How big do Afro-lungs get?

[stotty]

hey guys, am goin 2 buy an african lungfish and was wonderin how big they can get......any ideas?

Have a look at this

http://www.aqualandpetsplus.com/Oddball, Lungfish.htm

 

[baracuda]

I heard they get around 36 inches but im not sure...might want to check with your local fish store.

 

[rottbo]

hey stotty dont believe everything you read on that site that place is in my town and they are not that knowledgeable and their tanks are dirty and undersized for the fish they keep

 

[mr happy]

So how big a tank would you need for life for a african lungfish and would it mix with big cichlids?

 

[dovii88]

if i ever had a fish that big i would feed it little babies or hamsters..lol lol uhhh

 

[Oddball]

I heard they get around 36 inches but im not sure...might want to check with your local fish store.

Welcome to MFK!!!

Might want to read the rest of the thread before posting.

These LF can be kept with cichlids up til the next feeding. Then, you'll start losing cichlids. Example: My 3ft albino aethiopicus decided my 12" mbu puffer was part of his menu. The mbu inflated to ward off the attack but, the LF's jaws were strong enough to pop him like a piece of bubble-wrap. There was no trace of the mbu when the LF finished crushing and swallowing.

 

[FishHeadSoup]

Welcome to MFK!!!

Might want to read the rest of the thread before posting.

These LF can be kept with cichlids up til the next feeding. Then, you'll start losing cichlids. Example: My 3ft albino aethiopicus decided my 12" mbu puffer was part of his menu. The mbu inflated to ward off the attack but, the LF's jaws were strong enough to pop him like a piece of bubble-wrap. There was no trace of the mbu when the LF finished crushing and swallowing.

THIS NEEDS 2 B ON VIDEO!!!

 

[rumblesushi]

Welcome to MFK!!!

Might want to read the rest of the thread before posting.

These LF can be kept with cichlids up til the next feeding. Then, you'll start losing cichlids. Example: My 3ft albino aethiopicus decided my 12" mbu puffer was part of his menu. The mbu inflated to ward off the attack but, the LF's jaws were strong enough to pop him like a piece of bubble-wrap. There was no trace of the mbu when the LF finished crushing and swallowing.

My god oddball, did the lungfish not die? I thought all puffers were poisonous enough to kill anything that eats them?

 

[Oddball]

My god oddball, did the lungfish not die? I thought all puffers were poisonous enough to kill anything that eats them?

Puffers tend to lose their toxicity in captivity due to not feeding on organisms they have available in the wild that carry the bacteria-producing tetradotoxin.

 

[rumblesushi]

wow, thanks for the info. I didn't know that at all. I'd only heard people say, better make sure a larger fish doesn't eat a puffer or it dies etc.

So instead of having highly trained Japanese chefs taking the risk of correctly preparing a wild puffer, why not just have farm raised puffers for food?

Maybe the dare-devil aspect is what makes it a delicacy.