ok, cories now have competition for cutest wigglebutt! lol.
nice skippers and nice tank for them too!
ditto that!!!!
I have Indian Mudskippers!!
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ditto that!!!!
Thanks! Yeah, I think that pic is funny too. It's like at that moment they thought it was the only rock in the tank!
Thanks everyone for the nice compliments. I really enjoy having them and they're fun to share.
I keep it on the low end, 1.005 to 1.006ish. I don't measure it too precisely and allow it to fluctuate a little with each water change since they would be used to that in nature with the influxes of ocean water that come in. I will gradually bring the salinity up higher to maybe around 1.008, but they were in freshwater when I got them so I'm easing them in.
OMG!!!!! Midskippers are my favorite thing in the world!!!! Like I would forefit any object I own for some!!!
YOUR SO LUCKY!!!!
Are they hard to keep??
What do they eat.... do they need a lot of sand to digg little holes??? etc... n stuff!!
YOUR SO LUCKY!!!!
Are they hard to keep??
What do they eat.... do they need a lot of sand to digg little holes??? etc... n stuff!!
I don't think I understand your question. Are you asking what the difference is in my pictures, where some have little blue spots and some don't? If that's what you mean, there is no difference. They all have those little spots, and the lighting in certain pictures I take shows off those spots more than in some other pictures. They're all the same.
Thank you
I'm very happy with them. I mix pool filter sand, refugium mud, and a little crushed coral to create the bank. I put pvc pipes in it to make "starter" holes for them. In nature they do dig burrows. My hope is that I can get them to replicate that behavior in captivity, but so far, no luck. I've only had them for a month.No they're not hard to care for at all really. They just need a little marine salt with each water change to keep the water brackish and it's very important to keep the water and air temperature around 80. Aside from that they aren't too sensitive to water conditions, but I do large weekly water changes since they're messy eaters. They love frozen blood worms, live black works, and moistened earthworm flake. If you want to know more, look through the brackish section at the other mudskipper threads that are going. I've posted a lot of info and so have a lot of others. We loooove to talk about them! So if you have anymore questions, just ask!
Oh I see. I've never found them in stores so I don't know. Every store could market them differently. Mine were just titled "indian mudskipper" online with the scientific name Periopthalmus novemradiatus. If I found any locally, I'd want to be sure what they were, so I'd probably ask if they have the scientific name from their distributor's list.
