South American Lungfish

[andyjs]

Over the summer, I made a somewhat impulsive purchase of a tiny South American Lungfish. I don't regret the impulse buy though, since he's probably the coolest fish I've kept so far. I decided to take some new pics of him today, so here is a little progression of pics since I bought him:

Early June-about 2"

Late July-about 4"

Late August-about 5"

Today-about 8"

And bonus pics of my new female blue ram who is in the background of the first pic from today

 

[Rbishop]

Great looking fish!

 

[ayra321]

wow how big do they get?

 

[andyjs]

Great looking fish!

Thanks!

wow how big do they get?

Usually around 30-40" in aquaria from what I hear. I've heard of people having 50 inchers though. I'm hoping mine stays on the smaller side as I the biggest tank I currently have to move him into is a 150 (which isn't that bad even for a pretty good size SAL, they are pretty lazy and flexible), but I obviously don't want to badly stunt him to MAKE him stay smaller.

 

[FISHSHROD]

Nice but the pics / screen are huge !!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ayra321]

Usually around 30-40" in aquaria from what I hear. I've heard of people having 50 inchers though. I'm hoping mine stays on the smaller side as I the biggest tank I currently have to move him into is a 150 (which isn't that bad even for a pretty good size SAL, they are pretty lazy and flexible), but I obviously don't want to badly stunt him to MAKE him stay smaller.

thankyou!!!
he is a pretty cool fish,note to self:must add to my want-some-day-fish-list lol:

 

[rich311k]

Nice looking fish!

 

[daphilster08]

Nice! I have one that looks just like yours!

 

[pinkertd]

Very cool fish!!!

 

[Vicious_Fish]

Neat fish. Gotta love the primitives.