Docile lungfish tankmates

reddead38

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my buddy has a seemingly docile SA lungfish currently 13" it is outgrowing his tank and he wants me to put it into my 120 gal 48"x24x24 but im on the verge of getting a scomb bad idea for the lung right?
 

lardieleftover

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Lung my not eat fish right away, but eventually you'll end up with chunks of fish missing from what I've seen. I still want one too

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rodger

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SA won't kill tankmates like Africans will. SA should be kept in shallow water. They should be able to reach the surface to breathe without swimming to the surface. I keep mine in 6" of water. They are currently about 8" long. They can rest on some floating plastic plants and keep the nose out of the water.
 

reddead38

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im not as worried about the other fish, as the lung is in a community and has been for quite awhile, im worried that my would be scomb will kill it.
also my buddy has him in a 21" tall tank and the lung just chills on top of the heater or behind the filter when he isn't meandering around the tank.
 
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