Dwarf sirens care

[luis]

Hello:
I am interested in keeping 3 dwarf sirens in a heavily planted 30 gallon tank.What would be the best temp and water Ph?
Are they combative with each other?Overall any tips would be helpfull.
Thanks
Luis

 

[nate]

Hi Luis, I've kept these in the past. While not really combative with each other that I saw, they often nipped each others' legs and toes at feeding time. This resulted in a lost foot in one, though it soon grew back. They are deceptively small too. They are listed at up to 25cm, but this is misleading...they are very slender, pencil-thin or less. Their mouths are tiny and they had a hard time with even the small earthworm chunks I was originally giving them. Obviously from looking at their natural habitat, they naturally live in acidic waters. But the pH of my local water is 7.7-7.8 and they didn't seem to be bothered by this at all. As for temps, best to keep them between 60-80F. They really like a thick cover of floating plants and you're more likely to see them out and about if you provide them with it. God luck and have fun, they're very cool salamanders.

 

[luis]

thanks for the excellent advice.i intend to feed them live black worms and frozen chunks(thawed ofcourse)of mosquito and blood worms