Lung in a community?

[bobVillanueva]

wassup guys. i'm a lung noob.

anyway, got any ideas if a lung can be kept with other fishes?

also what kind of lungfish is best for a community.

lastly, what kind of fishes can tolerate it?

 

[beblondie]

epidosiren paradoxa - South American Lungfish
Freshwater
Subtropical
Temp.76-82F
pH: 4.5-7.5
dH: 0-12
Size:4'
Tank size:180 or (6' x 2' x 2')
Description:The young look like tadpoles with four external gills. During the first weeks of their life they breath only through the external gills.Within 2 months the gills begin to disapear
and air breathing begins
Tank:Furnish the tank with bog wood and a dark, fine gravel substrate.
There can be subdued lighting and still water. Ideally, woody material should be the most prominent decoration in the tank.and open swimming areas.
Distribution:Argentina,Bolivia, Brazil,Colombia, Fr Guiana, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela
Enviroment: Prefers stagnant waters where there is little current.
Foods:juveniles eat larval insects.Adults:snails, clams and shrimp,algae and plant matter
Plants: Echinodorus tenellus,E. intermedius Cabomba aquatica or myiophyllum brasiliense,Sword plants, Vallisneria, Heteranthera, Ceratophyllum, Lemma, Limnobium,water lettuce,and lemna-Anne

 

[Atkin]

Thats great information there beblondie

Would you mind doing the same for the WAL?

I always like to find out as much as possible about them.

 

[beblondie]

Protopterus annectens-west african lungfish 3'
West African River
Temp: 75° to 85°
ph:6.9-7.4
4° to 6° DH
Dorsal side olive or brown colored, ventral side lighter; great blackish or brownish spots on the body and fins except on the belly
Territory:Senegal, Niger, Gambia, Volta and Chad basins, also in temporary tributaries of Chari River in Western Sudan,Bandama and Comoé basins in Côte d'Ivoire and certain basins of Sierra Leone and Guinea
Found in marginal swamps and backwaters of rivers and lakes
PLANTS:Bolbitis heudelotii , Anubias, Vallisneria, Eleocharis.

 

[bobVillanueva]

WOW ur great much thanks.... so technically, the SAL wouldn't mind tank mates as long as the parameters that the lungfish and the other fish are basically the same...

can it take some aggression by others? and does it have a temper of it's own? anyway, i'll also look it up. =) thanks again!

 

[Atkin]

thanks for that info,

im going to go on a hunt for those plants at the weekend

 

[zombeer]

i put my african in a community tank when i first got him.

he tore through them all overnight.

we don't like to talk about that day anymore in our home......

 

[deangelo]

i've got my Anectens with an indo. tiger, channa lucia and a couple of dither fish whose name escapes me at the moment, they're doing fine as of now

 

[channarox]

ive had a WAL with practically every fish.
slow and fast ones.
my WAL just wasnt an aggressive one.

ive also kept SAL and they are fine with nay tankmates that wont pick on them or eat their fins.

 

[Bogwoodbruce]

My WAL is veryh tolerant of tankmates in fact they damaged him mor ethan he did them.