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i picked up a 12" congo lungfish from an extotic pet store for $50. right now i have him in a 50g tub awaiting how i should care for this oddity.

so any help will be great!

thanks

Does it look like [link=this?]http://users.tamuk.edu/kfjab02/Biology/Vertebrate%20Zoology/images/lungfish.gif" style="COLOR: #00EE00[/link]

If so it is an African Lungfish. They get HUGE! About 4 feet long, I think, and can weigh about 22 lbs. This is a classic tankbusting megafish that shouldn't be sold to aquarists.

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They shade the glow of it with their mossy-misty costumes,
They wear masks of silk, porcelain, brass, and silver,
So as not to mislead with their own, ordinary faces.

They need large tanks (in excess of 200 gallons), but are by no means tankbusters. Rather, they sit around all day.

Depends on the species, too....P. amphibius will hit only about 2', but are uncommon at best, P. annectans and P. dolloi are by far the most common, and both max out at about 3', but if you happened to somehow snag a P. a. aethiopicus (the real 'Congo lungfish'), watch out...they get to nearly 6½', 40lbs and can be pretty aggressive.



Last edited by Toirtis at 10-Apr-2005 03:22

I go to sparsholt college in hampshire where i study ornamental fish keeping. We have a african lungfish caled freddy that was donated to us by maidenhead aquatics. He's currently 4 foot long and 40 years old. He's in a 200g tank and just sits around all day. In all honesty i think there really boring fish to watch. however i think the way they can live in wet mud for over a year whilst there is a drought and come back up and live is amazing. Also i'd watch out feeding him. we use tongues - as you know lungfish suck in thier pray and digest it in thier stomach. So don't try and hand feed him.

just a bit of info. Plus i think he will be fine in a 200g as they really do not move unless it's feeding time.

~Mista Psycho~, i'm eager 2 find out info bout this ornamental fish-keeping course u did, how much did it cost?, how long did it go on 4? and wot fish did u actually learn 2 "handle", if that is the rite word?
i onl;y wanna no cuz wen i'm older i feel a slight twinge of marine/freshwater biology seeping in2 my job


smilingpiranha

i'm eager 2 find out info bout this ornamental fish-keeping course u did,

http://www.sparsholt.ac.uk/schwww/fish/fpt1.htm

Looks like fun....perhaps I can convince my local continuing education office to let me teach that part-time evenings.

fanx very much