Welcome back to the tank trials! The fish are all doing well. Unfortunately the crawfish was lost several weeks ago. It seems it had some sort of seizure and passed away. I was saddend by its leaving. During the past few months our Biology class were using other crawfish for an experiment. I asked for and recieved several to bring home. Although small, they are lively and quite good eaters. Chicken liver seems to be their favorite.
I have captured a few red bellied dace for the smaller aquarium. They are very colorful and have fit in well with the half dozen or more orange throated darters. I have also added a great little madtom. These are small catfish that live in and amongst the rocks during the day, coming out only at night to feed. It will come out if I feed later at night. This is the only time I get to se ...