mine is still living happily with his crayfish and goldfish NO KILLING YET i'm waitin on that switch to turn tho
its been almost 2 weeks??? MAL question
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yama;1352264; said:
hmm that's weird both my lungs started feeding the first day I got them...you can try some live feeders...I also had times when my lungs stopped eating for a while...
Maybe this will help...dim the lights...lower waterlevel so they don't have to swim to the service but just have to raise their head when they go up for air...make sure there is not to much current...and you can try some live feeders, this is how I got 1 of my lungs to eat again...but I prefer to feed dead food instead of live.
mY MAL is no beast either..when you drop some food on his head it backs up...my dolloi attacks everything in sight.
goodluck
My lung seems quite timid, hes been with a Gibbiceps pleco for 3 weeks fine and loves his food, hes very active.
GriF;1368342; said:
Grif....... I had a little feeder goldfish just one, in the tank with my lung been in the tank since day one (almost a month now) FAT HEALTHY FEEDER GOLDFISH, eating all of the LUNGS shrimp and a few spiralina pellets everynow and then
well the day before yesterday I went to look at my lungfish and his little "friend" Mr. Goldfish was GONE (finally)... so Friday night i put in 6 feeder goldfish and as of Saturday there was only 4 Goldfish
OOOO something else I felled to mention y'all might be upset but o well
YAMA DID IT 1ST lol
we have both REMOVED everything from our lungfishes tanks i mean like, caves, terracotta pots, rocks, and plants so both of our lungs are sitting on just a bed of gravel NO WHERE TO HIDE.... we're doing it ASIAN STYLE bare tank... something NEITHER one of us are accustom to
great....good to hear they are doing o.k. just give them some time and they will start eating alot more....when I used to feed feedergoldfish it would eat aprox 20 in the first 24 hours...
p.s. did they start eating after you got them the bare tanks?
I prefer bare to... I don't even have them on gravel....I like to clean up after them after they finish their food...I feel it the easy-est when they have a bare bottom...I just use a net to clean out their pood and leftovers.
p.s. did they start eating after you got them the bare tanks?
I prefer bare to... I don't even have them on gravel....I like to clean up after them after they finish their food...I feel it the easy-est when they have a bare bottom...I just use a net to clean out their pood and leftovers.
yes mine started eating after he went "NAKED" so to speak lol
but i want the ETHIOPIAN WE READ ABOUT aggressive and assertive i guess he'll come out of his shell eventually right now in the bare tank he just sits in the back corner of the tank curled up until night fall i guess
in his tank right now as of Friday night: 30g. Long 36"x12"x18" i think its 18 tall???
13in. MAL
4 feeder goldfish i added 6 now theres 4
3 de-clawed crayfish
1 small apple snail
I was offering market shrimp, pellets, and krill with NO RESPONSE so when he ate his Friend Thursday i gave him so more "friends" to play with
lol
but i want the ETHIOPIAN WE READ ABOUT aggressive and assertive i guess he'll come out of his shell eventually right now in the bare tank he just sits in the back corner of the tank curled up until night fall i guess
in his tank right now as of Friday night: 30g. Long 36"x12"x18" i think its 18 tall???
13in. MAL
4 feeder goldfish i added 6 now theres 4
3 de-clawed crayfish
1 small apple snail
I was offering market shrimp, pellets, and krill with NO RESPONSE so when he ate his Friend Thursday i gave him so more "friends" to play with
lol
Hey fwlion, I just went over one of the journal papers I have on lungfish and it confirmed a suspicion I had that I wanted to check before I posted any thing. What it said is that it has been observed that in captivity with out the opportunity to aestivate the fish would have periods of lethargy where they would refuse food and there surfacing for air would decrease to a minimum, some times for several months. It was the assumption of this scientist that this could be a sort of aestivation type behavior. Your animal being a fresh import could have a lot to do with that. I think these fish act more like reptiles than fish and my experience with reptiles that refuse food is to leave them alone is usually the best. It is frequent that the first instinct to try to “do something” when an animal refuses food, this frequently compounds the problem. I think going to a bare tank might be helpful in making sure there are no water quality issues. I understand you want to do anything you can to make sure your fish is happy and healthy in short you are a good fish keeper.
I would urge you to just let the fish settle into what ever set up you have it in now and let “do it’s thing.” Lungfish are extremely efficient animals; this same paper notes lungfish that have stayed in aestivation for four years without serious consequence. I think once your fish has settled in you will have the classic MAL you were looking for.
Dan
I would urge you to just let the fish settle into what ever set up you have it in now and let “do it’s thing.” Lungfish are extremely efficient animals; this same paper notes lungfish that have stayed in aestivation for four years without serious consequence. I think once your fish has settled in you will have the classic MAL you were looking for.
Dan
