So, a lot of you are commenting about wanting to see more footage of the fish and tank, and less of me. Well, I have listened. If you check back to watch my release next Wednesday, you will see all the footage on this setup (fish, tank, etc), as well as a little change and some bonus footage at the end.

First the mudskippers I've always wanted to keep, then then my favorite puffer, in the same tank?!!? You've earned a sub

I had a brackish tank back in the 90's where I kept a HUGE Green Spotted Puffer. He was loaded with personality and was my favorite fish I ever had. Dont let the cuteness of the puffer fool you, they are as hostile as they are adorable. They are more aggressive than most cichlids . Its so good to see Puffers getting love shown in the hobby. Thank you for listening to your subscribers.

Not a lot of people doing brackish, love it zenzo!

Not to tell you how to do your job, but is there a way to talk while we watch the animals? You don't gotta be Ants Canada and make it all a story or anything, it's just nice to see the animals more. I love these guys. I like the puffer too. Puffers are cute; they have that passive aggressive smiley face to go along with that passive aggressive defense of theirs. Anyway, I'm a fan of more screen time for the critters. Other than that, very informative! Good video!

Some small mangrove plants in the water/land area would just complete the whole thing.

Still super stoked about this tank, great addition. Makes me want to set up one.

Really love the skipper tank man!! Really nice looking scape. Puffers are my favorite, Great mix!

I'm glad you went with the F8 Puffer so you can help share the requirements of keeping them properly. They are a very rewarding fish to keep and very docile as far as puffers go. I have kept them with guppies and bumblebee gobies with zero agression.

one of the best tank stocking and scape combo ive seen yet

Wow , this Aquarium is absolutely looking pretty amazing , really beautiful to watch all many different kinds of fish .

I LOVE ❤️ this fish combo! What a great tank!

Well the mud skippers naturally live along side fidler crabs just a thought on something to add

Cool set up man!

I had a dragon gobie in with my mudskipers and they did very well together. It's a filter feeder so it sifts the sand to find food. I also had gost shrimp that would reproduce in this setup, as well as a few bumble bee gobies. Quite the oddball group.

Well thought out and executed. Loving my puffers: Fahaka, Dog Faced, and Amazons. Oh, and the three Pea Puffers. Thanks Tazawa!

Evolution at its finest love the mud skippers 👍❤️

Tank looks awesome, bro!!!! You could try knight gobies or purple spotted gudgeons, that would be cool, too

I really like the commentary. But I lowkey want an hour long video of just the mudskippers in the tank. So calming to look at them going by their business

Awesome that the Puffer is doing good! I’ve been sure to feed the puffers lots of snails, brine shrimp and other goodies to keep them full and happy. Good to see that one go to a good home!

I've always wanted mudskippers. I set up my brackish tank for them, but never did get them. I've had my F8 for about 5 years now though. My Puffer likes freeze dried krill. I've kept BB gobies with my F8 for years without issue. My puffer "Butterbean" is pretty timid though. And the gobies will never get big enough. Not only will an aggresive puffer kill much larger fish, but the gobies never get bigger than about a half an inch or so (and that's big one). The crabs are more likely to get eaten by the puffer. Endlers look great with the F8 puffers too. I love the set up. Can't wait to see how it develops.

HAHA Love the names. Moe, Larry and Curly! The tank looks great! And the Fish

I love that you're doing a brackish tank. Before I found your channel, I fell in love with brackish. I ordered mudskippers, figure 8s, knight gobies, fiddler crabs and bumblebee gobies online around New years. The bumblebees and crabs never came and the skippers, puffer, and knights took forever to arrive, so all are still in separate quarantine tanks right now. I'm putting the puffer in with black mollies, and the knight gobies and guppies in with the mudskippers when everyone is out of quarantine. I'm still hoping to find bumblebees and fiddlers to reorder soon. Thanks for sharing. I'm looking forward to seeing how your tank turns out.

Awesome! Looks like I have to find myself another new tank and find out more about keeping mudskippers...

Honestly man i just leave the take as is it looks great and i think as these fish grow i think it going to be an epic tank, i would look at if possible some floating plants would look nice but honestly i love it as is and may make a copy setup with an 100 giving the skippers half just to see more land action.

Yes! I am loving this tank.

The skippers looks good! The figure 8 Puffer is a nice addition 👍

I love puffer fish, I'm going to buy me 2 this weekend for my 20 long. nice tank

I just found your channel. I can’t wait to see all that you’ve got going on! Tanks look original. Cool deal. Keep it real.

GORGEOUS setup!! Love it!!

That tank is becoming AWESOME ✌

Thanks for the great information and you have a beautiful setup

Aye! He got the puffer! Im so glad you took mine along with others idea! Or your own idea idk idc just glad you did!

I really love this tank , it's so beautiful and clear . +1 sub

Wow! Super awesome aquarium and beautiful fish! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for the update 😀 another thumbs up 😁 guppies and their fry are the way I would go ☺

I love the mudskipper tank also cool puffer💙💙💙💙💙

Hey zenzo, i like your figure 8 brother. Hes badass for sure, ive always been a fan of the puffer smile! Mudskippers look setteled in to the max now. Too cool, keep it up and thanks for your hard work💪

I have a figure 8 puffer. He lives with a guppy colony and has an amazing personality. I love figure 8s!!!

A cool fish that would look good and not many people get, are the dragon fish from Walmart. I know Walmart fish suck or could have parasites but if you quarantine them, it'll be fine. They're amazing fish and can live in brackish water. They are also called the Violet Goby

Nice job dude! Looks amazing! Can't wait to get more of this!

Try using rhodondendron brenches as mangrove roots. And there are a lot of livebearers that are suitable fot a brackish aquarium.

Awesome addition!

Very nice puffer. Too cute man

The tank looks cool! Maybe some decor? Some rocks for the puffer to hide will look good

First off...the Puffer obviously has to be named Shemp! The 4th Stooge! Secondly.... YES to the Guppy idea. Natural food for all of your Main which would save $$ in the long run. Plus would add color to the tank. Finally...amazing vid! Glad to see the tank coming to a point of completion for you. You should make a Mudskipper Playlist.

You could try fidler crabs since they will probably make their burrows by mudskipper but you did say in past video it's not a full mound of sand. I would give it a try. Walmart sells them.

That puffer is adorable. (:

Such an underrated youtuber

Amazing brackish water aquarium and setup, makes me want to do one now also haha

Maybe some bigger snails (Terebralia or Telescopium if you can get them) to help clear detritus? Seconding the suggestion of archer fish, too.

Yes Figure 8s are great! feed them a variety of food along with snails as a treat a 2-3 times a week. These puffers are very interactive with their environments so they can get bored quickly. Bumblebee gobies will do well with the puffer. These puffers do not hunt fish only invertebrates. The will tolerate speedy fish like Endlers, Guppies, Swordtails, Platys, Mollies, but can get overwhelmed by their flighty movements. They will not eat any fry from them either though the mudskippers might. You can also try adding in ghost shrimps which might be live food for the puffer, but puffers have been known to tolerate them in their tanks. Check out Dan Hiteshew's puffer named Butterbean on his YT channel.

Sweet! The Tank is really cool! What a great idea A brackish community!

If you had the time to feed and you want something out there then think about a pipe fish. They do need either live food always swimming with them or small feeds of frozen throughout the day just like a seahorse. I'm pretty sure they can be kept brackish. Thanks.

You should add Bala Sharks, the medium ones grow to a good size (won't be attacked by the Puffer or the Mud skippers) and they are also mediumly aggressive (not more aggressive than the mudskippers or puffer), so they will do well in an 'aggressive aquarium'.

Nice chuck of Malaysian wood with Java Fern superglued to it would look nice with the puffer. :). Cute tank!

Oooooo myyyy!!!! The puffer is soooooo cute!!!! He'd rock the name Chester 😊

Maybe add a bit more rockwork or other forms of decor in the main reservoir of the tank. Puffers like to explore an interesting environment and can get bored and be prone to swimming up and down the glass nonstop if they're not sufficiently stimulated. Otherwise it looks great, love the mudskippers, love the figure-8 (the one I had years ago was my favorite fish of all time, tbh). With a bit more decor to break line of sight and hide in the bumblebee gobies would do well, but otherwise the puffer will be plenty happy left to himself and his invertebrate snacks.

You should put in fiddler crabs like 2 because they fit perfect in your tank they do well in brackish too BUT I don't know if the crabs will attack the puffer or mudskippers

Awesome vid! I definitely want to keep a figure 8 someday. They look so cool

I love you’re videos so much they are the best you deserve more subscribers

Bad ass tank setup

If you didn’t know brackish fish can live in salt and fresh water tanks. I think you should do a mangrove reef with the mudskippers and the puffer!

I had very small bumblebee gobies with my fig 8. He did not bother them. So I don’t see many people keeping them but if you want something unique add a “flounder”. The ones in the aquarium trade are I believe a type of sole and at one time I had the scientific name down. Only thing is you will need a little more sand on the bottom so they can burrow. I have 2 in my 40B and they are awesome. Psuedomogils are also an option here. I have a white false cheek goby as well, very cool but he defiantly has his territory. He jus burrowed out a hole under my fake mangroves and the sand and hangs out there most of the time. I’ll send you a message with my Flounder

Ive found wisteria and hyrgrophilla grows well in brackish h2o

Thanks for the videos. Would love more info on brackish tank mates.

I'm really enjoying this tank!!!! So different from what we're used to see, very special! +1 Sub

Good 🐟 awesome tanks as always man!

Yeah! So happy you went with some of our recommendations, also Is that some Java fern I see in the tank, that a few of us mentioned also for brackish water?!?! Good job.

Your puffer is so adorable.

You can get brackish leeches, leeches are just worms that live in water and most species ONLY eat detritus. It would bring both colour and something to clean to the aquarium and it would certainly be unique.

I keep spoted and figure 8 puffers in with bumblebee gobies. However, I recommend you put in the gobies first before the puffers are added.

Get some knight gobies! I have a couple and they are one of my favorite fish! They are a lot bigger than the bumblebee gobies too

Amazing I love mud skippers

great content brother gain a sub!

If you obtain more water rotation somehow, Plant suggestion; Fucus vesiculosus . Not the most colourful or green. But it is certainly unique! It will also lower the chances of Algae spread. But, it does require more than a simple bubbler för water rotation. A gyre of some sort might be better in that scenario. Snail; Theodoxus fluviatilis Meanwhile the puffer MIGHT go after them like food. They should be able to be placed in the shallow non-puffer water region. Since the mudskippers don't eat snails, right? So, they might be able to proliferate and form an idle source of food. Not to mention, they can breed and handle colder water. Macro Algae; Ceramium tenuicorne If you can obtain a northern sample of the Baltic Sea, they can handle pretty much almost Fresh Water conditions. Should be fairly unique in the sense, it is rare to see macroalgae in Fresh Water set-ups that look similar to Ocean plants. But it also depends on better water rotation. If you go for any of the Plant or macroalgae, Gammarus sp. It is a very small shrimp variation. Not very attractive but it should handle small algae and potentially work as a small snack for the Puffer. Snail; Potamopyrgus antipodarum Only 3mm big. Survives in brackish water. Basically, I am looking at various creatures that live in northern Baltic sea. Using a swedish website; www.havet.nu/livet/arter . If you use a Website Google Translate add-on or similar, you can easily read a bit shallow about everything. The important part is when clicking on something that you check the map for the blue line. This indicate where it lives. The further up the Northern border of Sweden, the better it can handle Freshwater. The most northern species are essentially Freshwater organisms. Shouldn't be too difficult to obtain these. Since they aren't protected by any particular Law. Molluscs and Snails along with Algae tend to only be protected if threatened. And sending a package to San Fransisco(?) from Sweden... These should survive the trip!

Amazing!

Dragon Goby also known as Violet Gody however they do get huge so maybe not a great idea

Unique brackish fish is a freshwater flounder. I have always wanted to keep them, but have never done brackish.

Put a couple rocks or atleast 1 long leafed green plant with the puffer.

What about maybe some kind of archer fish?

Nice puffer braddah loving it!! 🤙🏽🐠🤙🏽

Great set up

I want (more) Bumblebee Goby! For some reason they seem to be extremely rare in Cananda because I can't find them.

Archer fish. But you would need to put some branches over the water so crickets can climb.

Could you put like living oysters in there? I have no idea how you would do it but it would be insanely cool!

Love the puffer. This is a very cool tank. I think you should leave as it is. Lol.

That guppy idea would be cool. with just the puffer rn the submerged side feels empty.

You should add like 3 or 4 fiddler crabs! :D

oh yeah yeah another video

i love the puffer !!!!

Brackish tanks are tough, trying to get any vegetation to grow is tough. Nothing likes to grow in salt, regardless of the amount. I realize it's not a full blown marine aquarium, but I've personally struggled with brackish tanks. I'm amazed those snails are living as well, most snails can't handle the salt. Either way, i'm interested to see if you can get vegetation to truly grow in that water.

If their undersides turn dark, they are unhappy or stressed. Either the male or female has a dark line that runs chin to anus on the ventral side of the body. I forget which has the line though I think it would be the male. Puffers are tidal fish so they do enjoy changes in salinity, a little more fresher and a little more salty at times. So vary it slightly when you do water changes. They can handle it. Java fern will live but not thrive in brackish water. If you add mangroves, cut a hole in the acrylic for the plant to grow out of the tank. To prevent the mudskippers from getting out of the tank, cut some carbon fiber window screen mesh cut it to cover the hole in the acrylic and crazy glue it to the inside of the hole, then with an exacto blade, cut an X in the mesh so it fits snug around the trunk of the mangrove plant. This allows room for the trunk to grow and prevents the fish from climbing out of the tank. Push the top of the mangrove plant through the mesh opening then angle downwards the mesh flaps along the trunk.

Get a couple x Ray tetras with the figure 8 puffer

I hereby name the puffer Shemp. Another fun video Zenzo!

Hi. I've kept Brackish fish. DON'T put snails in with Puffers as they eat Crustaceans & WILL kill the crabs. I'm in the U.K so I don't know what fish you can get where you are but I've had the following with the Mudskippers I've kept: Anableps (known as the Four Eyed fish, these are weird & wonderful. Archur fish. (Toxotes jaculatrix) Green/Orange Chromides Bumble Bees Monos (Monodactylus sebae & Monodactylus sebae) Scat fish (Scatophagus Argus) Hogchoker (very flat bottom feeders) Datnioides campbelli (grow to around 13 inches & Datnioides microlepis which grow to around 18 inches although grow very slow will out grow the set-up you have) Indian glassy fish (Parambassis ranga), be aware these have been known to have couloured ink injected into them. (Notice the CORRECT spelling of COLOUR 😉😋) Prehistoric Dragon Goby (Gobioides broussonnetii) Flag Fish Halfbeak Empire Gudgeon Goby - (Hypseleotris compressa) sooooo lovely looking & colourful. Stigmatogobius sadanundio - Knight Goby The Butterfly Goby (Neovespicula depressifrons) Also known as the Wasp Fish as it has a painful sting so don't pick it up with your hands as it's VERY PAINFUL!!

-cries- I really want a pea puffer or two or so for my nano tank, but I also want more of a community tank... So that wouldn't be an option for me. But they're cool fish! So, in the beginning of the video, I thought the mudskipper was swimming around in the water and I was like, "oo, they do swim around!" but as I kept watching as you yakked in the front, I realized it was the puffer. I'm pretty sure. It looked small. Anyway, I do like hearing all about the process of getting the fish, decisions, etc. as a fish keeper /aquarist/hobbyist/whatever. I can always find a nature video if I wanted to watch fish swim around for 10 minutes straight. Having a separate video may or may not be more work for you, but it'll appease both crowds I guess.

Love the setup! Is your quarantine tank brackish?

What rock did you use

I love that tank! I subscribed. I'm looking into starting my first salt water tank. I have a spare 30 gallon tank. Any recommendations for a beginner? I've had freshwater tanks before so I'm pretty familiar with water changes and nitrogen cycle. Any suggestions? Great channel by the way!