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Has anyone ever had them or knows anything bout them size, prcie ect. thanks in advance

They grow to 6" in most cases and the prices vary from $5 to $20 from what I have seen. They are Sensitive to poor water quality.

Althought they like a beach set-up, it is better just to have shallow water through the tank but have rocks and/or driftwood for them to climb up on. Although it is not essential they will do better with live magrove tuber things (you can get these at several places). If you cannot afford these or find the time to properly maintain them then take some of the skinny driftwood branch ornaments from PETsMART And place them with the branches down in the sand. Use silicone or epoxy to glue them to the bottom and prevent them from falling over.

The easiest method of sexing them is to compare the dorsal fins of two adult specimens. The male with have a sort of "sailfin" that may or may not have blue spots on or around it. The female's fin is shorter and lacks the blue highlights.

They are carnivores and don't show much interest in prepared foods. Instead, try live meal worms. If that doesn't work you may also try live bloodworms or frozen brine shrimp. If you are really lucky then they'll eat sinking carnivore pellets.

Good luck with these incredibly unusual creatures!

thanks dojo! will they fit in a ten gallon or do they need a 20 or what! thanks for the mini article!

I'd say at least a 30g. Check this out: http://www.ecologicproductions.com/video_projects/TSCK/text_slates/TSCK_mudskipper.html
You'll need quicktime to view it.

Some other sites:
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~thebobo/mud.htm
http://2.pro.tok2.com/~mudskipper/
For a rough translation, paste the address of that site here:
http://babelfish.altavista.com/translate.dyn

thanks if i put them in a 30 could i put two or anything crabs or sometin? thanks for your help!

Oh no... Look at what's been said!

Having actually kept a mudskipper, I can definitely vouch for the fact that they are not highly sensitive to water quality.

Also, I had my mudskipper eating pellets quite easily.

It would be wise to sex your 'skippers since the males will fight if there's not enough territory. Keep the tank well covered since they will jump!

It will depend on the species on what size tank you could keep them in. A 30 gallon sounds like a good size for two. I don't know about crabs, though.

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I guess you had some good ones, or maybe I was thinking of BBG's.

How do i sex the skippers?? thanks for the info shingami! i cant find any any where so should i try aqaubid?

I said it in my first post. The males have taller fins, some blue spots, and fight.

Sorry must not be paying attention! can i catch them in the wild some where?

Not in the US. Most species are found in the salt marshes, estuaries, and floodplanes of Africa, South America, and Indonesia if I'm not mistaken, but Shini may correct me here.

The most commonly avaliable species come from SE Asia and might bite you if you try to handle them.

They come from Asia and Africa, but haven't heard of them from South America. If they come from around there IMO they'd probably be way more common! :%)

There is someone selling a 'skipper on Aquabid right now. They are also on www.aquariumstuffers.com from time to time.

I haven't heard of 'skipper bites, even with people holding them... They're first course of action is to run away if they're scared; they can move REALLY fast over land!

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O ok cause i keep thinking i see some ran over by a car ones! and was wundering were they were native so thanks for clearing that up!

Good call, I just looked it all up and they come from Western Africa, Eastern Africa, India, SE Asia, Indonesia, and the islands of the South Pacific, but not SA.