Edited by jblaylock, 10 April 2011 - 09:43 PM.
Lamprey Lovers
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Posted 10 April 2011 - 09:40 PM
Today I went out for a bit to enjoy the beautiful weather. A friend and I went to Wolfpen Creek. This is a small spring fed creek that flows into the Red River close to Slade KY. While walking the creek I saw many of these nests of Lampreys that appear to be spawning. The nests had from 5-15 Lampreys and it looked like they were moving rocks out of the hole and getting busy. We also caught Southern Red-Belly Dace, Banded Sculpin, Rainbow and Frecklebelly Darters.
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Posted 11 April 2011 - 07:10 PM
I kept one for a while - she must have been near maturity because she metamorphosed just a couple of months after I caught her. Then she died in short order. But yeah, the ammocoetes pretty much stay in the sand.
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Posted 11 April 2011 - 09:06 PM
Great footage Josh!
As Martin said, the ammocoetes will stay in the sand and you won't see them. I had three that I'd throw in (think they were southern brooks) a tank and forgot about until I moved it. I would expect that they'd metamorphose the same and die. It'd be really cool to get some chestnuts or silvers and see what happens
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As Martin said, the ammocoetes will stay in the sand and you won't see them. I had three that I'd throw in (think they were southern brooks) a tank and forgot about until I moved it. I would expect that they'd metamorphose the same and die. It'd be really cool to get some chestnuts or silvers and see what happens
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Posted 11 April 2011 - 09:12 PM
It'd be really cool to get some chestnuts or silvers and see what happens
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They Metamorphose and then take out any fish big enough to feed on Todd.....
Actually they will try for smaller if needed too or will reluctantly scrape algae.
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