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fred.manby

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I'm thinking about setting up a brackish paludarium for mudskippers. I sense this may not be the easiest first fish-keeping project, so I'm doing a lot of research first. Having said that books on brackish fish seem a bit thin on the ground, so I'd be grateful for any suggestions...

Fred
 
My Atlantic mudskipper is a very fun fish. I started off with a 40 breeder tank, then upgraded to a 75. The water level is filled about 4" down from the top. She is housed with mollies, bumblebee gobies, a violet goby, and a green-spotted puffer. I keep my SG at about 1.010-1.012. I have a floating dock for her. I tried fiddler crabs with her at first, but as she got bigger she really tore them apart and ate them. I feed the tank frozen bloodworms, mysis, brine shrimp, and a community mix, and also freeze-dried krill for the mudskipper, which she really likes. Make sure you have a well-fitting top - these things can jump. Mine jumped out of the water and bit my finger one day when I was feeding, about 5" straight out of the water, not off a platform. I've seen her launch up to about a foot of distance coming off the platform, they are goofy fish. For substrate I have mostly sand with some crushed coral mixed in. I think she also eats molly fry because I never see any in the tank. I've had my skipper for almost 2 years now, she's about 6-7" long now. Indians stay smaller. If you have any other questions just ask. :)
 
Oh yeah and welcome to AC...I didn't realize which forum this was in, but you may want to post the question in the brackish forum, it would get more views there.
 
Hello.............:welcome:
 
Welcome to AC!
 
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