still need help on Lungfish
I'm placing this post under 'bottomdwellers' so we get a better idea of what theme I'm going with. With my own delving a bit, i've come to the idea of a thick layer of fine-grain sand, layered over a little mud? (smooth, to dig in and bury himself)... scattered snail-shells (to resemble home near Lake Tanganyika, also part of posible diet?)... rocky set-up with caves (to hide and reside in like Africa)... Vallisneria for my plants (from Africa), maybe some javamoss and duckweed (to filter out light from my flourescent)... plenty of filteration (i've got two emperor filters running on a 40g)... and a steady diet of frogs and african chiclid fries, maybe freshwater shrimp and snails (live food always a plus, but these would more closely resemble a natural diet)
My Lungfish, Aeri, is about 7 inches long and young in a tank all by himself, until he grows out to accompany my Oscar, Arkady. Until then, or if ever, I would like to make Aeri as comfortable as possible. He would appreciate any ideas that could better stimulate his day-to-day life, better his health, or even some fun tid-bits on training a lungfish to be more pet-like...
If anyone has any information on other plant types indigenous to the Rift Valley in Africa, or are preferable for Lungfish, or all bottom-dwellers in general. Please, do help.
How much water should I keep in the tank? Should i keep it filled, so Aeri has more room to grow? Should I allow the water level to drop so he can't escape and air isn't too far away when resurfacing? I have a cover, but do i necessarily need it? Should I turn off one of my filters? Can Lungfish eat Snails commonly sold in LFS? I heard veggies are also good for Lungfish... does anyone know of ANY veggies that he might possibly eat? Or which veggies are detrimental to his health?
I'm placing this post under 'bottomdwellers' so we get a better idea of what theme I'm going with. With my own delving a bit, i've come to the idea of a thick layer of fine-grain sand, layered over a little mud? (smooth, to dig in and bury himself)... scattered snail-shells (to resemble home near Lake Tanganyika, also part of posible diet?)... rocky set-up with caves (to hide and reside in like Africa)... Vallisneria for my plants (from Africa), maybe some javamoss and duckweed (to filter out light from my flourescent)... plenty of filteration (i've got two emperor filters running on a 40g)... and a steady diet of frogs and african chiclid fries, maybe freshwater shrimp and snails (live food always a plus, but these would more closely resemble a natural diet)
My Lungfish, Aeri, is about 7 inches long and young in a tank all by himself, until he grows out to accompany my Oscar, Arkady. Until then, or if ever, I would like to make Aeri as comfortable as possible. He would appreciate any ideas that could better stimulate his day-to-day life, better his health, or even some fun tid-bits on training a lungfish to be more pet-like...
If anyone has any information on other plant types indigenous to the Rift Valley in Africa, or are preferable for Lungfish, or all bottom-dwellers in general. Please, do help.
How much water should I keep in the tank? Should i keep it filled, so Aeri has more room to grow? Should I allow the water level to drop so he can't escape and air isn't too far away when resurfacing? I have a cover, but do i necessarily need it? Should I turn off one of my filters? Can Lungfish eat Snails commonly sold in LFS? I heard veggies are also good for Lungfish... does anyone know of ANY veggies that he might possibly eat? Or which veggies are detrimental to his health?
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