SA Lung and clown knifes together?

[Reno159]

Well I'm looking into getting a 18" SA lungfish and 2 16" clown knifes to put with my silver aro and my gar. Wanted your guys expert opinion if it would work before i spend the money. Its funny because Ive wanted all these fish together since the first time I heard of them but then I realized they were all ancient fish and that made it even cooler. They would all be living in a 140g tank. Lemme know if u think it'll work out plz. Also is it true that any current will kill lungs? I was gunna run 2 Fluval 404's cause i got them already, would that work?

[blacktip]

If your aro and gar are comparable in size to the knives and lungfish, I don't see why it wouldn't work. Although it will be a bit crowded in a 140.

[Reno159]

i kinda thought they would stay outta each others way a bit, aro at the top, lung on the bottom and gar and knifes in the middle.

[kido]

depends on individual temprement.. some knives are aggressive but mostly they get along with tankmates that are too big to swallow.. but 140 gal is a bit tight for all of them though.. i'd say just get one clown & the lung, and i've never had any problems with current and my annectens lungfish ;)

[SimonL]

I keep a 24" African lung with my 20" clown knife, the clown occasionally chases the lung. Your bigger problem is that two clown knives usually end up fighting. I got tons of current in my tank, lung is just fine, nothing kills lungfish!

[USMCtanker]

wont a lung fish eat anything big unuff to fit in its mouth. just woundering bc i have a 8" one and want to put it with some tank mates

[SimonL]

My lung is pretty mellow, he attacks only silver dollars for some reason (shiny?). Depends on your individual lung. I also have a real mellow pellet-eating 12" Wolffish in the same tank!

[Cyclop3000]

Tank is too small for all this...imo. The fish will not be happy.

[Charney]

My SA lung will not let anything live with him.

[arapaimag]

The fish would be compatible if the tank was big enough. Your tank is far too small.

[Reno159]

I guess Ill just get a lung and 1 knife, I want them to be happy after all thnx for the tips.