Amphiuma

[Pippin]

Very good page on the amphiuma's thank you Terry (my housing questions were actually diverted towards the lungfish

[Reggie]

Terry ,
Love the pipa pipa picture on your reply. I have 7 adult pipa pipas , a pair have been amplexing for three days now but no eggs. I dont think the female is ready even if the male is.
Alex,
I keep one of my SA lungfish ( 10 inches ) in a 65 gallon breeder with two types of tetras but very large school. The african lungfishes , all about 8 - 10 inches , I have them in 40 gallon breeders. I love 40 gallon breeders , there is so much you can do with them. Eventually I'll be putting them in a 100 gallon. I use pool filter sand with all my lungfishes and siren , they all sift through the sand and comes out the gills. I use sunken dead leaves (float for 24 hours prior to sinking) in all tanks , the SA lungfish and siren use the leaves to hide , the african lungfishes prefer caves or terra cota flower pot laid on it's side. Filteration , I pretty much over do it , ie. in my 65 gallon , I use an Ehiem canister used for 120 gallon. Sirens seem to be alot messier than lungfishes. Honestly , if you want a lungfish , beit SA or African , get babies and young ( >6 " ) , they grow very fast !!!!! After having my greater siren for a few months , I've noticed the siren has gotten alot thicker and a couple / few inches. I feed my animals every other day , perhaps I'm feeding them too much , LOL .....

[tgampper]

[QUOTE=Reggie;99469]Terry ,
Love the pipa pipa picture on your reply. I have 7 adult pipa pipas , a pair have been amplexing for three days now but no eggs. I dont think the female is ready even if the male is. [/QUOTE}

I love Pipa pipas. I have a couple of them. I only bred them once, but no toadlets I would love to have a colony of Pipa parva.

[Pippin]

How are the pipa pipas as pets? I love my African clawed frog, and I always thought of the pipa pipas being similar in care and disposition. Are they just as outgoing and voracious?
And thank you for the info on the lungfish, I doubt I will be getting them anytime soon, I need better facilities and resources before I take that much of an investment, but they have always fascinated me and I will apply this knowledge so that future Alex may know what he is getting into.