Marbled Lungfish Care

Aim to keep the temperature between 76 and 86 fahrenheit and the ph neutral at around 7 0.

Marbled lungfish care. You should still make sure to maintain a good water quality in your tank but don t worry too much about being precise with temperature and ph. African lungfish have adapted to survive in poor quality water. The cocoon is not sealed at the top. The south american lungfish is actually very easy to care for if you can offer it the needed space as it grows.

Marbled lungfish live in streams and swamps that may dry up completely during the dry season. Of the african lungfishes the yellow marbled ethiopian species protopterus aethiopicus is the largest growing to a length of 2 metres about 7 feet the south american species lepidosiren paradoxa reaches a length of 1 25 metres about 4 feet. Size range and distribution. Mucous will form around its body to help seal in moisture.

Adult marbled lungfish have a diet that consists largely of mollusks such as mutela bourguignat mussels but they also eat small fish and insects. Juveniles have a diet that consists almost entirely of insects. Marbled lungfish are known to survive drought through aestivation by burrowing into mud and enveloping themselves in a cocoon. Remember that these fish are long lives and can reach 4 feet.

The fish is able to survive the dry season 4 6 months by lowering it metabolic rate and absorbing its own muscle tissue.