mudskipper suden death

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razstec

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Hi, i have a mudskiper in a 60x30 tank, the ph whas 7.5 and the salinity was 1.06, temperature 25º.
i feed him with dried gamarrus and live tenebrio.


unfortunaly 3 weeks later i found him dead :(
what did i do wrong?

you can see the mud when he was alive here: YouTube - African Mudskipper

please help, i really like this specimen but i dont whant them to die a couple of weeks after i buy them.

thanks
 
Hi razstec
Just letting u know "I am not an expert" but just like HN1 mentioned 1.06 salinity is way 2 high for these lil' guys. I just checked my hydrometer and it will only read up to 1.032. I have 3 mudskippers and I keep the salinity around 1.008. It did get up to 1.014 once and with just that much of a difference. I noticed a change in their behaviour.
As for what u were feeding him... I'm not familiar with live tenebrio but I dont think dried food is the best choice. I feed my guys frozen bloodworms and frozen mysis shrimp. I've also got them crickets (which they love) and feeder minnow fish and feeder guppies from time to time. But if u feed them live stuff, u have to be sure that it isnt bigger then ur skippers mouth.
Just out of curiousity, how long after you shot the video of ur mudskipper did it die?
 
Sorry I 4got 2 mention, since skippers come from such a warm climate 25 degrees is the absolute lowest the temp should ever be. Idealily the temp should be closer to 28.
 
Sorry I 4got 2 mention, since skippers come from such a warm climate 25 degrees is the absolute lowest the temp should ever be. Idealily the temp should be closer to 28.


I see thanks.

my mud died about 1 week after i shoot this video.

Thanks for the info, i tried to give them the conditions possible and end up killing him :(, maybe if i did what the pet shop lady told me he was still alive but i doubt it, she have them with african clawed frog in normal tap water....

thanks, if you think of someting else please let me know.
 
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