indigo
Fish Fanatic
i hope this post doesn't make me look clueless 
we went to the fish shop for some rocks last night..... came home with one of these lovely fellas, not on a whim as such, we're still not sure what will be in our final stocking list of our tank, and we of course asked lots of various questions about him and we were assured that he'll do very little, will pretty much just sit and watch the world go by, we were told he's a lungfish and so will go up to the surface for air every now and then, and he was to be kept on a meaty diet, that this particular one was pretty shy and they'd not seen him eat, but he'd taken several fresh cockles (opened) at night and so was obviously feeding.
and so after a good 30 mins of discussion with the shop staff, we came home with the lovely little chap, dubbed him 'Patrick' and went about sterilizing and rinsing the rock that we bought (huge!) and placed it in the tank, then spent a while acclimatizing Patrick and he seemed fairly settled in the bag. let him loose after mixing tank water with his bag water and he glided gracefully to the bottom and as we were told he just seemed to be watching the world go by him. we were told to be worried if he started swimming about, that he was either hungry or unhappy about something.
2 hours of him settling in, he'd done several laps of the tank, found several places to his liking, then promptly ate one of my (small) mollies... ok... better research this dude sooner rather than later (something i undertake with all the fish i buy regardless of if it was a planned or 'whim' purchase - i say whim, we make sure all purchases are compatible, and have room for the adult fish etc) and so we still find that he's doing a fair bit of swimming about, wedging himself up by the heaters, lying on the floor in several places, just generally active, seeing as this is contrary to what we were told to expect, should i be worried? i've not managed to find much information on him at all, and quite a bit of that is contradicting, some say they're very shy and others say that it's possible to train them to hand feed as i am with my eels at the moment.
anyone have any more information or websites i can gather knowledge from? personal experiences are a bonus.
he's an awesome little chap, just want to do right by him, we spent hours watching the various occupants of the tank last night! Gary the snail's not so chuffed with his arrival though, he's not been out of his shell much since Patrick arrived...although Patrick is currently rolling him across the bottom of the tank......
piccies to follow
we went to the fish shop for some rocks last night..... came home with one of these lovely fellas, not on a whim as such, we're still not sure what will be in our final stocking list of our tank, and we of course asked lots of various questions about him and we were assured that he'll do very little, will pretty much just sit and watch the world go by, we were told he's a lungfish and so will go up to the surface for air every now and then, and he was to be kept on a meaty diet, that this particular one was pretty shy and they'd not seen him eat, but he'd taken several fresh cockles (opened) at night and so was obviously feeding.
and so after a good 30 mins of discussion with the shop staff, we came home with the lovely little chap, dubbed him 'Patrick' and went about sterilizing and rinsing the rock that we bought (huge!) and placed it in the tank, then spent a while acclimatizing Patrick and he seemed fairly settled in the bag. let him loose after mixing tank water with his bag water and he glided gracefully to the bottom and as we were told he just seemed to be watching the world go by him. we were told to be worried if he started swimming about, that he was either hungry or unhappy about something.
2 hours of him settling in, he'd done several laps of the tank, found several places to his liking, then promptly ate one of my (small) mollies... ok... better research this dude sooner rather than later (something i undertake with all the fish i buy regardless of if it was a planned or 'whim' purchase - i say whim, we make sure all purchases are compatible, and have room for the adult fish etc) and so we still find that he's doing a fair bit of swimming about, wedging himself up by the heaters, lying on the floor in several places, just generally active, seeing as this is contrary to what we were told to expect, should i be worried? i've not managed to find much information on him at all, and quite a bit of that is contradicting, some say they're very shy and others say that it's possible to train them to hand feed as i am with my eels at the moment.
anyone have any more information or websites i can gather knowledge from? personal experiences are a bonus.
he's an awesome little chap, just want to do right by him, we spent hours watching the various occupants of the tank last night! Gary the snail's not so chuffed with his arrival though, he's not been out of his shell much since Patrick arrived...although Patrick is currently rolling him across the bottom of the tank......
piccies to follow
