My Mudskipper Aquarium

[mlawson]

My camera is not working at the moment, so I will update soon when I can get the blasted thing to work .
That or use my friends camera.

 

[fishfishfish]

wait a sec, do u already have these skippers?

 

[Castellop123]

...

 

[mlawson]

wait a sec, do u already have these skippers?

No... he doesn't...

No, I just got the equipment, I need the camera to take the pics of the new equipment.
It will be a while until I get them.

Cheers,
Mike

 

[Castellop123]

ooo

 

[mlawson]

Yo,

have you thought about putting any other tankmates in your Mudskipper tank, Mikes?

Could you have Gobies ( many species... ) in there? I know there isn't much water, but many species are small and can thrive in setups which include little water...

Mudskippers don't eat shrimp do they?

I was thinking of Tankmates, but it wouldn't be an ideal atmosphere for the majority of fish except for Skippers. The main problem as you mentioned is the volume of the water, I doubt any goby species would be capable of living happily there, besides I want the Skippers to be the focus.

Inverts may be an option, I could probably add my Nerites if I keep the salinity reasonably low and perhaps Fiddler crabs as AMS mentioned. I will look into these in the future.

EDIT: I just remembered that Nerites do not need a low salinity and will prefer more salt.

 

[MojoDex]

i think this tank is gonna look fantastic when its done and stocked

 

[ferco]

Looking good- can't wait to see some shots of it when stocked.

 

[demonmagus]

same here, I can't wait

 

[mlawson]

Thanks for the kind responses everyone.

Like the rest of you I still can't wait till I get it stocked.

Cheers,
Mike

 

[mlawson]

I've been nagging both my local fish stores to get some Indian Mudskippers in. I think I may be in luck, one LFS might be able to order some in for me, although the problem is, they say,is that obviously you would have to make a minimum order and they can only order a minimum of about 30. I would take 6-8, but they don't think many people would buy them because they don't have the means of keeping them. I'm trying to persuade my friend, Corin Castle, to setup a tank and keep a few, after all he said he might make it into a river shrimp tank when he could use a garden water barrel outside.

Come on Corin, keep a few!

 

[Dave Legacy]

I've been nagging both my local fish stores to get some Indian Mudskippers in. I think I may be in luck, one LFS might be able to order some in for me, although the problem is, they say,is that obviously you would have to make a minimum order and they can only order a minimum of about 30. I would take 6-8, but they don't think many people would buy them because they don't have the means of keeping them. I'm trying to persuade my friend, Corin Castle, to setup a tank and keep a few, after all he said he might make it into a river shrimp tank when he could use a garden water barrel outside.

Come on Corin, keep a few!

I'd so take some if you didn't live in the UK.

It seems to me any LFS would be happy to have some left over because they would end up selling them. Here in Southern California, USA, I've found that it's not that mudskippers wouldn't sell, but that the stores are too lazy (or find them not profitable enough) to setup a temporary paludarium sales tank.

 

[Castellop123]

Cheers...

 

[Dave Legacy]

I'm trying to persuade my friend, Corin Castle, to setup a tank and keep a few, after all he said he might make it into a river shrimp tank when he could use a garden water barrel outside.

Come on Corin, keep a few!

Ok then... how many could I keep in a 60L Mikes? 2... Don't they need a tight-fitting lid (as they can easily escape...)

I would have to buy salt, and a few buffers... ( pH and hardness...) or buy coral sand... A light, a few plants and thats about it... Isn't it?

Few pieces of bogwood/rocks and I should be set... Now I have to find a place where the tank can actually go...

Cheers...

Marine salt and regular water changes would bypass any need for buffering agents.

 

[mlawson]

I think you could squeeze a few (3?) in a tank that size.Coral sand should be enough and you can use the water from my tap.A bit of salt could be used, but you'd hardly need any, I have a lot which you could use.A light could easily be bought, but most importantly a tight fitting lid. Filterwise, you still have that fluval internal (don't you?). I think it should be possible, after all they only attain a maximum size of about 4-5cm. You already have some plants, your Sumatran fern Ceratopteris thalictroides (which I noticed on your nano journal) already inhabits brackish waters according to The aqualog book 'Brackish-water fishes'. The author of this book, Frank Schafer, said he kept 2 males and 4 females in a tank only having a bottom layer of 60 by 30cm. So they could certainly go in there, and now thinking about it, you may be better with 6 as he did, to avoid aggression. And now thinking about it, maybe I should keep 10-12.