I know there are a lot of threads about mudskippers but i wanted to make my own since my tanks not really the kind of tank i see most of the people in the threads have.
My friends are giving me their old lizard tank which is 18 x 18 x 24 tall. What i want to do is turn it into a paludarium but only about 3 inches of the 24 are water sealed (also the door opens facing from the front, not the top, obviously above the 3 inch mark.)
My first question is can that still work as a paludarium?
Now i will be keeping this in my college's public aquarium. the main emphasis in that aquarium is marine tanks but i also am working on a 20 gallon fresh. to give it a bit of a change up i was thinking of making this into brackish so i can show off a little of every type of water since we have classes on aquariums plus we give tours. of course the first thing i thought of when i thought of brackish was mudskippers, and im sure my marine biology teachers would love having one for their lectures. of course that brings me to my next question, is it possible to keep mudskippers in that type of tank?
I was thinking of having mangroves for the mudskipper (we have kept some mangroves in pure salt water for long periods of time so we're pretty confident in being able to keep them in brackish). since it's also such a tall tank i wanted to have a few other plants for show, especially around the top, or maybe have a small waterfall in the corner dribbling some water down. Now this brings me to my final question, with all that room for non fish animals, are there any that are brackish and play well with mudskippers? I know frogs cant do brackish so their out. Im not a big fan of hermits, but what about fiddler's? iv heard mixed reviews about keeping them together. some say mudskippers go after fiddlers, others say fiddlers will harass mudskippers. i would like a fiddler (quite a fan of arthropods) but i dont want to have animals that dont get along well. are there any other non fish animals that would work well?
Thanks again for any help.
My friends are giving me their old lizard tank which is 18 x 18 x 24 tall. What i want to do is turn it into a paludarium but only about 3 inches of the 24 are water sealed (also the door opens facing from the front, not the top, obviously above the 3 inch mark.)
My first question is can that still work as a paludarium?
Now i will be keeping this in my college's public aquarium. the main emphasis in that aquarium is marine tanks but i also am working on a 20 gallon fresh. to give it a bit of a change up i was thinking of making this into brackish so i can show off a little of every type of water since we have classes on aquariums plus we give tours. of course the first thing i thought of when i thought of brackish was mudskippers, and im sure my marine biology teachers would love having one for their lectures. of course that brings me to my next question, is it possible to keep mudskippers in that type of tank?
I was thinking of having mangroves for the mudskipper (we have kept some mangroves in pure salt water for long periods of time so we're pretty confident in being able to keep them in brackish). since it's also such a tall tank i wanted to have a few other plants for show, especially around the top, or maybe have a small waterfall in the corner dribbling some water down. Now this brings me to my final question, with all that room for non fish animals, are there any that are brackish and play well with mudskippers? I know frogs cant do brackish so their out. Im not a big fan of hermits, but what about fiddler's? iv heard mixed reviews about keeping them together. some say mudskippers go after fiddlers, others say fiddlers will harass mudskippers. i would like a fiddler (quite a fan of arthropods) but i dont want to have animals that dont get along well. are there any other non fish animals that would work well?
Thanks again for any help.