View Full Version : anyone here gotta siren???
Mampam
04-20-2009, 11:21 PM
im getting one, and just want to ask about YOURS
I have two lesser sirens in a planted 65 gallon with a bunch of small native killifish, minnows, and pygmy sunnies. I feed them scuds and frozen bloodworms.
Ak-Kronic
04-21-2009, 10:12 AM
now sirens are kinda like newts/salamanders correct??? like a bichir....now are they the ones where it looks like their gills are on the outside of their body??? we only get salamanders in Juneau and they aren't even supposed to be there.......guess they jumped ship from prince whales island........do they freeze themselves kinda like frogs do to survive the winter??
Sirens are salamanders. They are obligate perennibranchs, meaning they keep their external gills throughout their lives. Sirens cannot to my knowledge survive being frozen, though they can tolerate near-freezing temperatures. They do cocoon themselves in mud and aestivate as lungfish do when water levels drop too low.
The salamanders in southeast Alaska are members of two families, neither closely related to sirens: the Ambystomatidae or mole salamanders, and the Salamandridae or newts. These salamanders (at least the Alaska species) have a typical amphibian life cycle with a gilled aquatic larva and air-breathing terrestrial adult.
Salamanders actually live in areas much colder than southeastern Alaska, including rather frigid parts of eastern Canada, Scandinavia, and Siberia. They mainly survive the winters by burrowing below the frost line.
Mampam
04-21-2009, 6:26 PM
cant wait, getting one either thurs or friday
Mampam
04-21-2009, 11:32 PM
lesser
Cool. What's your setup like?
panterafan
04-22-2009, 11:25 AM
wow, I have been looking for a siren for like 2 years. I just don't see them real often in the Milwaukee, WI area.
Mampam
04-22-2009, 3:06 PM
wow, I have been looking for a siren for like 2 years. I just don't see them real often in the Milwaukee, WI area.
there are no sirens up there lol, your thinking mudpuppies
jason longboard
04-22-2009, 10:31 PM
I google imaged sirens and got this,as you can see I had to edit it.355497
Mampam
04-22-2009, 11:03 PM
I google imaged sirens and got this,as you can see I had to edit it.355497
LMAO
jason longboard
04-23-2009, 6:37 PM
bump for above pic
Jfitz
04-26-2009, 12:17 PM
lol jason, good to see you back ;)
Mampam
04-26-2009, 8:40 PM
lmao at ppl changing the title
panterafan
04-30-2009, 4:52 PM
there are no sirens up there lol, your thinking mudpuppies
Sorry I meant in pet stores. One LFS has one in a tank not for sale. But I cant seem to find them for sale up here.