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

[RockinRaven]

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

Have 8 0f them in a terrarium and their behavior is funny as hell. My terrarium is a 70 cm aquarium with half a land area made from small pebbles and the rest , about 5 liters of brackish water. Plus a few hollow rocks and decorative boats for them to hide in. Its important to put rocks in the water for them to stand on. I feed them brine shrimp, small fish, frozen blood worms and boiled chicken (finely chopped and without spices. ) They can be trained to take food from your hand but it takes time. Their eyes are on top of their heads and its funny to see two eyes looking out of the water. They like to jump.

[SueD]

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