Amphiuma

[Pippin]

I had a zoology teacher in highschool who had a pet amphiuma. It was wild caught as a juvenile (they're native here) and he had it for a long time (still does for as far as i know.) He fed it wild caught fish, earthworms and crawdads, but it had a voracious appetite and would swallow anything that broke the surface tension. He kept it in a bare bottom 40 long that he drained once a week and added new water. Personally I always thought it could do with a larger, nicer enclosure, but it seemed very healthy. As a question for you though, how is keeping lungfish? My local fish store got a very large African lungfish in from someones private collection. He is selling it for 100 dollars and I am in love with it (I too share your love for anything prehistoric looking) but how do you care for this ancient creature? I wouldn't want to buy something i can not afford to properly care for.

[Reggie]

Lungfishes are pertty easy as far as husbandry and even forgiving. I feed mine carnivorous pellets , algae waffers , and occasional fish flakes. I'm raising european night cralwers for my pipa pipa toads and i am going to feed the lungfishes earthworms on occassion.

[Pippin]

What do you house them in? What kind of filtration, substrate, etc? Oh and as far as amphiuma tanks go, judging by where you find them around here, I would be sure to incorporate driftwood and caves in their tank. They seem most secure when they're tangled up in something