Ok, So After A Little More Thinking...

[Markwjr]

I think instead of doing my original plan of a tank with BBGs, flounders, sailfin mollies and trying some indian skippers, I think I will turn the 55gal into an Indian Mudskipper aquarium and maybe keep some red claw crabs in it if this is possible. Any Idea about this one? And make a 20gal long that I have sitting around into an aquarium into the tank with the BBGs and flounders. In the Indian Skipper tank, how many indians could I keep in this aquarium in order for them to still thrive? I hear that when keeping the indians, the more you keep, the less agressive they are, so any advice here would be amazing. Also, would the RCCs be a good tankmate for these guys? I would love to keep some of these. The tank footprint is 48x12.5x21" LxWxH. Any help here would be amazing. About the sandbanks, how do you keep them up? I would imagine that they would be pretty hard to keep up and would build waste very readily. So, my questions for this thread are:



1.) How many Indian Mudskippers could I keep in my 55gal tank?

2.) Could I keep RRCs in with them?

3.) Are there any other acceptable species of animals that I could keep with them?

4.) How do you keep the sandbanks up at the specific angle?

5.) How do you keep the sandbanks from becoming bacteria-filled death-pits?



Thanks in advance.

Mark

 

[Markwjr]

Ok, so I know none of my original fish can be kept with skippers, how about these:

1.)GSP

2.)F8 puffer

3.)Waspfish

4.)Red Claw Crab

5.)Fiddler crab

I would really like to keep the puffer with them if this is possible. More than likely, I will be using alot of floats instead of the sandbanks if this is possible. If not, I will keep the idea of the sandbanks and hopefully some crabs, if this is possible of corse.

Which ones of these can be kept with the Indian mudskippers? If more than one, which ones can be kept all in the same tank together with the skippers? I mean, how many combinations can I get out of these fish and the Indian Mudskipper?

Mark

 

[nmonks]

You can't keep puffers with mudskippers.

Crabs are not recommended. Perisesarma species at least will compete for food and can be aggressive. Uca species can work when combine with mudskippers of similar size, but mudskippers will view small specimens as food.

Neovespicula depressifrons would be possible, provided the mudskippers were of similar size.

I explain how to make a mudskipper tank in my FAQ, so I'm not going to bother typing all that up again here. If you're serious about keeping them, either buy my book (to read Richard Mleczko's chapter on these fish) or the Aqualog book (by Frank Schaefer). Either of these would be essential reading, though Richard's chapter is by far the biggest and most detailed review of mudskippers in captivity you'll find anywhere. He's kept and caught most species, and knows all there is to know.

Cheers, Neale