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congrats bruce!
always liked these guys myself!
but its like when these guys are available,other fish are as well.....
and i end up...well...you know...:(
 
pufferdudeg5;2950086; said:
Mbus tend to be a little more aggresive when they are younger. They like to fin nip, but as they age it tends to go away. All of the Mbu I have ever kept are super peaceful, unlike Fahakas who kill for fun.

I have two at the moment, my little 3 in guy picks on the 10in one. (no marks, just swims at him)

The only thing they are aggresive towards, are crawdads.

These are older pics but pleny of tankmates and clown loaches without so much as a nibble.
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Good stuff man, great loach and puffers too

Will Hayward;2950189; said:
Not mine. Just a photo I took of one at a Store near Toronto.
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wow impressive

channarox;2951939; said:
congrats bruce!
always liked these guys myself!
but its like when these guys are available,other fish are as well.....
and i end up...well...you know...:(
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Yeah i know what its like lol

P.s.

The loach that he sorta nibbled is healing up really well. Hes just been eating loads gets food from other fishes mouths too :D great fun to play with. Ive done 2 nice waterchanges in the last few days and improved filteration my 6x2x2 now has 1x FX5, 1x Tetratec 1200 EX and a 2213 eheim classic canister
 
The loach that he sorta nibbled is healing up really well. Hes just been eating loads gets food from other fishes mouths too :D great fun to play with. Ive done 2 nice waterchanges in the last few days and improved filteration my 6x2x2 now has 1x FX5, 1x Tetratec 1200 EX and a 2213 eheim classic canister
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whoa thats a hell of alot of filtration, won't hurt though. When i had my mbu he took a load of the fins of a lap when he was eating a prawn.
 
This guys is amazing, eating loads, incredibley active always looking for people and pix tend to turn out quite good too :D what more could you want from a fish =D
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good pickup buddy. everyone needs a mbu. get him on prawn and cockle in the shell and you'll have him massive in no time. their huge bellies are hilarious when they're young.

one tip i'd give is to feed them from hand if you can from a young age, a bit hard and dangerous with small prawn but with mussel and cockle in shell it's easy enough and very good for them to get the crunch to keep their teeth in check. the reason to feed them by hand is as unlike popular misguided opinion by those that haven't kept them they are very peaceful and not aggressive, quick feeders and so at feeding time once they are big and amongst other monsters they don't stand a chance to get any food.

this means they start foraging and as curious fish they can have a nip at things they think might be food and their teeth do serious damage. polypterus are a definite no no as they are not particularly active and so that's why a curious mbu tends to nip them. by feeding from hand early they get used to it and then will take the food from your hand in the future when it becomes harder to get food to them.
 
marvinbaker;2967026; said:
good pickup buddy. everyone needs a mbu. get him on prawn and cockle in the shell and you'll have him massive in no time. their huge bellies are hilarious when they're young.

one tip i'd give is to feed them from hand if you can from a young age, a bit hard and dangerous with small prawn but with mussel and cockle in shell it's easy enough and very good for them to get the crunch to keep their teeth in check. the reason to feed them by hand is as unlike popular misguided opinion by those that haven't kept them they are very peaceful and not aggressive, quick feeders and so at feeding time once they are big and amongst other monsters they don't stand a chance to get any food.

this means they start foraging and as curious fish they can have a nip at things they think might be food and their teeth do serious damage. polypterus are a definite no no as they are not particularly active and so that's why a curious mbu tends to nip them. by feeding from hand early they get used to it and then will take the food from your hand in the future when it becomes harder to get food to them.
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Ahh cool man, thanx for the help buddy

Hes currently eating, Prawn, mussle, squid, lancefish, bloodworm, hes there first at dinner time lol gets loads i also pass him some down, its dunny seeing him carrying a massive chunk of bloodworm around with him :D

Have you got one my friend? If so any chance of some pix?
 
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