Baby SAL Questions

[Egon]

I don't know if it's a real big deal but my lung loved the shallow water. It would just lift it's head to breath, minimal enegry expended. The growth rate was unbeliavable...............so was the poop!

 

[sbuse]

Mine loved cut up earth worms/night crawlers. You should lower the water level to about half in that tank so the lung wont have to swim so much to breath. When mine was small I had an area in the tank built up so one end was only 3" deep. The rest of the tank was maybe a foot deep. My little guy use to spend all his time at the upper spot until he was a foot long or so.........
It seemed like over night it grew from 3" to 18 inches lol. They grow fast!

yes'um...it feels like i got mine last week at 3" and it is now over 12"...it just keeps growing...it loves to come up and eat hikari food sticks...

Should I put some floating plants in the tank for him to hang out in?

i had some plants for mine and it stays in the plants much easier on the fish...it now spends 75% of the time in the root ball of my pothoes plant

 

[godzillalungfish]

hey are very slow growing, compared to my african species
My sal is now about 14" and doing well in a community tank

 

[Bamboo_Turtles]

After reading some of this responce , I'm wondering if my 20 gallon long aquarium is too deep for my 8 inch lungfish ? Yes , I will be moving it up to a bigger tank when it reaches 14 inches .

 

[Drizzt]

Hey bamboo. Got any pics yet? Mine was probably about 5" when I got it. Not to hijack your thread, but check out my post here. I feed mine tiny pieces of tilapia, market shrimp, and sinking pellets.

 

[Bamboo_Turtles]

Very cool thread ... It looks like mine . Local store has a 2 1/2 footer ( south american ) for $225 . I've been tempted but I think I'll just enjoy the one I have and keep looking for a marbled and gilled .

 

[Drizzt]

Keep your thread updated if you can so we can see the growth rate.