My god, Bob is a destructive fish. I'm quite pleased, A: its great to have the challenge of building a habitat he'll like, and B: its good to see him being decisive and active. Today I watched him pick up the petite anubias by the stick its attached to like a dog with a bone in its mouth and haul it (plant flapping in his face) across the tank where he deposited it and hasn't looked at it since. There's been allot of other moving including hauling gravel to perfect his caves and general digging and moving, he's even tried to figure out how to move the salvinia from the surface around the tank. At this point I've grabbed a couple pieces of wood in the hopes that i can make him the hiding places he needs without plants and then I'll just tie the anubias to the Malaysian driftwood that I got and pull anything out of the tank that he uproots. I've got him gobbling up spirulina like a hound, he ate a couple peas but has turned down the NLS pellets so far. Once I see him with consistent clean BMs I'll start him in on some live superworms and cyclopeeze. So far I've seen two good BMs and one that was correct color but had a hint of stringiness. Also, I'm planning his final home at this point, I'm thinking 55 or 40b with a basic canister filter, 200w heat, PFS substrate, rock and driftwood hardscape mainly focused on driftwood, maybe manzanita, with anubias and java fern tied in. At this point I'm leaning towards a fine sand substrate since he's been spending so much time digging. I've been watching him eat and he roots for food allot, I'm thinking its easier to pass sand than rocks, thoughts?
Bob's renovations

there were two more whole large crypts there last night
these three were taken within seconds of eachother, Bob making his rounds

LOOK CLOSELY AT THE STUMP!!!!! Seriously though, do it...I'm pretty sure I see a thin film of tissue there, if you look back in the other pictures that wasn't present when I got him, this is me crossing my fingers...but i think he's growing a tail!!! :headbang2:

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the wood I chose, been soaking for a while now
the Malaysian, I'm going to put the rhizome in that notched part in the bottom picture.
