My new Aussie Lung

[Lord Barium]

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

 

[Norbert]

Thanks everyone!, more pics to follow

 

[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