Look out for the bit near the end where her belly is so fat that she can no longer fit into her galleon. She flares her tail in surprise and backs out!
She eats like a pig.
Two prawns a day, plus jumbo bloodworm, a mussel or two, a couple of waxworms and the occasional cockle.
We measured her yesterday and now she's nearly double the size she was when we bought her six weeks ago.
Her tankmates are still at the LFS and they don't seem to have grown at all and look very miserable indeed. (Seapets in Colchester if someone want to rescue one)
omg im in love, did you see how tht thing was looking around to see what else is going on? man i though cichlids were smart now i belive how smart these guys are!
I must own one i must have one! Anyway one in australia know where these guys are i must have one.
Us Fahaka owners realise that they are the marine equivalent of a rotweiler with a postman!!
Gomez is exactly yhr same but gets very embarrased when he can`t fit back through the gap he got out of. I think Martha will have spurts of growth if she`s anything like Gomez.
It is difficult not to over feed them though!
She was eating down on that piece of food! I decided to look at the beginning and compare her to what she was in the end of the video and WOW there's a major difference! Very cute vid!
Fahakas can grow up to 15 inches in the home aquarium. Recommended minimum tank capacity is 125 US gallons at full size.
Martha is in a 60 gallon at the moment, we hope to have her in an even larger home within 6 months. However this will be brought forward if she continues her growth spurt.
It's important with this type of fish to give them a very deep tank as well as long.