Any lungfish for a 55
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I see , thanks guys. Maybe I can put my two bichirs ( a senegal and a delhezi) in the 75 and a single lung in the 100dmopar74;2750892; said:
Im really in to the idea of having a lungfish. As some of you know im doing a 400+ gallon in the not so distant future but I heard lungs get picked on so I want him solo so if I get one the 100 is as big as I can really go. It will have a eheim 2217 and two ac 110 That should work right a lung solo in a 100 ??
Aussie lung should work,They get to around 3 ft I think.You might be able to have a few Tank Mtes but it would be better if you didn't
In the past year or so my WAL has had 4 different tanks.....
He started out with a Rio 300 which is 300 litre
then a 4x2x2
Then a 5x2x2
and he now has a 6x2x2
I'll probably end up upgrading again LOL
He started out with a Rio 300 which is 300 litre
then a 4x2x2
Then a 5x2x2
and he now has a 6x2x2
I'll probably end up upgrading again LOL
tcarswell;2752165; said:I hear they have plenty of personality them selves. He will be alone
Hmm Yeah but you coul have a few small Tankmates as they aren't agressive...I was thinkin' festi's =]
Its most likely gonna be a 500 I want some Aro's and large rare bichir speciesEoibio;2753136; said:
and ofcourse an eheim 2062 or two a wet dry And a sump. This is all in the works already got the lumber yesterday started making a stand
to comment on questions/responses so far:
for a 55g - no lungfishes (commonly) available would work in a tank that size for life. you could use it as a grow-out tank, but it would need to be upgraded. a gilled African lungfish (Protopterus amphibius) could work in a 55g, but those haven't been imported to the US in several years.
for a 100g - you could make it work with the African species for a long time, possibly life depending on the individual. of course with African species, no tankmates.
you could make it work with some bichirs and an SAL, again, depends on the growth of the SAL and your filtration.
SAL and AUL are the community species...so consider those for a large community tank if you are interested. AUL are more expensive but tend to be a bit more docile (and their fins can't be picked off as easily as the SAL) so they may be the better choice for a large predator community tank.
good luck--
--solomon
for a 55g - no lungfishes (commonly) available would work in a tank that size for life. you could use it as a grow-out tank, but it would need to be upgraded. a gilled African lungfish (Protopterus amphibius) could work in a 55g, but those haven't been imported to the US in several years.
for a 100g - you could make it work with the African species for a long time, possibly life depending on the individual. of course with African species, no tankmates.
you could make it work with some bichirs and an SAL, again, depends on the growth of the SAL and your filtration.
SAL and AUL are the community species...so consider those for a large community tank if you are interested. AUL are more expensive but tend to be a bit more docile (and their fins can't be picked off as easily as the SAL) so they may be the better choice for a large predator community tank.
good luck--
--solomon
