My laid-back African lungfish 2.5'

[moe214]

Nice lung

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

... I have a younger one, West African, bought Aug 2015 from snookn21 at ~7", $35. It's a piglet. Today it's about 2'. It is catching up to the bigger one frighteningly quickly. But it eats 10x more than the bigger one, pellets and fish are never refused. The bigger one refuses fish almost 90% of the time and pellets 50% of the time.

Here is the younger one 2'-er:

 

[Fatlungy]

My west African is 5 years old and over 3'.

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

My west African is 5 years old and over 3'.

Thanks, mate. Where could I see it, if anywhere?

 

[Fatlungy]

Thanks, mate. Where could I see it, if anywhere?

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

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Wow. That's some lungfish! Is it the inspiration for your screen name? Although it looks well proportionate to me

 

[Fatlungy]

I had one for 17 years after he passed I got this guy, over 5 years ago now. My old one was nicknamed Fatlungy.

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

I see. Thanks!

It's like pulling teeth with you Where could I see your 17-year old? How big did it get?

 

[Fatlungy]

I gotta fire up the desk top and get the external hard drive for pics. He was a slender African lung. Protopterus Dolloi, didn't get much over 3'.

 

[headbanger_jib]

If it is thirty inches, it must be atleast a decade old, cause my protopterus annectens annectens, which is the exact species as yours, was 19" when I got it way back in 2009. It is an inch less than 30" now,

My guy gets very less Pellets and more of fruits such as banana and papaya, spinach and fresh water Tilapia with spine and scales, and he his favorite is apple snails, which I give him as treats.

Although my guy, doesn't like tank mates, as he has devoured quite many plecos, before I gave up on the idea, also doesn't like being handled, I have seen him snap at nets and hoses, so I don't try my luck