Can a pair of tadpole madtoms be kept in a 10 gallon tank?
Tadpole Tank Size?
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, Oct 28 2007 12:46 PM
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Posted 31 October 2007 - 07:24 PM
I have heard scattered reports of madtom cannibalism with increasing frequency of late. I have even heard of an entire lab being wiped out because of it. Nobody is really sure what is causing it, but pathologists think they have isolated a virus which may be at root. I have heard even stranger reports about people who have been stung by infected madtoms. The stories are not even credible, so I won't repeat them here, but like the lab incidents they appear to be increasing in frequency.
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Posted 15 January 2008 - 10:19 PM
I am new to the forum, but I wanted to chime in to say I had two madtoms in a 10 gallon tank that lived to a ripe old age. I understand the expected life span is 2.5 years, but mine lived for a little more than three. The water was kept at 72 and a neutral ph. I had many arifical plants and artificial rock-work for hiding places. I also covered three sides with black construction paper and used ambient light to illuminate the tank.
I fed frozen and freeze dried blood worms and frozen brine shrimp. They would not eat the shrimp pellets my P. blochii love. They make excellent pets, however you will only see them at feeding time. They are hardy too. My wife discovered one on the floor and managed to revive it without mishap, despite being covered in fuzz and cat hair.
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I fed frozen and freeze dried blood worms and frozen brine shrimp. They would not eat the shrimp pellets my P. blochii love. They make excellent pets, however you will only see them at feeding time. They are hardy too. My wife discovered one on the floor and managed to revive it without mishap, despite being covered in fuzz and cat hair.
Best,
Nick
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Posted 16 January 2008 - 11:38 AM
Tadpole madtoms are often found in low gradient streams, backwaters, swamps, or natural lakes. They like dense vegitation, woody debris, and or leaf litter and do not seem to have a problem with being kept at rather warm temperatures. Good tank mates would be mudminnows, large killifish, or a darter species that likes the same conditions and is too big to be food. Something like a Dusky or Blackbanded darter that gets large and likes wood in slow current might be good.
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