Mudskipper Setup

[redpaulhus]

Originally Posted by Scuba Kid

Your setup sounds amazing (kicks the crap out of mine. )

One big difference - your's is up and running, mine is mostly still "in my head" - so your's kicks the crap out of mine (and looks awesome!) !!

I forgot to mention - if you'd like any more `skippers let me know - Since Ned quoted me a price per dozen, I'm buying the whole dozen - but I was originally planning on 4-6.
So I should have extras if you want any, $5 each

Are you going to NEC this year ? I can't wait

[Scuba Kid]

I think I may be a tad late...I didn't register yet. I don't think I'm going to be going anyway...

I'm not too disappointed though since there's no saltwater stuff this year. I just signed up with Boston Reefers and their auction is next weekend...so I'm sure I'll be broke come time for the NEC. lol

[redpaulhus]

yeah, the reefers absolutely rock.

If you ever get a chance to see Greg Hiller's tanks - do so !
I was there years ago (before he upgraded to his 400g+ tank) and I was blown away.

He's been coral "farming" for years - he has like 3 show tanks and at least one big 100g+ "frag tank" that he just uses for propagation... I don't know if he's still raising fish as well, in the past he bred and raised a few types of clownfish, plus bangai's and seahorses. Unreal stuff. And a very very nice guy as well.
Actually - pretty much everybody I've met thru the Boston Reefers has been a great guy or gal.

[badassissimo]

Do mudskippers and gobies have to be in brackish water? I am trying to setup a tank for "freshwater" stingrays that will probably be brackish from what I understand and I am looking for good tankmate candidates. I'm not sure if mudskippers would be good or indian gobies would be big enough. Could you maybe let me know about that? Heres my email: bassbuildinbubba@yahoo.com. Feel free, anyone, to send ideas. Thanks.

[Scuba Kid]

Uhh, there are freshwater stingrays. Exactly what kind of rays do you have?

Mudskippers and some gobies are brackish. These guys would probably not make good tankmates for rays though, seeing as they need land to come out onto so that woud be hard to implement in a ray tank. Also, they would become a snack as soon as the ray was big enough.

[redpaulhus]

I got my 'skippers !
I ended up with 16 rather than 12 - I bought the whole lot.
The store took a big loss on this order(everything else he ordered from that vendor died, and the shipping alone was more $ than he quoted me for my dozen 'skippers) so I helped out by buying them all.
(I think he's still losing money, so I'm bringing him some of my plecos to sell gratis )

They are soooo cute !
I'll upload some pics as soon as I can.
So far mine are eating live blackworms and frozen foods (bloodworms and spirulina brine shrimp).
Other tankmates include two "saltwater feeders" (killies) that I cycled the tank with, and a few marine ghost shrimp.
I'm probably going to add some nerite snails as well.

[Scuba Kid]

Nice! Can't wait to see pics.