Mudskippers

[Rue]

Anyone have one? The more I read, the more I'm intrigued...

[xoolooxunny]

Anyone have one? The more I read, the more I'm intrigued...

I dont have mud in my tank, let alone enough room for them to skip:thumb:

[jeffs99dime]

I dont have mud in my tank, let alone enough room for them to skip:thumb:

they're very cool. i would imagine you'd need a very large terrarium for them though.

[Rue]

...okay then! :laugh1blue:

Anyone else???

[Rue]

I read, on a few sites, that 20 gallons will do...if the water is filtered...and you used a turtle ledge...I wonder if it really would do? For the smaller species at any rate...

[cocoa_pleco]

I had 2 of them before.

They died of septicemia, but the time i had them was great!

After all my malawis freakishly died ( i checked on them, five minutes later they were all dead with big eyes (not popeye) and open mouths), i got the 2 mudskippers for the 20g hex.

They liked the floating turtle dock thing

[Rue]

...what haven't you had? lol...

I'm very tempted to give them a go...I could resurrect one of my empty 20g tanks...I'd just need a filter...er, and a ramp...and sand...lights, heater?

[cocoa_pleco]

you dont need substrate, but just a regular light, substrate if you want, and a heater, and a floaty pad and filter and youre set

[Drumachine09]

I read that the mudskippers need a temperature from 78-88 degrees. Its higher than most aquarium temperatures, and though most are calibrated for 78 degrees, you would need to buy a variably heater so you can crank it up.

[cocoa_pleco]

good idea. Remember to see how much water is actually in the 20g tank, because if its half full you need a 50W heater since theres only 10g of water. Get a good heater too like a all-glass 50W. Mine can pump a 33g to 80F, leaving you more room for temperature variability

[digger]

my son had a couple of them we kept in a 10 gal we had a submerged filter and a submerged heater gravel on the bottom and we used slate to make them a place to climb on they were fed defrosted brine shrimp every day one day one of them decided to canibalize the other and i have no thoughts as to why that happened but they are quite neet to watch.

[Rue]

It's good to know you enjoyed yours...they're on my short-list of critters to try at some point...

...lol...but not at the moment...the ark is full up...

[cocoa_pleco]

mine were cool, but they sadly got septicemia