I been looking at methods to keep their air humid and warm. I'm thinking of using a plexi-glass top with maybe a heat lamp. What should I use to filter the water area? I'm kinda stuck on deciding what to do about that. I could rig a small water pump with a filter floss intake... I'm thinking of using sand and driftwood and just silk plants. Thoughts? I'd love to hear your feedback
I just use a whisper internal filter, which has a suction cup on the back to stick it to the glass. It works perfect and you can get the filters about anywhere. I just put a nylon stocking of carbon in it for media. Since the water is just a few inches deep, and only on about half the tank, there really isn't much water to filter. (I hide the filter with those rocks and make it look like a waterfall) I only feed my skippers every 2-3 days, as overfeeding causes bloat, and they're not skinny by any means! Also, I do not feed crickets, just as a precaution, because I've read that may cause bloat too since crickets aren't in their natural environment in my research on the dwarf Indian skippers. I've tried feeding little earth worms, but they don't bother with them. I feed thawed cubes of bloodworms, mysis shrimp, clams, etc that I feed my other fish. They also love earthworm flakes, which I feed occasionally. I have a few ghost shrimp and nerite snails for cleanup of the water, and then I do water changes about every 1-2 weeks. Also for lighting, I use a T5 light that I had on the aquarium already, although I only use 2 of the 4 bulbs in it. This creates a lot of warmth. I have a glass lid on the aquarium with some screen covering the back couple inches to allow some ventilation. I keep the water heated to nearly 85 degrees. This has worked well for me, all skippers are doing excellent still after about 7 months.