Sad morning, found my 2.5 ft SA lungfish behind the tank this morning. Did not think he could get out of an opening that I could not get my thumb through. He was pretty dried out. He is back in its tank now, hopefully he will make it.
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- Thread starter Charney
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he is a lung fish so he should. in the wild they get dried out and still make it. is ita african lungfish
So glad that you found him when you did!!!!!!! Could have been worse..... Really hope that he pulls through for you!
I hope hes ok.had a snakehead many years ago that jumped and dried out thought he was dead till his eye twitched.put him back in the tank and he was swimming around by the next day
it looks like my south american will make it. He doesn't look good, but he his hanging in there. I know lung fish can hibernate in dried out water beds, but I do not think they are supposed to dry out themselves. They make a "cacoon" with the outer layer of slime to trap moisture to their bodies. Sorry I do not know the exact mechanism, but i think it is along those lines.
The SA lung has a 90 gallon to itself. After I put him back in the tank I covered all the openings with rocks and pipe.
