Hi , here are some photos of my new Hoplias Mala. It’s kinda small but really active when food is in the tank. (At the moment it does not accept pellets and that why the tank is in that mess)
I find that it will take pellets after some time. I drop them in at the top and they get excited and gulp in down . I find that the more noise and commotion food or pellets make they go nuts and gulp down anything.