Largest lungfish collection?

[santoury]

DO I have the largest lungfish collection in the country? The world? (Wonder how many AUL's are at Gordon's farm in Australia? )

My collection (of four species) consists of 31, and about to become 37 tomorrow.

 

[DeLgAdO]

i guess you do.

 

[Oddball]

Beats me. I have 10 comprising 5 of the known species. I had all 6 species until recently (RIP P. amphibius).

 

[santoury]

Yeah - poor guy - Wish he could have been saved. Did he come over with the infection that you were mentioning? It surprised me, seeing how hardy they are and all.

I am seriously considering a breeding program for lungfishes of all types, hence my question about whether or not mine is the largest collection of lungfishes (in the world?)

 

[DeLgAdO]

Yeah - poor guy - Wish he could have been saved. Did he come over with the infection that you were mentioning? It surprised me, seeing how hardy they are and all.

I am seriously considering a breeding program for lungfishes of all types, hence my question about whether or not mine is the largest collection of lungfishes (in the world?)

who cares!?

you probably have the biggest collection on mfk

if you want more people viewing to answer your question you have to post pics

 

[santoury]

Not set up with a digicam yet sorry.

 

[Jason]

i only have five lungs at the moment and i have been pondering breeding some but i'm not doing so well at locating another 30 incher locally. ah well in time i'll find one or have the money to order one in. since breeding isnt much of an option for me at the moment i dont see a need to have a mountain of them around eating everything in site.

i'm just happy as hell to have my AUL and albino ethiopian, those are two fish i've wanted for over a decade that i managed to afford with in the last year or two.

jason

 

[Oddball]

Yeah - poor guy - Wish he could have been saved. Did he come over with the infection that you were mentioning? It surprised me, seeing how hardy they are and all.

I don't know if he arrived with the infection or was genetically predisposed towards the illness or ...
He contracted bloat soon after capture. He was treated in several different setups for all different varieties of bloat. He was on UV, refugium, FBF, sponge, and W/D filtration with a 50 micron and 10 micron sock filter to catch protozoans while the UV worked on bacteria. Broad spectrum and gram-pos/neg meds provided only minor relief. Despite infrequent reductions of the infection, he never fully recovered from any one bout.


BTW, pass on the next LF that becomes available and get a digicam.

 

[E_americanus]

a couple comments before i get to the P.amphibius...

Gordon, when he has the AULs spawn, easily has more lungfish than 37. i've been corresponding with him on almost a daily basis as of late and have kept communications with him going for over three years. i am not sure what the captive breeding status is of the African species or of the SAL, but when those little primitive babies are around, Gordon easily has the largest collection of anyone I know.
He currently has several large individuals for broodstock, not sure how many juveniles are left if any.

i also agree with the pics thing, if you're going to continue bragging about the largest collection of lungfishes, i suggest you support it with some pics...talk is cheap

I don't know if he arrived with the infection or was genetically predisposed towards the illness or ...
He contracted bloat soon after capture. He was treated in several different setups for all different varieties of bloat. He was on UV, refugium, FBF, sponge, and W/D filtration with a 50 micron and 10 micron sock filter to catch protozoans while the UV worked on bacteria. Broad spectrum and gram-pos/neg meds provided only minor relief. Despite infrequent reductions of the infection, he never fully recovered from any one bout.


BTW, pass on the next LF that becomes available and get a digicam.

and as for the P. amphibius, this was my fish for about two years before it went to Phil. during this time, when he developed the bloat issues, i was in close communications with phil and trying to come up with a way to treat it. several treatments failed, and some worked only partially. it could have been that the fish was too far gone. eventually the fish went to Phil and he tried treatments more directly under his care as well.

it's a shame because this is the only live specimen imported in recent history that we know of; during that time i had all 6 species, and when it went to phil he had all 6 species...now THAT's cool

it should also be noted that the P. amphibius (and just like any other lungfish species) has species-specific traits. it is rumored that they are much more sensitive to water quality than the other African species, and their range is much more constrained (as verified by a massive study/symposium on lungfishes from the late 80s) than other african species.

ok i think that's all for now; but i think the gist of several posts so far implies:
get a camera and shoot some pics --
--solomon

 

[Miguel]

I would suggest the same. Would love to see the greatest collection in the world.