GriF;730524; said:
awesome fish! at 90cm that thing is steadily making its way towards its wild max! great looking fish--
--solomon
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awesome fish! at 90cm that thing is steadily making its way towards its wild max! great looking fish--
--solomon
E_americanus;730788; said:
The wild max is 120cm isn't it?
Well it is my goal to take it to this level, it is still growing. And it did not slow down yet. I'm curious when it will slow down. It has been growing at the same rate ever sins I got it. But it's "personality" does keep changing. When I first got it, it was a bit shy, and when I would clean out its tank I could push it out of the way. This changed when it reached aprox 60cm. When ever it sensed my hand was in the tank (it's blind) it would attack so hard I was afraid it would go through the glass. Till it reached aprox 85 cm it/he was real active it kept swimming from left to right along the front glass. Lately it stopped doing this and became more relaxed.
It did improve on his hunting skills now that I feed allot of goldfish.
I noticed he looks the healthiest when I used to feed it goldfish. So I made this his main diet.
It is a bit expensive though but I do think it is worth it.
Lots of people on MFK advise against feeders as they can carry all sorts of parasites, etc. This is why I have avoided this and use feeders only as a treat. But he looks great. Dolloi are actually what I think to be the slower growing lungfish (Not sure about the Aussies?) but they don't "slow down" LOL I find that their growth is directly proportional to how much they eat. Very interesting. When they eat, they grow, when they don't, they just stop growing, and in fact get a "little smaller" I've found.
I, too, have noticed the aggressive levels increasing with size/age. They seem to have brutal bites - have been very very careful with their mouths near me! Lots of people have said how bad a bite is, but I don't know, nor do I want to, know how bad it actually is!
I, too, have noticed the aggressive levels increasing with size/age. They seem to have brutal bites - have been very very careful with their mouths near me! Lots of people have said how bad a bite is, but I don't know, nor do I want to, know how bad it actually is!
santoury;731016; said:
Has anyone on this bord had some negative experience with live feeders and lungfish?
santoury;731016; said:
im curious as to both dolloi keepers here, grif and santoury,
how long have you had your P. dolloi, and in the case of santoury, what is the longest you have kept an individual dolloi?
great fish, and yes, the feeders debate is a valid one, but it seems to me that places outside the US have better methods for keeping feeders than we do, so at the very least, the feeders out there may be a bit healthier than ours.
and in response to the question about AULs, they grow quite fast in their early years...all the individuals i have kept for at least a year have grown close to 18" or larger in just that first year-1.5 years.--
--solomon
E_americanus;731244; said:
I got my dolloi in September 2005. It is my first and only lungfish.
I will be getting an other one though. As soon as my new tanks are in I will be looking for an albino P Aethiopicus.
My feederfish are from Israel. I do select my feeders after I have bought them. If one looks kind of iffy I'll take it out.
I get a good deal on my feeders. 10 for 5 euro's
