Re: NANFA-- Freckled Madtom observations

Bob Bock (bockhouse_at_earthlink.net)
Sun, 13 Jan 2002 13:47:39 -0500

On the Eastern shore of Maryland, I've found them in the feathery
projections of streamside tree roots where the soil had been washed away
from the stream bank.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Denkhaus, Robert" <DenkhaR_at_Ci.Fort-Worth.TX.US>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 10:37 AM
Subject: RE: NANFA-- Freckled Madtom observations

> The idea that this behavior is more common in adults than in juveniles
could
> mean that my techniques for looking for adult madtoms down among the
> detritus and other substrate materials may be all wrong. Maybe I should
be
> hitting higher up in the vegetation! So, vertically speaking, where does
> everyone find their madtoms? The young of the year that I have been
rearing
> all originally came from out of a dense layer of decaying cottonwood,
> sycamore, and oak leaves in about a foot of water. No submerged or
emergent
> vegetation was present. As I think about this though I remember catching
a
> few adults years ago amongst a dense stand of lotus while trying to catch
> dragonfly nymphs.
>
> Rob Denkhaus
> Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Edward Venn
> > Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 10:54 PM
> > To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> > Subject: Re: NANFA-- Freckled Madtom observations
> >
> >
> > Bruce,
> >
> > Is this found only in adults or do juveniles exhibit the same
> > behaviour?
> > Could this behaviour related to the onset of breeding as in
> > the catfish
> > found in Japan?
> > >
> > >Rob, I've had the same behavior from my tadpole madtoms.
> > The more dense
> > >the
> > >foliage, the more likely for them to exhibit this behavior.
> > If you have
> > >both
> > >bottom cover & a dense growth of plants, madtoms will occupy both.
> > >
> > >Bruce Scott
> > >Meridian, Idaho
> >
>
>
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