Mudskippers

[komodoking]

Hi All

I would like to know if any of U guys / girls keep Mudskippers ? I know where to get but I can't find a decent Care Sheet.

If anyone can help me it would be appreciated

Thanks

[Urucone]

Mud skippers are brackish water fish and need around 5 – 7 grams of salt to 1 litre of water, you need a minimum of a 60 litre aquarium, you can use drift wood, Aquarium heater around 26 degrees, Internal filter around 300 l/ph, also you would need to have basic experience in tropical fish (Water changes etc), you can feed it crickets and treat the water with a proper anti-chlorine product. It is safest is to buy water and add salt.

[komodoking]

Fantastic thanks a lot Urucone - what type of salt can I use ? Heater, pump , Tank , wood, rocks that I have - I saw in the petshop the guys a little piece of polystyrene in the tank for the skippers to jump on.

[Urucone]

Polistirene is only used because if they lower the water level th tank get dull and it's easier(Temporary solution.
Don't know what salt I think you call it Iodated salt but in afrikaans it's called growwe sout.

[komodoking]

Thanks Urucone, I will make a plan and get my tank started so long.

[Francois]

As far as I know you need to use marine salt and its really expensive around here.

[Urucone]

You can use marine salt but your not going to mix it as if it is for marines you're going to dilute the mixture with 1 part salt and 2 parts water, but normal iodated salt works just aswell.