What Does African Lungfish Eats in the wild?

[neoprodigy]

I took these pix back in Jan 24, 2006 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/12662/cat/535) ... when i got 2 Albino Lungfish from Toyin (Rehobothaquatics (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=85))..

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=12662&size=1 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=12662&size=1)

few days later.. Protopterus aethiopicus pooped...

[Gr8KarmaSF]

Wow, are those bones???

[bigspizz]

I saw a snail in there....

[is300zx]

looks like frog legs

[ewurm]

Looks like birds.

[Space_cadet001]

Looks like it's been eating small birds or mice!! Do you know if i can have one of them in australia? Really beautiful fish!

[TheMightyOscar]

thats pretty cool..looks like the bones of a small bird, possibly even a frog

[Bogwoodbruce]

Thats amazing its not even that big at that stage.

[The TRUST]

Hey Li,

Clear something up for me. Why are you able to post poop pics of Lungfish and my thread gets closed?

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=108879

So we can't ask anything interesting about fish anymore? I am a first time African Lung fish keeper and I was truly amazed at the size of their poop. I was very mature in the whole thread and didn't make any obnoxious remarks.

Now please explain why my thread is closed.


I understand this thread here being closed:

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=108962

I made it clear that the thread is for lungfish and I was there to really talk about the lungfish poop.

[TheMightyOscar]

Hey Li,

Clear something up for me. Why are you able to post poop pics of Lungfish and my thread gets closed?

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=108879

So we can't ask anything interesting about fish anymore? I am a first time African Lung fish keeper and I was truly amazed at the size of their poop. I was very mature in the whole thread and didn't make any obnoxious remarks.

Now please explain why my thread is closed.


I understand this thread here being closed:

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=108962

I made it clear that the thread is for lungfish and I was there to really talk about the lungfish poop.

there's just an abundance of people who seem to love complaining..i'm sure Li had nothing to do with it. i'd ask oddball

[The TRUST]

there's just an abundance of people who seem to love complaining..i'm sure Li had nothing to do with it. i'd ask oddball

Oh I know Li has nothing to do with it. I'm just going straight to the boss.

[TheMightyOscar]

:thumbsup:

[cockroach]

:popcorn::popcorn::popcorn::popcorn::popcorn:

[Druu]

This post is more scientific in nature than yours were. The diet composition in the wild is something a fishkeeper may want to know. (Btw, I vote frog bones- look at the joints.)

[neoprodigy]

Oh I know Li has nothing to do with it. I'm just going straight to the boss.
few people flagged it down... i cleaned up abit... now its open..


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[cichlaguapote]

I vote frog bones too.. and a snail or two whether that came inside the prey or not who knows..

I would think frog is more plausible as a meal than a bird as well as bird will be a ground dwelling animal and not often in water?????

[The TRUST]

few people flagged it down... i cleaned up abit... now its open..


side note : if anyone has any problem or concern with any post/thread/pm on this forum. Please report it. we cant look through all the post that has been past here everyday nor we have the ability to read your PM .. thanks


Thanks for clearing it up Li!

I say snails, frogs and bird bones.

[TheMightyOscar]

I vote frog bones too.. and a snail or two whether that came inside the prey or not who knows..

I would think frog is more plausible as a meal than a bird as well as bird will be a ground dwelling animal and not often in water?????

it's more than likley a frog or some type of rodent..unless a baby bird fell from a tree, landed in the water..died..and sank to the bottom..or a bird died..and fell into whatever river or lake system the lung was in..there are many possabilities.

[neoprodigy]

should i do a Mouse -vs- African Lungfish....

[The TRUST]

should i do a Mouse -vs- African Lungfish....
:headbang2:headbang2:headbang2

[Gr8KarmaSF]

should i do a Mouse -vs- African Lungfish....

:popcorn::FIREdevil:popcorn::FIREdevil:popcorn:

[TheMightyOscar]

should i do a Mouse -vs- African Lungfish....

:grinyes:

[neoprodigy]

:headbang2:headbang2:headbang2
gotta do a dedicated tank with dedicated filter system for that..... it will be a messy tank...

[jlnguyen74]

should i do a Mouse -vs- African Lungfish....
Make sure your camera battery is fully charged, and record red light is on the whole time
:popcorn::popcorn::popcorn::popcorn::popcorn::popc orn::popcorn:

[Nic]

id say frogs..... and the mouse verse lungfish thread is needed

[Peanut_Power]

I hope you washed your hands before you posted those pictures!! :eek:

[cichlid savage]

I vote frog and or small rodent bones.

[filiportela]

are we looking at crap now?... :irked:




:grinno:

[channarox]

thats gotta be the nicest thing ive ever seen. :D
i think that the lungfish would just eat anything that died in the water.
plus live frogs.

[andregurov]

2 questions and 1 hypothesis:

-Are all albino lungfish wild-caught, or are some "bred"?

-How long does it take for a lungfish to digest a meal, particularly one high in protein? As devil's advocate, I would think its metabolism would be rather high (particularly after eating!), AND that exporters would have cleaned out the fish before shipping to North America, AND that Toyin would have held it a few days to make sure it was in excellent health. All of which would imply it was fed frogs AFTER it entered the country. You'd have to check with Toyin for a definitive answer ...

[MicropterusSalmoides]

fried chicken..

[yama]

I take that back at first it looked to be young bird bones,but now Id say snails and frogs.

[davo]

2 questions and 1 hypothesis:

-Are all albino lungfish wild-caught, or are some "bred"?

-How long does it take for a lungfish to digest a meal, particularly one high in protein? As devil's advocate, I would think its metabolism would be rather high (particularly after eating!), AND that exporters would have cleaned out the fish before shipping to North America, AND that Toyin would have held it a few days to make sure it was in excellent health. All of which would imply it was fed frogs AFTER it entered the country. You'd have to check with Toyin for a definitive answer ...

I was wondering that... frogs make popular feeders too in some parts of the world.

[bOOsteN aUdI]

looks like he was eatting a crayfish....

[neoprodigy]

2 questions and 1 hypothesis:

-Are all albino lungfish wild-caught, or are some "bred"?

-How long does it take for a lungfish to digest a meal, particularly one high in protein? As devil's advocate, I would think its metabolism would be rather high (particularly after eating!), AND that exporters would have cleaned out the fish before shipping to North America, AND that Toyin would have held it a few days to make sure it was in excellent health. All of which would imply it was fed frogs AFTER it entered the country. You'd have to check with Toyin for a definitive answer ...

i dont think any farm is breeding albino african lungfish.

i dont how the exporter does ... but when they landed.. i asked toying to ship out the same day...

if i remember correctly i got it on jan 21, 2006 and it deficated around the 24/25 of january.

[Bogwoodbruce]

i dont think any farm is breeding albino african lungfish.

i dont how the exporter does ... but when they landed.. i asked toying to ship out the same day...

if i remember correctly i got it on jan 21, 2006 and it deficated around the 24/25 of january.
It takes mine about 4-5 days to poop, so your probably right.