how do you keep a mudskipper tank warm. i understand keeping the water warm but what about the rest of the tank?
keeping mudskipper tank warm???
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If you have a glass top it keeps it plenty warm and humid. I usually prop my lid open for 20 minutes or so every evening just for circulation.
what is a general good setup and what type of filter do you recomend for their type of tank? also, i cant 4 the life of me remember, what kind of salt do u use? aquarium or sea?
I use the same salt you use for a SW tank. And it depends on your set up what kind of filter. I use a waterfall with filter media in it and it seems to work well.
Here is a link to my tank.
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=186756
It seems to be working for them. I have sand on one side because they spend most of their time out of the water and brackish water, 1.004 salinity on the other side with some perches for everyone. Also if you have Africans I have learned that 2 is the max for a 20 gallon long.
I bought a third one and I had to set up another tank because of the aggression factor. I have heard that you can keep more Indians together but have never done it myself.
Here is a link to my tank.
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=186756
It seems to be working for them. I have sand on one side because they spend most of their time out of the water and brackish water, 1.004 salinity on the other side with some perches for everyone. Also if you have Africans I have learned that 2 is the max for a 20 gallon long.
I bought a third one and I had to set up another tank because of the aggression factor. I have heard that you can keep more Indians together but have never done it myself.
im just gonna have one male in my tank so until i can find a way to get him a 20L ill be keeping him in a 10g. what do you feed yours and are there any tankmates that they can be with. also. how do you keep your sand from getting sucked into the intake valve, and is cleaning dificult?
They are pretty easy as they spend most of the time on the sand. So half the tank sand and half the tank water with a pebble bottom. The pebbles are because I like the way they look. 
I have a waterfall in one corner with filter media in it. http://www.suppliesjust4pets.com/decorative-reptofilter-reptile-filter.html
My salinety is 1.004 and I do a partial water change every 2 weeks and drain all the water out once as month. I don't really worry about the beneficial bacteria because I don't take the sand out. I change the filter media as needed. It is a 20GL but if you can go to a longer tank that would be better. Depending on the number of 'skippers you will need perches out of the water for each of them. They will stake out their territory. I also have a mangrove tree that I bought from john7429. He starts them in brackish water from seeds so they do well in the tank. I also have anachris which does well. They love to dig, I have a cave on top of the sand and they get in there and dig their burrows. They don't swim well and they like to stand against the glass with their faces out of the water so you don't want it too deep.
I hope you can get some sense from this, I can't type and think at the same time. LOL
They love mosquito hawks and other flying insects, crickets, dried and frozen shrimp and they love bloodworms. And if you have Africans you either have to feed them one on one or have a flat rock for each of them to eat off of. The dominant will always try to eat all the food. Some sites say feed them several times a day but I feed them once a day because I don't have time in the morning. Oh and I feed them Hikari soft sinking krill pellets. That is the easiest and the least messy. You don't want to let the water get fouled even though they are very ammonia tolerant. Every once in a while I will trick them into eating a frozen pea to help their digestive tract. (they don't really like them though. LOL) I try to make sure that I feed them room temperature food.
Be careful, the Africans can bite but it doesn't hurt it just is weird to have a fish bite you!
I have a waterfall in one corner with filter media in it. http://www.suppliesjust4pets.com/decorative-reptofilter-reptile-filter.htmlMy salinety is 1.004 and I do a partial water change every 2 weeks and drain all the water out once as month. I don't really worry about the beneficial bacteria because I don't take the sand out. I change the filter media as needed. It is a 20GL but if you can go to a longer tank that would be better. Depending on the number of 'skippers you will need perches out of the water for each of them. They will stake out their territory. I also have a mangrove tree that I bought from john7429. He starts them in brackish water from seeds so they do well in the tank. I also have anachris which does well. They love to dig, I have a cave on top of the sand and they get in there and dig their burrows. They don't swim well and they like to stand against the glass with their faces out of the water so you don't want it too deep.
I hope you can get some sense from this, I can't type and think at the same time. LOL
They love mosquito hawks and other flying insects, crickets, dried and frozen shrimp and they love bloodworms. And if you have Africans you either have to feed them one on one or have a flat rock for each of them to eat off of. The dominant will always try to eat all the food. Some sites say feed them several times a day but I feed them once a day because I don't have time in the morning. Oh and I feed them Hikari soft sinking krill pellets. That is the easiest and the least messy. You don't want to let the water get fouled even though they are very ammonia tolerant. Every once in a while I will trick them into eating a frozen pea to help their digestive tract. (they don't really like them though. LOL) I try to make sure that I feed them room temperature food.
Be careful, the Africans can bite but it doesn't hurt it just is weird to have a fish bite you!
ill be getting the blue spotted indian variety. is it hard to change the water when its so shallow? oh and, JESUS!!! that filter is $50 is there a cheaper version?
If you get Indians they are much more social. Mokomon has a great setup. Here is a link to some of her pics. You could just use a small internal filter in that kind of setup.
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=185961
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=185961
how big do the indians get? bcuz im looking at the blue spotted type. im kinda hesitant about buying more than 1 bcuz for $24 it gets expensive fast. also. if i get a canister filter will i have to worry about it eating my sand????