My new Aussie Lung

[Norbert]

Wanted to share my new Aussie Lung (Neoceratodus forsteri)
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He was eating right after I let him out of the bag and actually eats out of my fingers, I think he is pretty much blind :)

Very awkward swimmer, but he is fairly active cruising around sniffing in the sand for food.

He has some frayed edges to some of his fins but I think they will all heal quickly.

He is only 4 to 5 inches and has no tankmates yet.

Hasn't surfaced for air yet, not sure if that is normal for lungfish, aussies or others, as he is my first Lungfish.

[cichlaguapote]

A beaut! Congrats! Now decide what family member you're going to will that long lived beast to.. lol

[Norbert]

A beaut! Congrats! Now decide what family member you're going to will that long lived beast to.. lol

Thanks! I hear you on that :)

[Lokasenna]

color me jealous.

[Bogwoodbruce]

Beautiful fish i need one, LOL.

[VVateverzYo]

mines does the same thing very tame

[Weylin]

Awesome....

More pics of that cute lil lung...

[matthi22004]

:iagree:More pics please:popcorn:

[Koji]

I need one too.:D

[eman b115]

nice come up norbert.....that's definately one of the must have fishes on my list... too bad to much $$$$ for meeh =(

[Lord Barium]

Congrats! It kind of looks like a bichir except...cuter.

[Norbert]

Thanks everyone!, more pics to follow :D

[benzjamin13]

Nice choice!

[ermgravy]

Very nice.. hopefully i will be ordering mine soon as paper work is in place...

[Lokasenna]

On a slight side note, how does one go about legally obtaining an aussie lung? What's the cost? I would love to have one at some point in my life. Also, I know they are exceptionally long lived...does that apply to all other lungfish species? Is 100 years feasible for all of them?

[Norbert]

Nice choice!

Thanks!

[Norbert]

Very nice.. hopefully i will be ordering mine soon as paper work is in place...

Thank you, good luck too you getting yours!

[Norbert]

On a slight side note, how does one go about legally obtaining an aussie lung? What's the cost? I would love to have one at some point in my life. Also, I know they are exceptionally long lived...does that apply to all other lungfish species? Is 100 years feasible for all of them?

I got mine through Mike at H2O Aquatics (Vendor here), if I understand the permiting issue it is required to get the fish into the country but is not required to possess the fish once it is here?

You also might want to research whether they are legal in Arizona.

I have no idea about the longevity of other lungs, you might want to post that as a seperate question, I would be interested to know myself.

[MrGuyPerson]

As far as the breathing thing, don't worry. Neoceratodus is not as much of an air breather as the other lungfish are. In fact, it has reduced lungs (only 1 vs 2 lungs in the others) and relies much more on its gills.

[Norbert]

As far as the breathing thing, don't worry. Neoceratodus is not as much of an air breather as the other lungfish are. In fact, it has reduced lungs (only 1 vs 2 lungs in the others) and relies much more on its gills.

Thanks! good to know

[~THEO~]

He looks a beauty! The fins will heal in no time, so don't worry. More pics are indeed needed!

[Norbert]

He looks a beauty! The fins will heal in no time, so don't worry. More pics are indeed needed!

Here's a few shots of dinner for tonight...

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[Star-Flog]

Here's a few shots of dinner for tonight...

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Sweet fella, I want one...:)

[Norbert]

Sweet fella, I want one...:)

Thanks starflog!, hope you find one over there.

[Gr8KarmaSF]

Amazing considering its your first lung...

[Norbert]

Amazing considering its your first lung...

Thank you Gr8KarmaSF!

Not sure why I waited as long as I did to get one, they're great :D

Here's another pic, he does this alot, looks like he's sniffing the sand...

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[channarox]

aaaw.
ssssooooooooo cute!!! :headbang2

[dragonscrawling]

That last photo is my favourite, have seen it on another forum and can't get sick of it.

[Norbert]

aaaw.
ssssooooooooo cute!!! :headbang2

Thanks man! :D

That last photo is my favourite, have seen it on another forum and can't get sick of it.

Thank you! it's my favorite too, sometimes he completely buries his head when he does it.

[cl0wn knife]

:character0087::shark::jaw::shocked:i want 1 now lol off 2 buy 1 2 moro jw what r u going 2 keep him with i was tihnking putting him with my smaller 4 inch clown knifes? :):headbang2

[Star-Flog]

Thanks starflog!, hope you find one over there. We've a group of Aussie-lung fanatics here in Singapore too trying to our hand to get hold of this fish and currently negotiating with local authority to grant the permit to bring it from Australia.
But this process takes ages...;)

[MUNSTA]

Great looking lung. now I want one

[channarox]

We've a group of Aussie-lung fanatics here in Singapore too trying to our hand to get hold of this fish and currently negotiating with local authority to grant the permit to bring it from Australia.
But this process takes ages...;)


if i had the cash i'd get one as well.

[Norbert]

:character0087::shark::jaw::shocked:i want 1 now lol off 2 buy 1 2 moro jw what r u going 2 keep him with i was tihnking putting him with my smaller 4 inch clown knifes? :):headbang2
Thanks! not sure how well he would compete with CKs for food, takes him awhile to find his dinner

We've a group of Aussie-lung fanatics here in Singapore too trying to our hand to get hold of this fish and currently negotiating with local authority to grant the permit to bring it from Australia.
But this process takes ages...;)

That's great Star Flog!, good luck too you

Great looking lung. now I want one

Thanks MUNSTA!

if i had the cash i'd get one as well.

They are a pretty good chunk of money but the way I look at it is, he will outlive me so I will never spend money on fish for that tank again :D

[Nabbig2]

LOL he is cute :D

[oscar n redtail cat]

Beautiful fish i need one, LOL.
www.tropicalimports.co.uk (http://www.tropicalimports.co.uk) there about £35 - £45 around there 12" :D

[GriF]

I think you confused the african with the Australian...
the one on their stocklist is a 12" protopterus dolloi..for: £35.00 not an AUL

[Star-Flog]

if i had the cash i'd get one as well.
Well, if we buy as a group and there is a bulk discount.:D
Some guys in Singapore already brought it on 'black market' which is much more expensive.

[Nic]

great pick up.... i need to snag one of those aussie lungs for myself... awesome fish....

[channarox]

Well, if we buy as a group and there is a bulk discount.:D
Some guys in Singapore already brought it on 'black market' which is much more expensive.

i think with discount itll still cost more than i can afford. :grinyes:

[Norbert]

LOL he is cute :D

He is :)

great pick up.... i need to snag one of those aussie lungs for myself... awesome fish....

Thanks Nic!

[Plasticmotif]

Gorgeous pickup mate. +1 on the jealous board.

[Norbert]

Gorgeous pickup mate. +1 on the jealous board.

Thanks buddy! ;)

[Chilumba]

Where did you get him?

[Norbert]

Where did you get him?

H2O Aquatics

[tattoo92]

It looks healthy and of course ... cute. :)

Mine was quite thin when it first arrive and I spent a few sleepless nights hoping that it will eat. Was so happy when it took it first live freshwater shrimp. :D

[Norbert]

It looks healthy and of course ... cute. :)

Mine was quite thin when it first arrive and I spent a few sleepless nights hoping that it will eat. Was so happy when it took it first live freshwater shrimp. :D

Thanks tattoo!

Glad yours started eating, I can imagine you were worried! Luckily for me mine ate right after I let it loose in the tank.

If that is yours in your avatar it looks great! Share some pics please.

[tattoo92]

Here's some pics. 1 baby pic taken 4 yrs ago and 2 recent ones. Sorry about the "debris" floating around ... always happens after its Sunday water change. :D

[Norbert]

Here's some pics. 1 baby pic taken 4 yrs ago and 2 recent ones. Sorry about the "debris" floating around ... always happens after its Sunday water change. :D

Wow! Looks great tattoo, fins are perfect!

Thanks for sharing pics, any more info other than age you can share with us? Size, diet etc?

[channarox]

sweet.
hes grown alot.

[tattoo92]

Wow! Looks great tattoo, fins are perfect!

Thanks for sharing pics, any more info other than age you can share with us? Size, diet etc?

She's about 2.5ft now. Main diet is frozen market prawns with head and shell intact. Loves meal worms which the arowana missed that reaches the tank's bottom. Noticed that she tends to put on quite alot of mass round the tummy area if fed mostly on meal worms ... :confused:

Will give her Hikari sinking pellets for ranchu once in a while ... gobble that up too.

Eating is no problem now but the tank's filteration is ... :D

[Norbert]

She's about 2.5ft now. Main diet is frozen market prawns with head and shell intact. Loves meal worms which the arowana missed that reaches the tank's bottom. Noticed that she tends to put on quite alot of mass round the tummy area if fed mostly on meal worms ... :confused:

Will give her Hikari sinking pellets for ranchu once in a while ... gobble that up too.

Eating is no problem now but the tank's filteration is ... :D

2.5ft!!! Nice, she's huge!

I'll have to try the mealworms, a LFS sells them, the more variety the better probably.

I hear you about the filtration, these things sure can poop! :D

[gavigan1]

Great fish, I like the difference in thier fins(arms and legs?) as opposed the the SA/Africans lung fish

[Norbert]

Great fish, I like the difference in thier fins(arms and legs?) as opposed the the SA/Africans lung fish

Agreed, that's one of the things that appealed to me as well. Aussies fins look like flippers to me.

[Bluey]

Awesome fish Hopefully if I get permits sorted I should have one this year :)

[Norbert]

Awesome fish Hopefully if I get permits sorted I should have one this year :)

Thanks Bluey! Good luck to you with getting yours

[Norbert]

some updated shots...6 inches July 5th, 8 inches today

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some shots of his future tankmates, some Mogurnda mogurnda (I think?)

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[Norbert]

a few more :)

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[eman b115]

lookin good norbert...

[Fly River]

:WHOA: All I can do is :drool:

[Norbert]

lookin good norbert...

Thanks eman!

:WHOA: All I can do is :drool:

:D

[channarox]

nice one! :headbang2
hes growing nicely.
how big now?

[Norbert]

nice one! :headbang2
hes growing nicely.
how big now?

Thanks channarox!

he's up to 8 inches now

[wanyusri84]

LungFish Rulez!!! SnakeHead!!!!

[Peanut_Power]

First the pustulatus puffer, now this aussie lung! You gotta wicked collection man! PROPS!!

[Norbert]

LungFish Rulez!!! SnakeHead!!!!

;)

First the pustulatus puffer, now this aussie lung! You gotta wicked collection man! PROPS!!

Thanks Peanut!, I'm working on it :D

[Steve_89]

The morgunda look great mate :thumbsup:

Awesome fish.

The AUL is coming along nicely too.

[Norbert]

The morgunda look great mate :thumbsup:

Awesome fish.

The AUL is coming along nicely too.

Thanks much! :D

I'm liking the Mogurnda so far, little guys are growing fast

[sam]

:WHOA: that baby's looking good.......niiiiice :D

[Norbert]

:WHOA: that baby's looking good.......niiiiice :D

Thanks Sam! :D

[Norbert]

Wanted to share a couple pics of the latest additions to my Aussie themed tank...

7 Melanotaenia trifasciata- Goyder River Rainbows

just solo shots for now...

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had to throw in this shot of one of the Mogurnda, check out that belly :D

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[VVateverzYo]

nice i like the theme tank sweet fish man

[Norbert]

nice i like the theme tank sweet fish man

Thanks man!

[Norbert]

1 year old this month! (as near as I can tell)

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about 11"

[King-eL]

Nice update! How big is your aussie lungfish now?

[rob22]

great looking fish

[channarox]

Nice update! How big is your aussie lungfish now?

:ROFL:under the pics.

nice one norbert!

[Norbert]

Nice update! How big is your aussie lungfish now?

Thanks! 11" now

great looking fish

Thanks rob22!


nice one norbert!

Thanks channa!

[E_americanus]

great pattern on the little guy, nice job!--
--solomon

[Gr8KarmaSF]

Purrrrdy...

[Norbert]

great pattern on the little guy, nice job!--
--solomon

Thanks! yours must be gigantic by now, any updates coming?

Purrrrdy...

Thanks Gr8! :)

[King-eL]

:ROFL:under the pics.

nice one norbert!

Sorry I didn't saw it first as I was focused on looking at Norbert's aussie lungfish. It just look so good!

[Bogwoodbruce]

Hes looking amazing

[Norbert]

Sorry I didn't saw it first as I was focused on looking at Norbert's aussie lungfish. It just look so good!

Thanks again buddy :D

Hes looking amazing

Thanks Bog!

[E_americanus]

Thanks! yours must be gigantic by now, any updates coming?



Thanks Gr8! :)

they tend to taper off and plateau a bit around 18"...i'll have to get some updated pics of mine up sometime in the (hopefully) near future...he's probably around 2' at this point and lives with 4 big gars ranging from 17-26"--
--solomon

[Norbert]

they tend to taper off and plateau a bit around 18"...i'll have to get some updated pics of mine up sometime in the (hopefully) near future...he's probably around 2' at this point and lives with 4 big gars ranging from 17-26"--
--solomon

They're impressive at that size, looking forward to updates.

[Riv D]

SWEET!
Here's mine...

[Norbert]

SWEET!
Here's mine...

Awesome! He's a monster!!! mine's got alot of spots too, they are growing on me :)

[Riv D]

Yea I like the spots!
Wish I could have 3 of them!

[Tom500]

Incredible fish i should be getting one in the new year!

[Norbert]

Yea I like the spots!
Wish I could have 3 of them!

:D me too

Incredible fish i should be getting one in the new year!

Thanks! nice, good luck

[Tom500]

:D me too



Thanks! nice, good luck


Thanks ill need it what are they like from your experience so far?

[Norbert]

Thanks ill need it what are they like from your experience so far?

Very calm mellow fish, mine cruises around the tank quite abit, ignores the other fish in the tank unless they get near his head during feeding time...he'll bite at them if they do but so far no real damage, I think he's just warning them :)

[frogman5]

nice bro just picked up my first lungfish an (SAL).

ur lung is awesome

[Tom500]

Very calm mellow fish, mine cruises around the tank quite abit, ignores the other fish in the tank unless they get near his head during feeding time...he'll bite at them if they do but so far no real damage, I think he's just warning them :)


Thanks he might not like my fly river turtle then.:D

[Norbert]

nice bro just picked up my first lungfish an (SAL).

ur lung is awesome

Thanks frogman! I love the juvy SALs those yellow spots are so cool :D

Thanks he might not like my fly river turtle then.:D

Or the turtle might not like him? Don't know much about turtles, except that they look great, but from what I've heard they are nippy (?) although I've heard of a display tank I think in Australia with AULs and Fly Rivers so who knows, it might work.

[Tom500]

Thanks frogman! I love the juvy SALs those yellow spots are so cool :D



Or the turtle might not like him? Don't know much about turtles, except that they look great, but from what I've heard they are nippy (?) although I've heard of a display tank I think in Australia with AULs and Fly Rivers so who knows, it might work.



Ye mine is placid he is so soft i think the AUL will be the one doing the nipping if any!

[Riv D]

AULs and FRTs won't really work out, one of the members here tried it and lost his AUL.

[Delhezi222]

AULs and FRTs won't really work out, one of the members here tried it and lost his AUL.

That's very true, and I'd like to point out that the member who that happened to is one of the most experienced fishkeepers on the site.

[Riv D]

That's very true, and I'd like to point out that the member who that happened to is one of the most experienced fishkeepers on the site.

That's also very true. lol.

[cigar larry]

Congrats. Mine is one of my favorites. They never seem to be a problem. Mine eats small sinking pellets and small cut up shrimp.

[Norbert]

Congrats. Mine is one of my favorites. They never seem to be a problem. Mine eats small sinking pellets and small cut up shrimp.

Thanks! congrats to you too ;)

That's pretty much what mine eats, Hikari sinking carnivore pellets, cut up shrimp and every once in a while he'll take a bite out of one of the green beans I throw in for the plec :grinno:

[Eric A]

Lovely fish. I saw 4 at a public aquarium and each was 3-4ft long, very old.

[Norbert]

Lovely fish. I saw 4 at a public aquarium and each was 3-4ft long, very old.

Thanks Eric,

I'll bet that was cool, mine really started growing fast once he got over 10" and can take larger foods...will see how long it takes to get 3ft :D

[DJC776]

Can you keep 2 together or will they fight?

[Norbert]

Can you keep 2 together or will they fight?

I just have one but he came in with frayed fins...apparently from his brothers and sisters...seems like I heard as they get older they will tolerate each other better (?)

[lol555]

I really want one!!!!
Anyone from australia know if there legal in australia and know the price of them?
they shud be fairly cheap considering they come from australia shudnt they...
$100, $200?

[justin guest]

500 australian dollars plus shipping was my last info. and yes they´re legal if you get them from the breeder (there´s only one breeder in oz currently with stock).
p.s. Norbert, how big is yours now? pic would be good.

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