Mudskipper paludarium- an alternative solution

Peacock Rey

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amazing work !!! looks great !
 

blackghostknife

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There's only 40 gallons of water there.
wow that's cool. how many fish you got in there?
 

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thats a really nice setup, really beautiful! may i know the total cost and time of building it? really tempting me to setup a large brackish tank with a similar setup as yours! thanks!
 

HX67

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Lolster;5113971; said:
thats a really nice setup, really beautiful! may i know the total cost and time of building it? really tempting me to setup a large brackish tank with a similar setup as yours! thanks!
Thank you, Lolster.

I haven't calculated the exact cost of the whole project, but I guess it was about 150,-. But I had the tank (replaced the front glas with a new one).
I also get the materials for the scaping at very low cost, partly for free.

Go for it! Brackish tanks are a load of fun, even though there's very limited spectrum of flora and fauna to put in them.
 

blackghostknife

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even though there's very limited spectrum of flora and fauna to put in them.
for now at least. with pioneers like you in the hobby that won't last long. It's just that the brackish hobby needs a little push to get popular and then there will be equipment out there and books that will make the brackish hobby simpler and less like groping around in the dark.
 

blackghostknife

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what plants do you have in there btw?
 

HX67

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I'm trying to follow the old Tropica list of plants that accept brackish water:


Aponogeton crispus
Bacopa monnieri
Cladophora aegagrophila
Crinum calamistratum
Crinum natans
Crinum thaianum
Cryptocoryne pontederiifolia
Cryptocoryne wendtii
'Mi Oya'
Glossostigma elatinoides
Lilaeopsis brasiliensis

Microsorum pteropus 'Narrow'
Nymphaea lotus (zenkeri)
Samolus valerandi
Taxiphyllum barbieri (Vesicularia)


So far I've tried
Microsorum pteropus "narrow" (doing so-so)
Taxiphyllum is everywhere and Riccia is doing good also
Nymphae lotus zenkeri (alive, very slow growth)
Lilaeopsis brasiliensis (was totally suffocated by algae)
Cryptocoryne wendtii "Mi Oya" and pontederifolia (both alive, slow growth)
Glossos were wiped off, but I guess they would need CO2 in brackish, too, to make it.

Vallisneria spiralis is growing and even spreading a little.
I'm also acclimating giant vals to be dumped in.

Samolus valerandi should be a great brackish plant, but it's not co-operating with me.

And I killed a red mangrove in there.

So far that's it.

I'm anxiously waiting for a shipment of black mangrove to arrive.

blackghostknife;5114599; said:
for now at least. with pioneers like you in the hobby that won't last long. It's just that the brackish hobby needs a little push to get popular and then there will be equipment out there and books that will make the brackish hobby simpler and less like groping around in the dark.
Let's hope it picks up!
I am not a big pioneer in this, but am happy any time I can inspire someone to go for it.

Very good reading:
http://www0.shopping.com/Book_Brackish_Water_Fishes_Neale_Monks/prices
 

blackghostknife

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cool. so vals will do good in brackish. I have them in my amazonian fresh and they are growing like weeds.
 
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