Journals from Africa.

[GriF]

Hi I was wondering... does anyone here have some journals made by:
Mr C M Mlewa and John M Green?

African Journal of Aquatic Science 2006
Hydrobiologia
African Journal of Ecology Vol. 42 Issue 4 Page 338 December 2004
Journal of Fish Biology, February 2006

I don't know if I forgot some.

Or maybe some other journals regarding lungfish?

 

[E_americanus]

Hi I was wondering... does anyone here have some journals made by:
Mr C M Mlewa and John M Green?

African Journal of Aquatic Science 2006
Hydrobiologia
African Journal of Ecology Vol. 42 Issue 4 Page 338 December 2004
Journal of Fish Biology, February 2006

I don't know if I forgot some.

Or maybe some other journals regarding lungfish?

what is the title of the article itself?

 

[GriF]

I'd like to get my hands on this one:
Movement and habitat use by the marbled lungfish Protopterus aethiopicus Heckel 1851 in Lake Baringo, Kenya
Journal Hydrobiologia
Publisher Springer Netherlands
ISSN 0018-8158 (Print) 1573-5117 (Online)
Issue Volume 537, Numbers 1-3 / March, 2005
DOI 10.1007/s10750-004-3076-3
Pages 229-238
Subject Collection Biomedical and Life Sciences
SpringerLink Date Monday, May 02, 2005

 

[GriF]

they also write about difference in growthrate in male and female lungfish.
In this case P aethiopicus, And about the male guarding the egs.
I love to know how to spot the difference between male and female Lungs.
There is somethings about the diet (mainly piscivorous) loads of interesting things I think we can use keeping our beloved lungs.

 

[E_americanus]

they also write about difference in growthrate in male and female lungfish.
In this case P aethiopicus, And about the male guarding the egs.
I love to know how to spot the difference between male and female Lungs.
There is somethings about the diet (mainly piscivorous) loads of interesting things I think we can use keeping our beloved lungs.

i have read this paper before sometime back, they ended up not being able to tell the differences between males and females based only on external appearance (even though they hypothesized they might be able to due to what they heard from -i'm pretty sure- fishermen). i'll see if i can dig this up--
--solomon

 

[santoury]

Interesting stuff. I indeed have noticed some distinct growth differences in my specimens, some grow hyper fast, others grow at their usual fast pace - Only time will tell if this is related to gender when they reach sexual maturity.

 

[GriF]

i have read this paper before sometime back, they ended up not being able to tell the differences between males and females based only on external appearance (even though they hypothesized they might be able to due to what they heard from -i'm pretty sure- fishermen). i'll see if i can dig this up--
--solomon

thanx Solomon,I sure hope you can dig up this journal , I would love to read it.
If you can't find it, ..do you think it is worth to order this journal?

p.s does anyone know if there have been some research on the (how to put it in english) disapearing of tissue along the lateral line (sensory pits) on the head.
diet,carbon dust, stress, waterconditions?
If it's gone will it heal?
My lungs don't have this problem but I would like to prevent this from happening.

 

[E_americanus]

thanx Solomon,I sure hope you can dig up this journal , I would love to read it.
If you can't find it, ..do you think it is worth to order this journal?

p.s does anyone know if there have been some research on the (how to put it in english) disapearing of tissue along the lateral line (sensory pits) on the head.
diet,carbon dust, stress, waterconditions?
If it's gone will it heal?
My lungs don't have this problem but I would like to prevent this from happening.

oddball and i had discussed this issue in great detail back in the day, water quality of course can play a major role in this, but it also seems like lungfish are more susceptible (and possibly in a different way) than your standard HITH or lateral line erosion compared to big cichlids or other fishes like that.

diet seems to play a very large role too. with some of the lungfishes we had both kept in the past, adding more vegetable matter to the diet helped immensely, as of course did frequent water changes. since we both did a lot of water changes anyway, the vegetable matter in the diet seemed to be the main factor (also foods that had earthworms in them seemed to improve the overall condition of the lungfishes as well).

so mixing things up every now and then with some algae wafers, veggie sticks, and earthworms/earthworm sticks will lead to better health, and often times, improved color/pattern as well --
--solomon

ps-- i know i have that journal article somewhere, so don't bother paying for it. i'll PM you when i find it

 

[GriF]

ps-- i know i have that journal article somewhere, so don't bother paying for it. i'll PM you when i find it [/QUOTE]

That would be wonderfull.

thanx again.

And about the Lateral line erosion..If i get it right you should just stick to the basic lung care and your fish should be o.k.

Only one of my lungs somehow stopped taking earth worms
It's probably a just phase it goes thru It has a lot of these so called phases.
My other lung does not care for live food.

 

[E_americanus]

ps-- i know i have that journal article somewhere, so don't bother paying for it. i'll PM you when i find it

That would be wonderfull.

thanx again.

And about the Lateral line erosion..If i get it right you should just stick to the basic lung care and your fish should be o.k.

Only one of my lungs somehow stopped taking earth worms
It's probably a just phase it goes thru It has a lot of these so called phases.
My other lung does not care for live food.

yes, basic lung care will go a long way...but a key here is to incorporate vegetable matter into the diet, all lungfish species benefit from this, and you'd be surprised how avidly they'll take these foods (that is, if you haven't seen it already) --
--solomon