Tell About Lung Fish
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Posted 10 November 2010 - 05:20 AM
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Posted 10 November 2010 - 06:18 AM
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Posted 10 November 2010 - 09:27 AM
The biggest concern you will have is at feeding time. A couple things to take into consideration. Not sure if you have seen them eat, but they suck in large amount of water with their food, and can often suck fins of tankmates in. They have incredibly powerful jaws/suction so this can cause great deals of damage. This need to be taken into account when keeping 2 or more lungfish in the same tank, many people have had their lungies rip each others pectoral fins off to the point where they don't grow back. I found this to be true in mine when they were young, although I was lucky enough to notice what was going on in time, and save my fishes fins. They aren't the fastest feeders, so be mindful of that when selecting tankmates.
Heater guards are a must. Have seen some pretty horrible burns on lungies, in particularly Australian lungfish.
You will need excellent filttration. This again comes back to their feeding method which is odd to say the least. They will suck in food and crush it into a thin pancake, and spit it out and suck it in a few times, sometimes many! very interesting to watch. But as you can imagine, it created a lot of extra mess.
some pics of mine. One i sold a while back, the other is at a friends place while i have most of my tanks shut down -
ruffaz - I know we got off on the wrong foot, which is a shame as we seem to have quite similar taste in fish. Hope this helps.
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Posted 10 November 2010 - 09:42 AM
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Posted 10 November 2010 - 09:53 AM
it is a protected species and you cannot take wild stock. There is one commercial breeder:
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Posted 10 November 2010 - 10:24 AM
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Posted 10 November 2010 - 04:43 PM
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Posted 10 November 2010 - 06:41 PM
thanks for the write up also very helpfull i ws trying to get into contact with a guy named gordon who use to be a creater at wildgrove but i believe they sold on to jindalee maybe i think its interesting that they can layeggs then go back and if conditions arnt rite suck them back up fertilised and lay the next year and not have to fertilise them amasing.
also yes they are protected and you cant take them from the wild but yes they was a breeder around at wildgrove.
my mate wonts a finacial rebercment for them wich is fair but he is asking 1 grand a pop and ill have to set up yet a nother tank
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Posted 11 November 2010 - 08:41 AM
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Posted 11 November 2010 - 05:42 PM
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Posted 11 November 2010 - 11:42 PM
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Posted 12 November 2010 - 07:29 AM
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Posted 05 May 2011 - 12:20 PM
Ruffaz, did you end up getting these suckers?
Cheers,
Jules
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Posted 12 May 2011 - 01:06 PM
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