Mudskippers

[ncstater1919]

I was watching a T.V show on animal planet and they had this show about a mud skipper. I'm just wonderng, am i the only person that thinks mudskippers are cool?

 

[Bloo]

lol why do you think you'd be the only person to think so ?

I think they are very cool too B)

 

[kat and james]

yup me too!

 

[ncstater1919]

haha i dunno i guess that it was differant and i tohught that many people would think they are weird, are they fish or amphibian?

 

[jkrekord]

they are awesome

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

I think they are very cool little critters, but they wouldn't do well in your average aquarium and i don't even think they are available in the fish keeping trade though.

 

[CFC]

They certainly are available, one of my local stores has some in at the moment and i have seen them at other shops before. They require a very specialist set up with atleast 1/3 of the tank being land and the water being no more than 4 or 5 inches deep, they also need a specialist diet of small crickets and earthworms etc, they dont eat pellets and flakes.

 

[-cAtFiSh-]

haha i dunno i guess that it was differant and i tohught that many people would think they are weird, are they fish or amphibian?

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they are fish.
i reckon they're cute lol

 

[jfrancho]

They certainly are available, one of my local stores has some in at the moment and i have seen them at other shops before. They require a very specialist set up with atleast 1/3 of the tank being land and the water being no more than 4 or 5 inches deep, they also need a specialist diet of small crickets and earthworms etc, they dont eat pellets and flakes.

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I had mudskippers that would "catch" cichlid pellets "on the bounce." This was after they were well acclimated, though. At first, they are a little skittish, and won't accept anything prepared, so crickets and redworms worked well. Depending on the species, they get pretty big - my big male(?) was about 6". CFC is right, very special setup. I used a 90g custom Lizard Lounge from Oceanic. I had them delete the power cord hole, and bottom row of vents, so it would hold a maximum of 14" of water. The tank was made from thicker, aquarium gauge glass, and was drilled on the bottom to accomodate a commercial inline canister filter. It was initially designed for turtles, and a LPS now uses for fire belly toads, newts, juvenile water dragons, etc. Anyway, sorry for the long housing explanation, but I feel that is critical to success with these guys. I always see them in 20g longs with an internal filter, and this isn't nearly enough room. They can get aggressive with eachother, the smaller specimens don't survive for long, if they can't get away.

 

[OohFeeshy]

I think they are very cool little critters, but they wouldn't do well in your average aquarium and i don't even think they are available in the fish keeping trade though.

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I agree with CFC, I can get them and I can't get anything around here

 

[ncstater1919]

Oh haha i didnt actully want to get one i cna barely take care fo my fishes needs . I jsut thougth that the mudskipper was a very unique type of animal(or fish) and i was actully wondering if people did keep them as pets which some people must. Does anyoen else have any experience with mudskippers?

 

[Jox]

When I lived in the Philipines I used to catch them in the low tide. They can out run any person on sand or beach. They are wicked fast

 

[jfrancho]

When I lived in the Philipines I used to catch them in the low tide. They can out run any person on sand or beach. They are wicked fast

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That's awesome. Sounds like a lot of fun.

 

[ncstater1919]

When I lived in the Philipines I used to catch them in the low tide. They can out run any person on sand or beach. They are wicked fast

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Wow that seems amazing, i onyl thougth they were in the forest near rivers in africa or south america. They are very interesting when the males are tryingto get the females to mate with them.

 

[Lenna]

They live here too. I've done much the same thing as Jox when I was little, never did manage to catch one though . I also think they're awesome litle fellas.