Hi, new to the forum

[dmacias]

My wife has always like frogs, but after seeing a video of an Axolotl decided she wanted one. I've had various tank setups over the years including some small and large mudskippers but mostly salt water. We currently only have a seahorse tank with live rock and some corals.

After some research I found a 20 gallon long acrylic tank and a small chiller. I drilled an old acrylic hob wet dry filter to match the holes on the back of the tank. So basically it now has about 25 gallons and built in filtration. I then built a stand to fit. After a month of running and cycling the tank we picked up a pair from a local shop a few weeks ago.

 

[Donna001]

Hi there and welcome to the forum. :happy:
Your littles ones are adorable.

Slightly off topic, my local aquatics centre has recently had a delivery of mudskippers and I'm considering setting up a tank for them. I've done some research on a few specialist sites and found a set up that I like and would consider doing something very similar. Reasearch is all well and good, but nothing compares to the knowledge of someone who has actually already kept mudskippers, so any advice or information would be greatly appreciated.
Unfortunately the mudskipper delivery was accidental/unexpected/not for that store, so I do not have the latin name and can't track down exactly what they are. All I've been told is that they are Asian mudskippers and are expected to grow to 5 - 6 inches.

 

[dmacias]

I seriously thought about setting up another tank for a mudskipper. The store I got my axolotls from had some of the small Asian ones. They are pretty hardy and can live in poor conditions. They should be kept in brackish water (up to 1.015) and make sure you have a good glass top. They can get out and the glass keeps the humidity up. If your getting more than one, you'll need some space since they can be territorial. Long tanks are good. I always setup part land and part water with a waterfall or steam rather than an all water with some floating islands.

I also kept some other brackish fish with them. Like archer fish, puffers, bumble bee gobies, and shark fin catfish and even mollies. The archer fish are cool but they'll grow big enough to eat them.

I fed them mostly frozen mysis shrimp. I would leave it out on a rock and they'd come eat it. A few would eat from my hand and even climb on my palm and eat. I would also feed small crickets sometimes.

 

[Donna001]

Thanks for the information.
The set up I liked was part land/part water, and had a waterfall with some planting above.
I really like gobies, and thought about keeping some in the tank with the mudskippers.
When I move my axolotls to their new tank, which should be delivered in September/October, I will have one of their tanks spare. I'm hoping that a 100cm, 200 litre tank will be big enough for a couple of mudskippers and a couple of gobies. :happy:

 

[dmacias]

Here's a few pics of some old setups I had for mudskippers.

 

[Donna001]

Please could you post the pics again as they didn't come through.
Thanks.

 

[dmacias]

Here they are.

 

[Donna001]

Thanks for the pictures of your great tanks. They've given me some more ideas. :happy: