Help, got a salamander tadpole

Chrispy · 11-28-2007, 09:42 PM

ok, so i got one for free and i dont want to flush him so i am gonna raise him. Right now he is in a little half gallon carry tank, but i have a 2.5 gallon rectangle tank for him then eventaully a bigger tank. Well i need to know how to care for him. I read to grind up flakes and maybe some lettuce. How long do they take to develop? Also how old must they be to ID them. Here are some pictures i took with my phone but they are bad because it wont focus on him. I will get some better ones up later

oh and i probly should describe him. he has a high dorsal fin. the dorsal fin starts pretty back on him. his eyes are just black spots like a guppie. he is tan with spots or dark gren. the spots are tiny and cover him and part of his tail. he has those little wing gill things behind his ears. and well, thats about it

Betta splendens · 11-29-2007, 11:10 AM

Uh, dorsal fins? I have never in my experience with caudates heard of a tadpole having a dorsal fin. But to feed it you can give it green water, like for tiny tiny fish fry, or you can give it algae drops or something with algae on it. I use lettuce for my frog/toad tadpoles but newts don't seem to be to interested in it.

Also newly hatched brine shrimp or other small water animals like that are good, and if you live in a warm area some local pond water might have what it needs if it's very young.

Hope I helped,
Betta splendens

**TheOldSalt** · 11-30-2007, 03:51 AM

That's a goby fish, I think, not a salamander baby.

fishbguy · 11-30-2007, 04:22 AM

^^^aggreed....I've kept plent of sally larva before, and that doesn't look like any I've ever seen...Espacially if it's clinging verticly to the walls like on the pics...sally larva can't do that..

Chrispy · 11-30-2007, 10:10 AM

well its got gills sticking out and those pictures happen to be sideways

. he is on the bottom of the tank

**JustOneMore20** · 11-30-2007, 10:15 AM

Can you get better pictures? It might be easier to ID.

fishbguy · 11-30-2007, 10:58 AM

okay...I figured that they were sideways, but incase they weren't...

better pictures are a must....clearer, right side up, etc...

Chrispy · 11-30-2007, 01:06 PM

i will try. i think my roomate has a camera

**TheOldSalt** · 12-01-2007, 07:59 AM

Just look at the reflection in the top picture. It's plainly a goby. Which goby? Heh. With over 2000 to choose from, that's one guessing game that'll take awhile indeed.

Fishguy54 · 12-05-2007, 05:15 PM

That's not a dorsal fin it's the tail running up the back of the body. Chrispy it would help if you mentioned where you got the dang thing but if I had to guess from your blurry photos my money says you have an albino clawed frog tadpole.

**Scuba Kid** · 12-05-2007, 05:36 PM

Can you get clearer pictures?

Chrispy · 12-05-2007, 06:44 PM

sorry, i lost my computer for a couple days (monitor failure) i will try and get pics asap. My roommate has a nice camera.

**TheOldSalt** · 12-06-2007, 08:48 AM

External gills, you say? So that thing that looks lie a high pointy dorsal fin in the reflection is really his gills?

Chrispy · 12-07-2007, 11:36 AM

well nevermind. it died today. it lkooked all funky and was dead this morning

11-28-2007, 09:42 PM	#1
Chrispy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Age: 20 Posts: 121	Help, got a salamander tadpole ok, so i got one for free and i dont want to flush him so i am gonna raise him. Right now he is in a little half gallon carry tank, but i have a 2.5 gallon rectangle tank for him then eventaully a bigger tank. Well i need to know how to care for him. I read to grind up flakes and maybe some lettuce. How long do they take to develop? Also how old must they be to ID them. Here are some pictures i took with my phone but they are bad because it wont focus on him. I will get some better ones up later oh and i probly should describe him. he has a high dorsal fin. the dorsal fin starts pretty back on him. his eyes are just black spots like a guppie. he is tan with spots or dark gren. the spots are tiny and cover him and part of his tail. he has those little wing gill things behind his ears. and well, thats about it __________________ 10 Gallon 2 Fire Belly Newts 1 female Betta 4 male Endlers 1 female Endler 1 Baby Gold Nugget Placo Various Cheery Shrimp 5.5 Gallon 1 Female Tequila Sunrise Guppy 4 Cherry Shrimp 2 African Dwarf Frogs Last edited by Chrispy; 11-28-2007 at 10:10 PM.

11-30-2007, 04:22 AM	#4
fishbguy I'm watching you Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: michigan Age: 17 Posts: 1,890	^^^aggreed....I've kept plent of sally larva before, and that doesn't look like any I've ever seen...Espacially if it's clinging verticly to the walls like on the pics...sally larva can't do that.. __________________ I think about you in the summertime And all the good times we had, baby It’s been a few years and I can’t deny The thought of you still makes me crazy I think about you in the summertime Summertime - New Kids On The Block

11-30-2007, 10:10 AM	#5
Chrispy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Age: 20 Posts: 121	well its got gills sticking out and those pictures happen to be sideways . he is on the bottom of the tank __________________ 10 Gallon 2 Fire Belly Newts 1 female Betta 4 male Endlers 1 female Endler 1 Baby Gold Nugget Placo Various Cheery Shrimp 5.5 Gallon 1 Female Tequila Sunrise Guppy 4 Cherry Shrimp 2 African Dwarf Frogs

11-30-2007, 10:15 AM	#6
JustOneMore20 Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Birmingham, AL Age: 22 Posts: 3,581	Can you get better pictures? It might be easier to ID. __________________ *Kristin* 5 Planted tanks: 55g, 40g, 29g, 20g, 5.5g

11-30-2007, 10:58 AM	#7
fishbguy I'm watching you Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: michigan Age: 17 Posts: 1,890	okay...I figured that they were sideways, but incase they weren't... better pictures are a must....clearer, right side up, etc... __________________ I think about you in the summertime And all the good times we had, baby It’s been a few years and I can’t deny The thought of you still makes me crazy I think about you in the summertime Summertime - New Kids On The Block

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11-29-2007, 11:10 AM	#2
Betta splendens The frog guy. Join Date: Nov 2006 Age: 16 Posts: 84	Uh, dorsal fins? I have never in my experience with caudates heard of a tadpole having a dorsal fin. But to feed it you can give it green water, like for tiny tiny fish fry, or you can give it algae drops or something with algae on it. I use lettuce for my frog/toad tadpoles but newts don't seem to be to interested in it. Also newly hatched brine shrimp or other small water animals like that are good, and if you live in a warm area some local pond water might have what it needs if it's very young. Hope I helped, Betta splendens

11-30-2007, 03:51 AM	#3
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,358	That's a goby fish, I think, not a salamander baby.

11-30-2007, 01:06 PM	#8
Chrispy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Age: 20 Posts: 121	i will try. i think my roomate has a camera __________________ 10 Gallon 2 Fire Belly Newts 1 female Betta 4 male Endlers 1 female Endler 1 Baby Gold Nugget Placo Various Cheery Shrimp 5.5 Gallon 1 Female Tequila Sunrise Guppy 4 Cherry Shrimp 2 African Dwarf Frogs

12-01-2007, 07:59 AM	#9
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,358	Just look at the reflection in the top picture. It's plainly a goby. Which goby? Heh. With over 2000 to choose from, that's one guessing game that'll take awhile indeed.

12-05-2007, 05:15 PM	#10
Fishguy54 Fishy Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 21	That's not a dorsal fin it's the tail running up the back of the body. Chrispy it would help if you mentioned where you got the dang thing but if I had to guess from your blurry photos my money says you have an albino clawed frog tadpole.

12-05-2007, 05:36 PM	#11
Scuba Kid Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RI Age: 18 Posts: 4,221	Can you get clearer pictures? __________________ Current setups: 1800 gallon koi pond, 10 gallon planted, 150 gallon reef, other FOWLR tanks

12-05-2007, 06:44 PM	#12
Chrispy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Age: 20 Posts: 121	sorry, i lost my computer for a couple days (monitor failure) i will try and get pics asap. My roommate has a nice camera. __________________ 10 Gallon 2 Fire Belly Newts 1 female Betta 4 male Endlers 1 female Endler 1 Baby Gold Nugget Placo Various Cheery Shrimp 5.5 Gallon 1 Female Tequila Sunrise Guppy 4 Cherry Shrimp 2 African Dwarf Frogs

12-06-2007, 08:48 AM	#13
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,358	External gills, you say? So that thing that looks lie a high pointy dorsal fin in the reflection is really his gills?

12-07-2007, 11:36 AM	#14
Chrispy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Age: 20 Posts: 121	well nevermind. it died today. it lkooked all funky and was dead this morning __________________ 10 Gallon 2 Fire Belly Newts 1 female Betta 4 male Endlers 1 female Endler 1 Baby Gold Nugget Placo Various Cheery Shrimp 5.5 Gallon 1 Female Tequila Sunrise Guppy 4 Cherry Shrimp 2 African Dwarf Frogs

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