White Cloud Mountain minnows are good for your aquatic sal tank.

ryan

New member
Joined
May 7, 2007
Messages
989
Reaction score
0
Points
0
Location
Pennsylvania
Country
United States
Display Name
Ryan
I have 2 white clouds in my tank and I think they are beneficial. I say this because I see them picking off little white worms, planeria, copepods, and even uneaten blackworms. Also if I see that they are acting odd then there is probably something wrong with the water and gives me a heads up.

So if you have siren, necturus, or axolotls I would recommend getting 2 or 3. Just make sure they arn't bothering the sal in any way then you should get rid of them. Oh and don't get startled if you wake up one morning and there is a few missing, because you know what that means
lick.gif
 
Ryan,
It is good to hear that the white clouds in your Necturus enclosure are acting as good housekeepers. Even though mixing white clouds with sirens and axolotls sounds safe enough to me be careful however about giving recommendations on animals that you have no experience with. A lot of bad advice and false information has been spread this way, especially on the internet.
Chip
 
This doesn't go in this section. Please don't post another thread in this topic again - this is for official Caudata.org news and announcements.

Regarding keeping fish with any newt or salamander, you always run the risk of passing on parasites and bacteria that the newts/salamanders have never come into contact with.
 
I moved this out of Caudata.org Announcements and into General Discussion.

White clouds are pretty harmless little fish. But like anything from a pet shop, they should be quarantined to prevent bringing in diseases.
 
Let me rephrase my sentence, So if you have mudpuppy I would recommend getting 2 or 3. Just make sure they arn't bothering the sal in any way then you should get rid of them. Oh and don't get startled if you wake up one morning and there is a few missing, because you know what that means. Lastly, quarantine them.
biggrin.gif
 
General chit-chat
Help Users
  • No one is chatting at the moment.
  • Katia Del Rio-Tsonis:
    Dear All, I would appreciate some help identifying P. waltl disease and treatment. We received newts from Europe early November and a few maybe 3/70 had what it looked like lesions under the legs- at that time we thought maybe it was the stress of travel- now we think they probably had "red leg syndrome" (see picture). However a few weeks later other newts started to develop skin lesions (picture enclosed). The sender recommended to use sulfamerazine and we have treated them 2x and we are not sure they are all recovering. Does anyone have any experience with P. waltl diseases and could give some input on this? Any input would be greatly appreciated! Thank you.
    +1
    Unlike
  • Katia Del Rio-Tsonis:
    sorry I am having a hard time trying to upload the pictures- I have them saved on my hard drive... any suggestions-the prompts here are not allowing for downloads that way as far as I can tell. Thanks
    +1
    Unlike
    Katia Del Rio-Tsonis: sorry I am having a hard time trying to upload the pictures- I have them saved on my hard... +1
    Back
    Top