Feeding Lung fish

[e!o!z!]

I have just bought a p. annectens and have been feeding it worms so far ,last four days, I put a molly in the tank but it has not been touched. What else should I be feeding the lung fish to give it a good diet

 

[Oddball]

Mine gets well fed bait minnows, sinking earthworm sticks with spirulina, raw scallops, raw market shrimp, earthworms, sinking catfish pellets, live crayfish, raw mussels, tilapia/catfish fillets, and beef heart.

 

[santoury]

They also love pelletized foods. They eat anything, basically.

 

[GriF]

Mine is on a main diet of feeder goldfish. I supplement on pellets and algae waffers. And ones a week I feed some raw chicken. And earthworms as a treat.
How much do you guys feed your lungs?
I actually bought 75 goldfish ranging from 5 till 15 cm last Saturday now 5 days later there are only 16 left.

 

[santoury]

I would suggest you change that immediately. You're only introducing parasites to your lungfish, nothing more. Worms, krill, shrimps, cut fish, etc, are a better diet.

 

[GriF]

I would suggest you change that immediately. You're only introducing parasites to your lungfish, nothing more. Worms, krill, shrimps, cut fish, etc, are a better diet.

I feed it live fish for over a year now and have had no problems of what so ever. What I do notice is when It does not have a huge supply of feeder fish in his tank. It looks less healthy, active, and in this case because it is an albino less white.
And appart from that I think lungfish are not that sensitive when it comes to parasites. Especially when it is in top condition.
I personally feel that live food is the best diet for it.

 

[santoury]

You just said that it looks less active , less healthy, with feeder fish. Read that line back to yourself bro.

And no, it is not the best diet. I'm just waiting for everyone else to read this. It is true they are not susceptible to parasites, but why wouldn't you want the best, most natural diet (notice I said "MOST" ) diet for your fish? Feeder goldfish also are of very little nutritional value.

 

[santoury]

The meaning of my first comment is.... a Lungfish should NEVER "look" "less" healthy. They are not very active to begin with.

Your lungfish is probably more active because it's trying to get out of the bad water caused by loads of feeder fish in the tank. Another member on here had a lungfish that was literally jumping out of the water, because of such bad water quality/parameters.
It just is not good practice.

 

[GriF]

The meaning of my first comment is.... a Lungfish should NEVER "look" "less" healthy. They are not very active to begin with.

Your lungfish is probably more active because it's trying to get out of the bad water caused by loads of feeder fish in the tank. Another member on here had a lungfish that was literally jumping out of the water, because of such bad water quality/parameters.
It just is not good practice.

Man you Crack Me Up.

 

[GriF]

Man you Crack Me Up.

oops my bad...... I just notised you did not read my post right, if you look closely you read: I Quote: What I do notice is when It does not have a huge supply of feeder fish in his tank. It looks less healthy.

so no bad water quallity from the feeder fish, It just looks better fuller more acive better skin quallity ect. when he just finished a big supply of feederfish.
And by acitve I mean it tends to swims near the watersurface at night.