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sarah
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I posted a few months back, I had just gotten a siren (though the person I bought it from had told me it was an amphiuma) at any rate, since it's been a while, and it's still alive (wow!) I thought I'd ask what you all think. Still don't know if it is lesser or greater, but I'm thinking it's lesser. I know it's not a dwarf. I don't know what the heck it's eating, though I do feed it frozen bloodworms (thawed first) and live brine shrimp, I very rarely see it eat. I've also tried sinking salamander/newt pellets, but I've seen him try to eat them and then spit them out. Are they too hard? Or just taste bad? Who knows.
I keep guppies in the tank with it now, originally I bought some tiny baby guppies to see if it would eat them, but I have since done research and found that sirens have poor eyesight, and are mostly bottom feeders, it would be unlikely for them to be able to catch fish as a regular food item. All those guppies grew up, so there are quite a few in there that I feed dried bloodworms and fish flakes to. Occasionally I've seen the siren come out during the day and eat the floating bloodworms, but for some reason this doesn't seem like a natural behavior. Perhaps learned? I also put ghost shrimp in there, and when I notice they are gone, I get a few more. I'm not sure if he's eating them, or if they just die, or what. My friend thinks the siren must be eating them, but they just seem so big compared to the size of my siren's mouth... Either way, they add a bit of interest to the tank.
He must be eating some of the food items I've put in there for him, otherwise there is no way he'd still be alive right now, right?
Anyway, some pictures, tell me if it looks ok, if you have any guesses as to what kind of siren it might be, etc. It's rare that I get to see him out, but it's so exciting when it does come out, such a beautiful little guy. (Or gal).
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y266/wldkiwi274/Ginui/Undine/2_22_07bed.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y266/wldkiwi274/Ginui/Undine/2_21_07bed.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y266/wldkiwi274/Ginui/Undine/2_21_07eed.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y266/wldkiwi274/Ginui/Undine/socuted.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y266/wldkiwi274/Ginui/Undine/movemented.jpg
The most recent pics are here: http://s7.photobucket.com/albums/y266/wldkiwi274/Ginui/Undine/
And the older pics are here (along with pics of my tiger sally): http://s7.photobucket.com/albums/y266/wldkiwi274/Ginui/
Should his gills be more red? What else could I try feeding him? Most places around here don't sell live foods, it's all mostly frozen. And I don't trust going to a baitshop..
I keep guppies in the tank with it now, originally I bought some tiny baby guppies to see if it would eat them, but I have since done research and found that sirens have poor eyesight, and are mostly bottom feeders, it would be unlikely for them to be able to catch fish as a regular food item. All those guppies grew up, so there are quite a few in there that I feed dried bloodworms and fish flakes to. Occasionally I've seen the siren come out during the day and eat the floating bloodworms, but for some reason this doesn't seem like a natural behavior. Perhaps learned? I also put ghost shrimp in there, and when I notice they are gone, I get a few more. I'm not sure if he's eating them, or if they just die, or what. My friend thinks the siren must be eating them, but they just seem so big compared to the size of my siren's mouth... Either way, they add a bit of interest to the tank.
He must be eating some of the food items I've put in there for him, otherwise there is no way he'd still be alive right now, right?
Anyway, some pictures, tell me if it looks ok, if you have any guesses as to what kind of siren it might be, etc. It's rare that I get to see him out, but it's so exciting when it does come out, such a beautiful little guy. (Or gal).
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y266/wldkiwi274/Ginui/Undine/2_22_07bed.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y266/wldkiwi274/Ginui/Undine/2_21_07bed.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y266/wldkiwi274/Ginui/Undine/2_21_07eed.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y266/wldkiwi274/Ginui/Undine/socuted.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y266/wldkiwi274/Ginui/Undine/movemented.jpg
The most recent pics are here: http://s7.photobucket.com/albums/y266/wldkiwi274/Ginui/Undine/
And the older pics are here (along with pics of my tiger sally): http://s7.photobucket.com/albums/y266/wldkiwi274/Ginui/
Should his gills be more red? What else could I try feeding him? Most places around here don't sell live foods, it's all mostly frozen. And I don't trust going to a baitshop..