Meet Master Yoda (Young Fahaka)
Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 9:57 am
Greeting to all on the Puffer forum. My name is Mathijn, I'm from the Netherlands and since 3 weeks I made a new friend. His name is Master Yoda... yes not just Yoda... but Master! Yoda hehe.
Master Yoda is a little Fahaka. He was just about 3 inches (anybody that can estimate the age for that length?) when I got him and needed about a week to recover from his journey to his new tank (It was an hour of driving on a very hot day). His colors has changed after that to a happy green and when he is hunting little mosquito larva he already shows a little of the stripes he will get when he becomes an adult.
He's very cute and fun to observe. Always comes out of his hide out when I come home and will start swimming back and forth to get my attention that he is hungry. After eating his little belly all round he will relax for a while completely buried in the sand and after a few hours he will start searching for some larva that buried themselves by blowing over sand.
Here are some picture that I know you will all enjoy.
Greetings from me and my Fahaka.
The tank (570 litres) when I started puttin plants in. It looks a bit more full now as I placed some Valesneria in the middle to cut the view from one side to another.
Master Yoda after just arriving in his new home. A little stressed
Still recovering....
Finally checking out the neighborhood
a little movie of eating his first earthworm for dinner
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Say cheese!
Blowing over sand looking for a midnight snack
Another vid of Master Yoda going all shy for the camera
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3 weeks later
Dinner time with the other 2 inhabitors..... Lets see how long before they will be on the menu, lol
Hope you enjoyed it. More pics will surely follow once he gets older and bigger.
Master Yoda is a little Fahaka. He was just about 3 inches (anybody that can estimate the age for that length?) when I got him and needed about a week to recover from his journey to his new tank (It was an hour of driving on a very hot day). His colors has changed after that to a happy green and when he is hunting little mosquito larva he already shows a little of the stripes he will get when he becomes an adult.
He's very cute and fun to observe. Always comes out of his hide out when I come home and will start swimming back and forth to get my attention that he is hungry. After eating his little belly all round he will relax for a while completely buried in the sand and after a few hours he will start searching for some larva that buried themselves by blowing over sand.
Here are some picture that I know you will all enjoy.
Greetings from me and my Fahaka.
The tank (570 litres) when I started puttin plants in. It looks a bit more full now as I placed some Valesneria in the middle to cut the view from one side to another.
Master Yoda after just arriving in his new home. A little stressed
Still recovering....
Finally checking out the neighborhood
a little movie of eating his first earthworm for dinner
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Say cheese!
Blowing over sand looking for a midnight snack
Another vid of Master Yoda going all shy for the camera
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3 weeks later
Dinner time with the other 2 inhabitors..... Lets see how long before they will be on the menu, lol
Hope you enjoyed it. More pics will surely follow once he gets older and bigger.