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we had a specific tank set up for quarantine and deworming. This is a tank with very low water table, not deeper than what the fish can have head and majority of body above water, so about 2 cm. Tank is heated up by heat lamps to a degree of about 28-29 degrees C and about 27 C in the water. Air should always be warmer than the water. High humidity and daily water changes. A double dose of deworming medicine Praziqantel for 14 days. as parasitic worms and trematodes can be very common.

@@matlarswe21 Thanks so much for sharing that. Another question, I got two mudskippers, although they are coming from freshwater. When do you think would be a good time to introduce salt? After the quarantine or before? what was the praziquantel concentration used?

Thanks for your interest and questions. Sorry for a late reply. Thats a good idea. would love to set up a demonstration tank. in the meantime, there are a few options regarding mud as a substrate, which is the best practise substrate to use. In this case we have sourced the mud from a estuary, this is great as you will get the intact biota too that will help with cleaning and maintaining your tank. this means, you dont have to clean it. This tank, looks after itself., The mud acts as a biofilter. There is also the options of actually making the mud yourself, using natural pottery clay and parts sphangum moss, cocnut fiber and reptisoil that can be purchased in well stocked petshops. The receipte can be found online in the "Mudskippers" group on fb. Another option depending on where you live is actually buying it. Lnsome places it can be found and sold as lotus mud or pond or water lily clay. The tide is made by having a sump underneath the main tank and drilled pipes at the bottom of teh display tank. everything is gravity feed and only connected to a pump on a timer. propably the easiest way to create a tide setting. Hope that helps to begin with.

the crabs you have seen are nz mud crabs.

Brackish. 1,005%

This is sourced from a estuary. Has heaps of benefits, but may also introduce unwanted critters, so do keep an eye on that.

thanks!

​@@matlarswe21I just got mudskippers. I have searched everywhere to find a build like yours. Where did you get the clay/mud?

Thanks so much! 😊

This is sourced from a estuary. Has heaps of benefits, but may also introduce unwanted critters, so do keep an eye on that. Mud is best practise for mudskipper husbandry and should definatly be used. The more natural it is, the better as you want your muddies to thrive and not just survive. :)

I know, right!

It is pretty easy as it is a full ecological system and therefore keeps itself very healthy and easy to maintain. Does not require a filter for example as the mud acts as a natural filter. The occasional water change , but mostly its just topping up the water that evaporates and cleaning the glass from some algae growth that the snails miss and spashed up mud from the muddies..

Im sure we can make some more videos soon

We have the same first nameeeee

@@calamari.jaksun8914 No wayyyyy

But actually I was wondering the same thing, I'm doing a red claw crab tank and I want to make it as close to a mangrove habitat as possible. I wanna find the wood, especially since it's the closest I've seen to resemble the roots of a mangrove tree.

Thanks. This kind of habitat set up would work great for fiddler crabs and red claws, which I used to keep in set ups like this living overseas. However, now Im currently keep a native mud crab from NZ. They are great to help with algae control and eating any dead stuff or left overs. No other crabs are on the market here, sadly.

@@matlarswe21 thanks for your reply. i know that problem. here in germany you can buy some species but not all im interested in. i am breeding geosesarma 'black leg' and also keep a tuerkayana magnum (discoplax magna) and some mrtasesarma obesum sp. emerald. but hell... i want some fiddlercrabs in a mangrove tank. but its so hard to get them here...

Thank you :)