south america lungfish
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What they all said! SALs are da bomb! I kept mine with neons and killifish until about 14" long. Now they're in a large community tank. Wouldn't hurt a fly, though they love to munch snails!
By the way, the picture above is not a SAL. That is a protopterus sp. african lung.
By the way, the picture above is not a SAL. That is a protopterus sp. african lung.
blacklabel_1988;390478; said:
As early mentioned, if the fish is only at least half the size it should not be eaten, but FYI, they are real eye suckers. I had lima's an other fishes who lost there eyes to my SAL.
And a good ol' story
A janitor in an old school here in town had a big ol' lungfish in a big aquarium on his office. Every time it was time to change water, he lift the lungfish out and put it in a bucket. When he finished, he put the ol' fish back.
But one time when he was finish and put the ol' fish back the fish sucked the janitor's index finger into his mouth. The janitor tryed push it of with no effect. He hit it and pulled it, but no. The whole time he felt a violent presure on the finger, but no pain, just the presure. 15-20 minutes after have rotated round the finger all the time, the fish suddently dropped from the finger, and the finger was striped to the bone, from flesh.
So you Lungfish keepers out there - Be careful
IME with lungs and I've delt with SAL's, MAL's, many ANNECTENS, and dollois
EVERY SINGLE LAST LUNGFISH IS DIFFERENT
I TELL PEOPLE YOU CAN NOT RIGHT A OUT THE TEMPERMENT OF THESE FISH
I've had at least 2 of all these species from different ends of the TEMPERMENT spectrum from very CALM wouldn't bother anything but a small pieace of frozen shrimp
to down right EVIL KILLERS I've had em crack glass canopys of tanks trying to get at you not food
EVERY SINGLE LAST LUNGFISH IS DIFFERENT
I TELL PEOPLE YOU CAN NOT RIGHT A OUT THE TEMPERMENT OF THESE FISH
I've had at least 2 of all these species from different ends of the TEMPERMENT spectrum from very CALM wouldn't bother anything but a small pieace of frozen shrimp
to down right EVIL KILLERS I've had em crack glass canopys of tanks trying to get at you not food
Oddball, so you have a new amphibius? I'd love to hear where you got it, and how this one is settling in! Photos? 
Everyone is right about the "SAL" (South American Lungfish) being peaceful - All lungfish are mostly carnivorous, but the nice thing about the SAL is that it doesn't seem to be bent on harrassing tankmates. I, too, have never had one harm a tankmate, and I have over a dozen of them. The worst I've seen done is a nipped fin to ANOTHER SAL. That's it. I've had them in community tanks, even.
$20 is good for that size. Gofer it! They DO grow very fast, and they do get very large, just keep that in mind.
Everyone is right about the "SAL" (South American Lungfish) being peaceful - All lungfish are mostly carnivorous, but the nice thing about the SAL is that it doesn't seem to be bent on harrassing tankmates. I, too, have never had one harm a tankmate, and I have over a dozen of them. The worst I've seen done is a nipped fin to ANOTHER SAL. That's it. I've had them in community tanks, even.
$20 is good for that size. Gofer it! They DO grow very fast, and they do get very large, just keep that in mind.
