I just got 4 Blue Spotted mudskippers from China Town! They were being sold for $20 a lb. I got six of the largest ones for $10.
It looked like I got 2 males and four females, so my friend took a pair, leaving me with 1 male and 3 females.
These are the largest mudskippers I have seen, and they are very nice looking.
http://www.ecologyasia.com/verts/brackish-fishes/blue-spotted-mudskipper.htm
It's a shame they get sold by the dozens as a "treat". From what I understand, it's not a common eating fish, but when available it's apparently a delicacy. Myself, I'd rather appreciate them in my tank then in my stomach.
I set them up for now in a shallow tank on my floor, with substrate, sand and filter media from my established brackish tank. I am treating them with melafix as a preventative measure, since many of them had open sores (although I picked out the largest, cleanest ones).
Also, they had what looked like huge Jade gobies for like $5.99 a lb, and FW lion fish as well for like $8.00 a lb. They were selling the lions as Monk fish, but I am pretty sure they were bactrachus species, and not monk fish. Images found when searching for Monk Fish look nothing like what's at the market.
It looked like I got 2 males and four females, so my friend took a pair, leaving me with 1 male and 3 females.
These are the largest mudskippers I have seen, and they are very nice looking.
http://www.ecologyasia.com/verts/brackish-fishes/blue-spotted-mudskipper.htm
It's a shame they get sold by the dozens as a "treat". From what I understand, it's not a common eating fish, but when available it's apparently a delicacy. Myself, I'd rather appreciate them in my tank then in my stomach.
I set them up for now in a shallow tank on my floor, with substrate, sand and filter media from my established brackish tank. I am treating them with melafix as a preventative measure, since many of them had open sores (although I picked out the largest, cleanest ones).
Also, they had what looked like huge Jade gobies for like $5.99 a lb, and FW lion fish as well for like $8.00 a lb. They were selling the lions as Monk fish, but I am pretty sure they were bactrachus species, and not monk fish. Images found when searching for Monk Fish look nothing like what's at the market.
