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19-08-2017, 03:28 PM | #1 |
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Rare import - My ALL-NEW Gilled African Lungfish fm Kenya
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19-08-2017, 03:52 PM | #2 |
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Wow bro, very beautiful specimen. Who did you get to import in for you?
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19-08-2017, 04:15 PM | #3 |
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Iwarna farm brought in a few recently.
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19-08-2017, 07:45 PM | #4 |
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Truly Beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Btw what are you feeding the guy? |
19-08-2017, 08:25 PM | #5 |
Prof SK Ong
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Congrats
Are the external gills resorped as it grows older?
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19-08-2017, 09:26 PM | #6 |
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Sinking pellets and mp.
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19-08-2017, 09:27 PM | #7 |
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Nope. The ext gills is permanent for this species. Hence, called gilled lungfish.
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19-08-2017, 09:45 PM | #8 |
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Sorry. Need to verify this. But i think thats what i can remember.
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19-08-2017, 09:50 PM | #9 |
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Yes, it be different variant if external gills permanent.
All lung fishes have external gills when young but this specimen look quite big. After about 7 inches they usually resorp.
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19-08-2017, 10:55 PM | #10 |
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This lung is abt 10inch at the moment.
This is the smallest in the group. Max under 2ft. |
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