what temp should i be keeping him at? if its to high do you think thats why hes swimming at the top?
I need help
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As I've posted somewhere else, my SAL took 3 (three!) months to start eating. He was perfectly healthy even so. Maybe he's getting used to the surroundings. It's weird of him to spend most of the day at the top. Was it exactly that what he did at the local LFS? Is his skin dark and lustrous or opaque and shedding?
Yep. Three months exactly.
T Hizzle, I don't think tankmates have anything to do with this behaviour. Is the aeartion too strong? If it produces some kind of strong flow, it maybe stressful to him, and so he stays restless and swims around, like frantically in search of something. His usual behaviour is to stay motionless at the bottom, moving very slowly, and eventually going up for air, gulping it and back to the bottom again to its previous position. Check the air pump, if you have such, and slow it down. I wouldn't add any tankmates just to see if that is the reason.
T Hizzle, I don't think tankmates have anything to do with this behaviour. Is the aeartion too strong? If it produces some kind of strong flow, it maybe stressful to him, and so he stays restless and swims around, like frantically in search of something. His usual behaviour is to stay motionless at the bottom, moving very slowly, and eventually going up for air, gulping it and back to the bottom again to its previous position. Check the air pump, if you have such, and slow it down. I wouldn't add any tankmates just to see if that is the reason.
good news! he ate for the first time today, took it right out of my fingers. but he is still at the top lol he doesnt move alot he just kindda floats around.eventually i want to add some tank mates, i have 10 harlequin rasboras that are pretty big, i dont think he would try to eat them, and 1 angel fish. would this work or should i wait a little bit longer
It's sheer good news he ate. If I were you, I wouldn't add the other fish yet. For the sake of the lungfish. The rasboras may seem harmless, but the angelfish would at least feel curious and try and bite him a bit here and there, looking like a floating log. If you already have the other fishes with you, give it a try, though you may want and keep a close watch. But the best would be to leave the lungfish on its own until it fully recovers and behaves like a sound South American Lungfish.
