Do you have a scientific name for your mudskipper? Its great that you're doing research, and that will make it a lot easier to get some solid data on it. Chances are, that tank will not be big enough to house it long-term.
okay... I couldn't get my camera to connect to the computer, but here's a sketch of my setup... About an hour after reading Mokomon's response, I added aquarium salt (a small amount) and my skippers are spending twice as much time in the water now (and beautifully displaying their fins)
I have also done 7-10 more hours research on skippers, and finally found the kid in the petstore who knew how to take care of them...
any other advice appreciated? What do people think about feeding them guppy fry? How many crickets a day should they be eating (currently it's about 1-2, though I have never seen them eat)
Aquarium salt will do nothing to create brackish conditions. Do you have the right salt and a hydrometer or refractometer? What SG are you running it at?
okay... I couldn't get my camera to connect to the computer, but here's a sketch of my setup... About an hour after reading Mokomon's response, I added aquarium salt (a small amount) and my skippers are spending twice as much time in the water now (and beautifully displaying their fins)
I have also done 7-10 more hours research on skippers, and finally found the kid in the petstore who knew how to take care of them...
any other advice appreciated? What do people think about feeding them guppy fry? How many crickets a day should they be eating (currently it's about 1-2, though I have never seen them eat)
I know the salt I have is for freshwater fish, but the dude in the petstore said that's what they'd been using (and I've seen on other blogs that the indian/vietnamese mudskippers can be raised freshwater?)
I thought that it would still raise salinity effectively, however, I won't have a measure until later tonight or tomorrow. I'll check everything and post.
There are some species of mudskippers that live in freshwater, though unless they were caught and kept in freshwater, using brackish water is probably a better idea.
If you are going to do a true brackish setup, you'll need to use a real marine mix - aquarium salt won't cut it, and could possibly do more harm than good.