pellets hidden inside other meaty foods if you can. They have ALOT of protein in them. I have used Hikari Massivore Pellets with EXCELLENT results. I feed mine lots of different prey items as well. Anything from whole gut loaded fish to frogs,and everything you can imagine that's meaty in between. Also, lots of water changes. I do mine twice a week. I don't change as much,but I do so more frequently. I think it's better like that in my humble opinion. Less of a drastic change in water parameters that way.