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Albino Marble Lungfish ( Protopterus aethiopicus ) <-- This guy can chew!

neoprodigy

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This guy can chew!

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Chew toys for fishes

Methinks might be good to try and tempt him with something to lavish his attentions on besides filter intakes, neh?
 

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The quick and the bleeding

You probably don't like messing with house cats either.
 

Shane

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And it is still just a baby. I hope you have a good-sized pond for when s/he grows up.
-Shane
 

dogofwar

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Lungfish technically don't have stomachs so they grind up and regurgitate their food in their mouths / throats. It's really cool to watch!

I started with my lungfish in a 6 foot cichlid community tank. He went into his own 75g after biting / disembowling a couple of fish. He then graduated into a 150g rubbermaid pond. The guy I gave him to dedicated a 240g to him (he was about 2 feet).

I'd like to try a SA lungfish someday. Really fascinating fish!

Matt
 

Shane

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The guy I gave him to dedicated a 240g to him (he was about 2 feet).

At 2' I would say he had already outgrown a 240. Jools and I came across the below specimen last year collecting in the Kazinga Channel (Uganda/Congo border).
-Shane

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At 2' I would say he had already outgrown a 240. Jools and I came across the below specimen last year collecting in the Kazinga Channel (Uganda/Congo border).
-Shane
good golly ms molly!! that is one big fish that man is holding. how did you catch it? what did you do with it. the markings and color are very nice.
 

YSS

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At 2' I would say he had already outgrown a 240. Jools and I came across the below specimen last year collecting in the Kazinga Channel (Uganda/Congo border).
-Shane

Move over Jeremy Wade, here comes Shane.
 

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Boys will be

Lungfish technically don't have stomachs so they grind up and regurgitate their food in their mouths / throats. It's really cool to watch!
Matt

Biologist or no, I'm thinking I should be worried for you.
 

dogofwar

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That's a monster of a lungy, Shane! Did they eat it?

They're somewhat active fish but an 8'x2' tank is plenty big for a 2' one. They breathe air and are pretty tough with regard to withstanding poor water quality.

In the 150g tub, I did weekly 90% water changes using the drain in the bottom. Lenny (I don't name fish often, but mine got one) was a happy fish. I probably would have upgraded to a 300g rubbermaid tub eventually...

Matt

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