My Lung Fish and Arowana

[technium]

Heres a pic of my 25" Lung Fish and my Arowana.

 

[myenigmaself]

That's pretty creepy!

 

[Cheese Specialist]

Argh! Scary fish!

 

[CFC]

Argh! Scary fish!

Pansy!!

Dont worry Technium, i think theyre nice fish, though i dont know how safe that arowana is sharing a tank with a lungfish, they can be pretty nasty customers.

 

[technium]

Dont worry Technium, i think theyre nice fish, though i dont know how safe that arowana is sharing a tank with a lungfish, they can be pretty nasty customers.

Really, They are getting along fine at the moment and have been for awhile. Whose most likely to attack who???

 

[CFC]

Lung fish are pretty well known for their bad tempers and amazingly powerful jaws, full grown specimins can break a mans arm with their bite. As they grow they become increasingly bad tempered and tend to snap at anything that moves in front of them, a short while ago at a lfs i saw a 15" lung fish rip a 10" oscar in half after jumping two tanks over to get to it.
Silver Arowanas tend to be quite delicate and dont do well when kept with aggressive tankmates, ideally they are best suited to tanks containing large but peaceful fish.

 

[Dwarfs]

Cool, I never really liked the lung fish

 

[myenigmaself]

That's pretty creepy. More pics of the lungfish!!

 

[technium]

Cor, never knew lungs were like that, I was told they were peaceful fish.

As requested heres another pic of the lung

 

[Paul_MTS]

that is one funky lookingfish!! How big is your arowana? I'm guessing 1ft from comparrison?

What are the antenna from coming out of the ship wreck?

 

[technium]

thanks

The Arowana is about 12" and the barbels you see are from the L.Pictus, theres a picture of him here in this forum aswell.

 

[Paul_MTS]

very nice, how long have you had these fish?

Yeh just saw your other pictures and worked that one out. Very nice collection you have

 

[technium]

Ive had them about 6 Months. Ive got more fish but will photo them later.

 

[myenigmaself]

What kind of lungfish is that? I've read that there are currently six species, although there used to be many more. I looked at a bunch of pics and it most closely resembles the picture I saw of an African Lungfish:

As its name implies, this fish has two lungs and can breathe air, which allows it to live in swamps or mud, if necessary, during the dry season. In addition to swimming, it can do a slow crawl by using its thin, modified pectoral and pelvic fins. The lungfish is also known for its powerful jaw, which is strong enough to snap off a human arm.

- www.glaquarium.org/victoria/lungfish.html

 

[technium]

myenigmaself I have no idea, I just know its a lung fish, but not entirely sure, maybe someone else on this forum could confirm???