Water depth and activity level?

[matthewlimkaijie]

Think about lungfish. They usually come from places with extreme drout. Deep water they prob feel safe, shallow water they are going to want to relax and conserve energy knowing the dry season is coming. Just my thought

very interesting theory on the seaon thing

 

[ruggwood]

I moved from a 72x18x18 to a 96x24x30D and my 2' african has gotten more active. He doesnt search for food much, but swims vertically for air often. One thing that suprised me is one day he got spooked by something or pissed off, and swam back and forth from both ends of the tank at a suprisingly high rate of speed. I had never seen him move that fast. It was about the same speed as my arowana when it attacks, but for the whole length of the 8' tank. He swam the length like 5 times at that speed, then just went back to chilling out like he normally does.

 

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[professor_rob]

My aussie lung is in a tank 90 cm deep (maybe36") and he is super active. Always on the lookout for food. I wonder if he is getting enough food. The tank is full of very fast eaters. I feed the fish stacks and it is mostly gone before he notices, he still eats a fair amount though.

 

[stl lungfish]

My lung is now 18" long and I feed him about 12 feeder gold fish bout every week or two. He had 15 fish 2 weeks ago and there are still 2 left. He often times eats 3-4 a day until there are 1 or 2 left. Then they may last weeks, wierd. He is very active. He constantly is swimming and digging. He rearranges the gravel all the time. He loves to eat tropical fish flakes off the top and the shrimp pellets. He will eat as much pellets and flakes as I give him. I'll post up some pictures of him soon