Posted 23 July 2016 - 07:12 PM
Recent reports of the death of my mudpuppy have been greatly exaggerated! I took all the stuff out of my 75 and I found the mudpuppy, he had evidently made himself a home in my cypress tree root ball and was responsible for the slow decline in the fish population in the tank.
I liked him better when he was active all the time but he is still cool!
Posted 23 July 2016 - 10:15 PM
How big has this guy gotten?
The member formerly known as Skipjack
Posted 24 July 2016 - 06:56 AM
How big has this guy gotten?
He is probably 9 or 10 inches, hard to measure something that slippery and wiggly, I wish I knew what sex he was, breeding them would be very cool!
Posted 26 October 2016 - 10:08 PM
Posted 27 October 2016 - 08:44 AM
Off track here, but can you post a photo of that cypress and talk about how you get it to grow in a tank? Sounds like a very cool project that I'd love to tackle. Thanks.
I grow cypress with out soil, I force them to grow low across the top of the tank, limbs out of the water but under my lights. I used to grow cypress as bonsai and just used those techniques to shape the tree. It's about six years old now...
Posted 27 October 2016 - 07:25 PM
Heck, just thought it was a root ball, had not even considered that it was living. Neat
The member formerly known as Skipjack
Posted 28 October 2016 - 10:19 AM
A power surge that occurred during Hurricane Matthew killed my aquarium lights, along with some other appliances so I may have to take the tank down and put the cypress tree back outside in a pond. When I get it set back up I'll try to take some pictures.
Posted 28 October 2016 - 11:01 AM
What kind of mudpuppy ... N. punctatus ? If so, that's a mighty big one.
Gerald Pottern
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Posted 28 October 2016 - 08:29 PM
What kind of mudpuppy ... N. punctatus ? If so, that's a mighty big one.
I think it's Necturus maculosus.
Posted 28 October 2016 - 09:24 PM
He is probably 9 or 10 inches, hard to measure something that slippery and wiggly, I wish I knew what sex he was, breeding them would be very cool!
At 10 inches it is no puppy, it is a full fledged "water dog"!
Posted 29 October 2016 - 06:54 PM
At 10 inches it is no puppy, it is a full fledged "water dog"!
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