Lungfish sick

[zacfishing]

I have recently put my lungfish in a temporary tank and its starting to loose its scales and becoming sick help!!! Its temporary closure is about 1.6m wide and is holding 350L.

The lungfish is 1m long what should i do put it into a bigger closure because im trying to get another tank at the moment.

 

[E_americanus]

I have recently put my lungfish in a temporary tank and its starting to loose its scales and becoming sick help!!! Its temporary closure is about 1.6m wide and is holding 350L.

The lungfish is 1m long what should i do put it into a bigger closure because im trying to get another tank at the moment.

what kind of lungfish is it? African? Australian? South American? if you can post a pic we can better help you and advise a course of action. for now, it is good that you have it separated from other fish. i would bump up the water changes to 50% every other day or every 2 days. add 1 tbsp of salt for every 20 gallons of water as well, and maintain that concentration after water changes. raise temperature to 82 F.--

again, pics will help, but keep us posted--
--solomon

 

[dragonscrawling]

what kind of lungfish is it? African? Australian? South American? if you can post a pic we can better help you and advise a course of action. for now, it is good that you have it separated from other fish. i would bump up the water changes to 50% every other day or every 2 days. add 1 tbsp of salt for every 20 gallons of water as well, and maintain that concentration after water changes. raise temperature to 82 F.--

again, pics will help, but keep us posted--
--solomon

If it is an aussie do not add salt

 

[E_americanus]

If it is an aussie do not add salt

low dose of salt won't bother an AUL or other lungfishes--
--solomon

 

[dragonscrawling]

Well I can't be 100% sure but I tend to stick to Gordon's strong recommendation to never add salt to an AUL tank.

 

[Steve_89]

I have treated my AULs with salt in the past with no problems.

 

[Annunaki_0]

I have recently put my lungfish in a temporary tank and its starting to loose its scales and becoming sick help!!! Its temporary closure is about 1.6m wide and is holding 350L.

The lungfish is 1m long what should i do put it into a bigger closure because im trying to get another tank at the moment.

Hope it gets well soon

 

[mr r]

i thought the aussie lung fish is a protected speice's.

 

[abarilot]

i thought the aussie lung fish is a protected speice's.

They are protected! You can buy them from a farm in Australia where they have captive bred them. In order to get one from that farm you have to get permits and other things.