jumping lungfish

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What exactly are you planning on keeping him in, in a few MONTHS? Not that the 20 is big enough at this point.
And you can't just dump a fish in a bare tank. Do you actually *enjoy* the fish?
If there was nothing in my tank, AND if something was bad in the water, I would be going crazy too.
I have a very large collection of lungfishes, and while some of them might be very low key, or very placid, they still are living things, and they need stimulation of some sort, and they definitely deserve what we can offer them, not just the bare minimum of glass and water.
I am only trying to help you understand your lung fish better. If you feel that this is a little more than you can take on, please feel free to contact me about getting this fish into a better home. No shame in doing what is best. If you decide to keep it, please be open to all of our suggestions as to improving this fish's life.
As for the filtration question - One filter is sufficient - Filters are not meant to substitute water changes. Lungfish also do not enjoy a strong current, for the most part.
 
i love my lungfish i am going to keep him i am going to get a 125 in a few short mounts dous stress syme work to keep nitrite down
 
no1lungy@yahoo.com;695598; said:
i love my lungfish i am going to keep him i am going to get a 125 in a few short mounts dous stress syme work to keep nitrite down
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Not Really. Best of Luck trying to get the tank in the right water conditions. At least you have good information to help you from this thread. :goldfish:
 
That guy is right - Thank god you have us to help you.
Get him out of that 20 ASAP - The 20 is too small ALREADY. I was not implying that you HAVE a few months to relax and think about that 125. You should be actively preparing to move him at this point. And no, stress zyme is not going to help your water.

If you love your fish - utilize us, AND FOLLOW OUR ADVICE. Otherwise he is in a pretty bad pair of hands.

First of all - get him a substrate or even some stones and wood to give him a better sense of security and comfort. And get him out of that 20 ASAP. And keep an eye on water parameters regularly.
Never let it get so bad that he literally cannot live in it anymore. That's just plain poor treatment of any living thing.
If you love the fish, I'm sure we all would love to see the progress you make in making these changes starting NOW.

Just because lungfish are very hardy, and they are, doesn't make it okay to treat them as such. Treat it with love, if that truly is the case.
 
Your problem is not taking care of the water YOURSELF, NOT the water needing chemicals to do your job.

If you follow our advice, the water will stabilize, (AS LONG as you do the water changes on a regular basis)

You can't just "cover up" bad water quality by adding more stuff in.
I, however, want to appreciate the fact that you are staying on here, and asking questions. It's important, however, for you to do the things that we have advised you to do thus far.
 
santoury;697243; said:
Your problem is not taking care of the water YOURSELF, NOT the water needing chemicals to do your job.

If you follow our advice, the water will stabilize, (AS LONG as you do the water changes on a regular basis)

You can't just "cover up" bad water quality by adding more stuff in.
I, however, want to appreciate the fact that you are staying on here, and asking questions. It's important, however, for you to do the things that we have advised you to do thus far.
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actually, if i understand the situation correctly, there is no other tank currently to put the lungfish into. therefore, the tank must (unfortunately) be cycled or brought up to proper biological filtration standards WITH the lungfish inside of it.

one of the easiest ways to do this is with bio-spira or some other active bacteria colonies since they will help with the cycling and speed it up. massive water changes will not allow the tank to cycle, and therefore the lungfish will go through the same problems over and over again on a drawn out timeframe.

i'm not one for wanting to add things to the system in most cases, but keep in mind this is a special case.

no1lungy -

if you can't get biospira, is there another tank with established biomedia (like a filter sponge, bioballs, etc) that you can remove and put into the filter of this lungfish tank? do you have any friends who can lend you some biomedia? LFS will also sell or often give away biomedia they have running in their setups, so i would look into that.

another option is if you have a rubbermaid container of some sort, you could take the lungfish, heater, and a bubbler, put it into this other container and do daily water changes on that for about a week or two while the tank cycles (in this case you would need some rosies or other fish to cycle the tank).

let us know what kind of resources you have available and we can better help you out.
worst case scenario is that you will have to keep up with frequent and very low percentage water changes so the tank can cycle.--
--solomon
 
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