Newsletter 2 and 13 have info on madtoms.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terri Vance" <KTerriV_at_msn.com>
To: "NANFA" <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 5:59 PM
Subject: NANFA-- Tadpole madtom update :-)
> I'm just TICKLE PINK at being able to give y'all a breeding update on my
> Tadpole madtoms! OK, no free-swimming fry yet, but.
> About a week ago the madtom pair(?) opened up the entrance to their
hidey-hole
> & made an appearance. I got to see them for all of a WHOLE DAY before
they
> disappeared again onto their favored hidey-hole. 2 days thereafter they
had
> again closed up the entrance to the hollow w/ gravel.
>
> Well, I happened to be doing some plant maintenance this afternoon &
decided
> to give in to my burgeoning curiosity. I carefully lifted the wood
&.guess
> what?! Dozens of large, white eggs are nestled together in a pit they've
> hollowed out in the gravel. Needless to say, I immediately lowered the
wood &
> will leave them alone to their egg guarding.
>
> Of course, I now need to find space for the the larger-mouthed of the
tank's
> denizens, at least till I can get some madtom fry of a non-swallowable
size
> (namely, 4 adult Rosysided dace & an unknown minnow sp. of similar size
that I
> collected w/ Casper while in TN). The only other tank I have w/ enough
> swimming space for them is the one my Lake Tanganyika cichlids reside in,
all
> spp. that may be too aggressive for these particular minnows. Would you
be
> interested in taking them in (at least )?
>
> Also, I have a few questions for y'all:
>
> At room temperature (~75), about how long should the egg-stage last? What
> size foods do any fry that hatch need to be started on? Any other advise?
>
> Terri
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