This is the best picture I have of any of them. Man has she grown. I need
a better strobe to get a good shot of them in the habitat. And I'm not
going to disturb them right now, if you know what I mean ;)
http://www.farmertodd.com/nanfa/spollick/TadpoleMadtom.jpg
Extra news... I watched the lucky two do a little dance all evening...
Nudging at each other's anal region and fin with their heads. It was pretty
cool... I'm excited :)
----- Original Message -----
From: "John B" <bongi_at_cox-internet.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 12:25 AM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- tadpole madtoms looking amarous.
> Todd,
>
> Could you do us all a favor and post a photo or two of your Tadpole
> Madtoms? I collected a few Madtoms this
> past weekend and they don't look like freckled but I haven't seen a good
> (profile view) picture of the Tadpole.
>
> John
>
> Todd Crail wrote:
>
> >Well an excavation has begun, and I wonder if it ain't cause they'd like
a
> >little privacy.
> >
> >I have two large tadpole madtoms, N. gyrinus, the female of which, looks
> >more like a small bullhead :) They were small last year, but they sure
> >grow fast on krill (since last May when I brought them in my care).
She's
> >alway kept to herself under a couple pieces of limestone I stacked at an
> >angle, and never shared the space with any of the 5 madtoms I have in
there
> >(the smallest of which sits in a back corner, head down, because all the
> >other good places are taken ;)
> >
> >This last week, one of the males moved in and they've really moved some
> >sand. Little dunes at the front and back. I checked tonight and they
have
> >really cut a chasm out in between a rock that must have been buried in
the
> >sand and the right piece of their "tent". I can only assume that he was
> >invited in, since she's chased off intruders all the rest of the time.
> >
> >Anybody bred gyrinus before? I'm assuming they'll use the flat part of
the
> >rock to lay eggs and fan them there. They're guarding the cubby like
crazy
> >(no one even bothers to go near it now), so I imagine I can get a hatch
and
> >then pull some of the fry to another tank. Yes, I'm a low maintenance
kind
> >of "breeder". Usually, fry in my care become food, but this looks like
fun
> >;)
> >
> >And granted the eggs are fertile because they really didn't get all that
> >cold. Low temp this winter was 65 F. So I'm not extremely hopeful, but
it
> >does look like all systems go at this point.
> >
> >And on a completely different continent... I started the stock of the 30
> >gallon Amazonian tank this Saturday. The blue rams already laid. Time
to
> >go look all that up. I can make money at that to pay for my native habit
;)
> >
> >Todd
> >
> >It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
> >http://www.farmertodd.com
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