My Lungfish Collection

[Dreaming In Freshwater]

I adopted my first lungfish ~8 years ago from my local fish store and admittedly had no idea what I was getting into. But since then I’ve learned a lot and my lungfish family has grown to include 20 individuals.

Protopterus annectens

 

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Protopterus aethiopicus

 

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Protopterus dolloi

 

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Protopterus amphibius

 

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Lepidosiren paradoxa

 

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Neoceratodus forsteri

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

Amazing collection! Thank you for sharing. Sizes and ages would have been very useful too.

 

[koltsixx]

I agree with Viktor, that is an amazing collection!

 

[SilverArowanaBoi]

Amazing collection! Thank you for sharing. Sizes and ages would have been very useful too.

Not just that, the tanks look awesome as well!

 

[thiswasgone]

Neoceratodus forsteri

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Beautiful collection of AUL but it looks like you're experiencing the common issue of raising young AUL together; nipped fins. Fortunately it looks like only the tail fins have been attacked but these fish do get very aggressive with each other if they perceive there is not enough food (more important) and space (slightly less important depending on size of the fish & tank dimensions) when young and in captivity.

IME my AULs don't bother each other when they are either fed 3x daily or when I place enough live food (~20 Neocaridina shrimps lasts about 3-4 days at their current size) when I go on extended leave for work. Snails also work instead of shrimp but I only use live food because I have expereienced a major malfunction once using an auto feeder so I stay away from those now. Still, I've heard that even as adults some AUL just have very individualistic personalities (e.g. Methuselah from the CA Academy of Science) and do not tolerate other AULs. Thus I wish you the best on keeping those 4 and hopefully they calm down as they age.