South American lungfishAbout 11"
Can it be kept with a 9" black wolf fish and 20" fire eel?
210 gallon tank
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I keep hearing horror stories about lungfish but can it be kept with my stock?South American lungfish
Looks like a WAL to me… west african lung.. and id say no… ull b fine until it gets larger. Some people have success keeping them in “community” style tanks. I also have for years at a time even… every one i had bit fish in half or cookie cuttered them tho. They dont like other bottom dwellers. Ive had em snatch up mid and top dwellers as well.I keep hearing horror stories about lungfish but can it be kept with my stock?
Sounds good It wasn't in my plans to get this fish but somebody who was moving was desperate to get rid of it so I took it on and I'll go ahead and keep it for the short term. Thanks!Looks like a WAL to me… west african lung.. and id say no… ull b fine until it gets larger. Some people have success keeping them in “community” style tanks. I also have for years at a time even… every one i had bit fish in half or cookie cuttered them tho. They dont like other bottom dwellers. Ive had em snatch up mid and top dwellers as well.
U may grow to enjoy it… some are very active. They are also great sand sifters/substrate cleaners. Hope it works out for u long term. One of my favorite fish to keep.Sounds good It wasn't in my plans to get this fish but somebody who was moving was desperate to get rid of it so I took it on and I'll go ahead and keep it for the short term. Thanks!
I'll try to get some better photos tomorrow. I'm hoping I can keep it for a little while before it gets too large and causes issuesPhotos are a bit blurry but it looks like an atheiopicus (marbled lungfish) to me. But yes like wednesday13 said, it's a hit or miss. Better safe to keep them alone in my opinion.