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I added a couple very small guppies (born yesterday) to the tank temporarily, and all my Malawas started acting more like fish!


Here you can see my Malawas swimming around during feeding time...

http://www.imageseek.com/malawa.html

-steve

Ah yes... scud love. And after the babies are born... wow. I don't think I will ever truly be able to tame these guys... have you seen how small the babie scuds are??? I've created a Scud sucker - a chopstick, some aquarium airhose line, and a few light duty clip-ties to hold it together... Meanwhil...

A quick movie update on my amazing Malawa colony....

http://imageseek.com/malawa/Malawa.mov

Let me know what you think!

-steve

Malawas seem a little slow to breed for me, but very hardy and ... prolific.



http://www.imageseek.com/sven/gallery/m ... abies_4826

Speaking of mutations...

http://www.imageseek.com/sven/gallery/m ... ile?full=1

In case anyone is wondering, Malawas are SUPER robust... and profilic. I think they will last a long time in the hobby - way more interesting to watch than cherries in my opinion....

Mine keep breeding... and breeding...

cool!

Quick update: My malawa population has EXPLODED.

To keep rulers away from our wrists here (Forum Rules), I will post a few places for you to research more puffer info: http://www.thepufferforum.com/forum/ http://www.dwarfpuffers.com/ Now, for the record, even my Puffers would eat ANY shrimp I put in the tank - even large Glass Shrimp. They are fri...

Flattered for the compliments.

I've been separating my shrimps, and you spotted one of the stragglers... because I have dense vegetation in this tank I have to pick em out when I can see them... so I don't feed em for a day and then feed them... with my net handy.

They max out at ~1 inch and are extremely (like all puffers) aggressive to tankmate

Just for the record: South American Puffers are very social. Mine co-exist with Neon Tetras cheerfully.

Yes, I have some strange coloration happening. One of my malawas is "banded" with orange rings... very peculiar. Cross breeding with the Cherries?

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