Indian mudskipper

[fishyfan]

Hi guys, I'm new here.

I would like to set up a Indian mudskipper (Periophthalmus novemradiatus) tank, but there doesn't seem to be too much info about keeping mudskippers on the internet. I have 3 magazines with an article about mudskippers, and the only thing they say about Indian mudskippers is that they max out at about 4" and that they are harder to keep. Does anyone know why they say that Indian mudskippers are hard to keep? Not as hardy? I have a 40 gallon tank (48"L x 12" D x 16" H) and i am going to divide that in half so that would give the mudskippers a 24" x 12" land area and a 24" x 12" water area. Does that sound good? Im thinking of keeping the water level at 6-10" as i would like to keep a few small fish to occupy the water area. Does anyone know what mudskippers are compatible with? I've always wanted to keep a fig 8 puffer... As for food, my LFS carries live blackworms, krill and baby crickets. From what ive read, that sounds like a good diet for mudskippers. Right now, i have a fluval 404 on the tank. Would this make a good filter? It seems that mudskippers also need humid air, am i correct? If i were to position the filter outtake so that it makes a little bit of splashing, would that keep the humidity up? I also have tight acrylic tops to keep the aquarium humid.

Does my plan sound good? Please post your comments or suggestions

thanks

 

[fishyfan]

Anyone wanna help me?

 

[Sploke]

I'm planning on getting an Atlantic mudskipper for my brackish tank soon, its a 40gal breeder. Its going to be filled to the top, I built a stand out of pvc with a beach area on top, so I can still use the full volume of water.

Having the filter splashing around under a closed top should keep the humidity up plenty. I have no idea how indian mudskippers are different from atlantic mudskippers. I'm not sure how a puffer would do with a mudskipper. Sorry I'm not much help, but I would just follow the guidelines for other mudskippers and see how it does, if you can't find more info on indian ones.

 

[fishyfan]

I'm planning on getting an Atlantic mudskipper for my brackish tank soon, its a 40gal breeder. Its going to be filled to the top, I built a stand out of pvc with a beach area on top, so I can still use the full volume of water.

thanks for the reply.

So you are going to have the land area on top of the aquarium? Whats going to keep them from getting out? sounds interesting....

 

[Sploke]

I built a plexiglass wall around the tank, 6" high, so when the tank is full there's another 6" of wall all the way around it.