Lung fish Diet

[Shishir Shetye]

Hi...

Recently I adopted west African lungfish. I have placed it in 4ft X 2ft X 2ft.
With no filter, i clean water 40% after every 3 days.

Any one please suggest a proper diet for him.

I am giving him 2 pellets of Hikari algae wafer and Hikari Tropical Massivore Delite (alternate days) and also small amount of blood worms daily in evening and earth worms occasionally. Is this ok..???

 

[Yoda1]

My SAL gets what yours does, plus pieces of white fish, smelt, mussel, prawns & cockle.
Something different every day.

 

[rodger]

I would get some filtration in there. They make a lot of waste. At least get a sponge filter in there before your next thread asks why its flesh is coming off

 

[rodger]

Btw, good diet

 

[Shishir Shetye]

I would get some filtration in there. They make a lot of waste. At least get a sponge filter in there before your next thread asks why its flesh is coming off

Which type of filter can i use ?

Any canister type.. plz suggest . Note that my tank is on floor.

 

[rodger]

Which type of filter can i use ?

Any canister type.. plz suggest . Note that my tank is on floor.

It's hard to use a cannister on the floor. I would suggest either a sponge filter or an HOB

 

[dogofwar]

Lungish are messy eaters, so something that provides plenty of mechanical filtration AND is easy to clean would be perfect: an HOB or air powered box filter would be great (and frequently cleaned). I'd also add an air-powered sponge filter if you use the box filter.

A canister is a poor choice: bits of half-eaten lungfish food will get sucked into the canister and rot...and cleaning a canister is a pain...

I kept a large African lungfish in a 150g pond (Rubbermaid horse trough). Filtration was an air driven box and sponge. What's great is that the Rubbermaid bins are pre-plumbed, so draining water (into the floor drain) was as easy as turning a valve. I did this about an hour after feeding most days and sucked out the scraps of food.

I fed mostly market shrimp (shell on) and chunks of fish.

 

[Hendre]

An aquaclear 110 would do wonders for that tank, a tad expensive (no clue in USD) but if you feed hikari that shouldnt be an issue. your diet is pretty good but some shellfish would be pretty nice for the fish

 

[rodger]

Hmmm

Lungish are messy eaters, so something that provides plenty of mechanical filtration AND is easy to clean would be perfect: an HOB or air powered box filter would be great (and frequently cleaned). I'd also add an air-powered sponge filter if you use the box filter.

A canister is a poor choice: bits of half-eaten lungfish food will get sucked into the canister and rot...and cleaning a canister is a pain...

I kept a large African lungfish in a 150g pond (Rubbermaid horse trough). Filtration was an air driven box and sponge. What's great is that the Rubbermaid bins are pre-plumbed, so draining water (into the floor drain) was as easy as turning a valve. I did this about an hour after feeding most days and sucked out the scraps of food.

I fed mostly market shrimp (shell on) and chunks of fish.

Hmmm...... that's contrary to my experience. My marbles didn't lose as much as an Oscar and my Dolloli and WAL lost nothing. My SAL lost very little. I only feed wafers and bite size tilapia chunks.
I agree the AC110 is a great choice. Really, these are easy fish to keep. Just monitor them and if they make a mess when they eat, give them smaller portions.

 

[Oddball]

Don't be afraid to offer the LF the occasional live crayfish as well. These fish carry the chompers to handle most crays hard exoskeletons.