Australian Lungfish.
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I had two and honestly wasn't too impressed with them, I think they're highly overrated, lol... but that's just me. 
I had mine 8"ers in with a 10" FL gar and a 13" tropical gar in a bare bottom 120 wide. They liked freeze-dried krill and frozen market prawns. Supposedly they can grow about 18" in their first year but slow down quite a bit after that...
I had mine 8"ers in with a 10" FL gar and a 13" tropical gar in a bare bottom 120 wide. They liked freeze-dried krill and frozen market prawns. Supposedly they can grow about 18" in their first year but slow down quite a bit after that...LOL, yeah, I might get another one just so that I can have the rarest of the lungs. Don't get me wrong, they're pretty neat, but nothing that you can't get out of a bichir (though as I understand they're just as rare as AULs down thereSteve_89 said:Yeah im not expecting anything extrordinary from them but for me its just one of those must have fish.
Thanks for the opinion and experience though
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I didn't think you could get a Aust. Lungfish. I thought the only ones on the market is South American and African??
Not really he still has to buy one.Its illegal to catch wild ones without a permit.
The big draw for an aussie lungfish is they are semi hard to get theres only one licensed importer in the United states.
Another draw is the look they have fins instead of whip like pectoral and pelvic fins
also they are considered the most primitive of the lungfishes.
unfortunately a few things many people do not realize 1. they get very big and bulky.2.Its possible they can outlive you with proper care.
There is 1 species of lungfish harder to find tho that would be Protopterus amphibius (East African Lungfish)-Anne
The big draw for an aussie lungfish is they are semi hard to get theres only one licensed importer in the United states.
Another draw is the look they have fins instead of whip like pectoral and pelvic fins
also they are considered the most primitive of the lungfishes.
unfortunately a few things many people do not realize 1. they get very big and bulky.2.Its possible they can outlive you with proper care.
There is 1 species of lungfish harder to find tho that would be Protopterus amphibius (East African Lungfish)-Anne
I have a pair of AULs and feeding them is no problem. They haven't refused anything that's hit the bottom so far. I feed them on cut raw shell-on shrimp, cut catfish fillets, mussels, clams, earthworms, earthworm sticks w/spirulina, sinking catfish pellets, rabbit pellets, and baby crayfish.
Of all 7 of my lungfish, the AULs are the most personable. They actually recognize me and move to the front of the tank and wait to be fed.
Of all 7 of my lungfish, the AULs are the most personable. They actually recognize me and move to the front of the tank and wait to be fed.