Everything You Wanted to Know About These Amazing Fish

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Keeping brackish aquariums can be rewarding, especially because you are able to keep species that cannot be kept in freshwater aquariums. Some of my rarest and most popular fish are in my brackish aquariums and paludariums. Learn about keeping mudskippers, as well as other brackish fish and plants.
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How to choose mudskippers: • Which MUDSKIPPERS Shou...
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Chapters of this video:
0:00 - Intro
0:44 - What is a mudskipper?
3:08 - Keeping mudskippers and behavior
6:00 - Brackish water and aquariums
7:28 - How to create mudskipper tank
8:43 - Other brackish tanks and fish
13:22 - Can you keep plants in brackish tanks?
16:11 - Summary
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@kilrkitty0818 2 жыл бұрын

Your Inidan Mudskippers with the bumble golby makes me want to set up a Brackish water tank 🐟 They are so active, fun to watch and of course adorable!

@jessieworsham 2 жыл бұрын

I want them all! It's so hard to choose a favorite. I love the mud skippers, but I think the night goby is my fave. Great video, now I have MTS.

@DeVirumEtMachina 2 жыл бұрын

They're cool little creatures, they're native to Australia too and grow up to 18cm (7 Inches). Ren & Stimpy was huge when I was growing up and I desperately wanted a mudskipper so I could call him Muddy, Muddy the Mudskipper. In recent years I have been on a personal quest to fulfill all of my childhood dreams and have managed to tick quite a few off the list; I may have to get a group of mudskippers for my fish room and tick another dream off the list. Always enjoy the content bro, cheers.

@EssiBrownlee Жыл бұрын

I set up my first Brackish tank about 6 months ago thanks to this video. I love it so much. I have a mild predator tank with gobies, an eel, and a puffer! I'll say plant wise, Java moss and guppy grass are doing brilliantly! My valisnera is doing ok

@Sabriel3632 2 жыл бұрын

I love how genuine you are in your videos and this is a great topic! I’ve never kept brackish water tanks, but I’ve always been interested in snails and other invertebrates. I was surprised how active the mudskippers are!

@jacobwhite4623 2 жыл бұрын

Love the fish footage. Good info

@audrameyer9558 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Zenzo. I love love love the Mudskippers and Blennies! They are so silly and fun to watch go about their business. Your tanks are fantastic. Mad props to you for providing your water pets amazing worlds to thrive in.

@perryburnell7963 2 жыл бұрын

I am so fascinated by the mud skippers. Your videos are the first I knew of their existence … I could watch them all day. I don’t see myself keeping my own so very much appreciate you sharing yours.

@ChisanaAkuto 4 ай бұрын

I like the Indian mudskipper w/ figure 8 puffer setup. I did use mangrove in the 60 gal breeder since it has better dimensions

@darrylmoore5847 2 жыл бұрын

Great video as always.

@jeremyglascosr.8338 2 жыл бұрын

I like the Bumblebee Goby paladarium set up. The mixture of the species really takes it to another level. Awesome video! 🤝🏾🤙🏾

@brandonramirez7336 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man this video was awesome I've been considering brackish I have 16 tanks running fresh rn so I think it's time to play!!

@assiahinarkansas 2 жыл бұрын

Good update on Po the puffer! Always enjoy seeing the mudskippers too.

@damonsdwarfcichlids9959 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video as always Zenzo ! Also I visited 6th ave aquarium last weekend for the first time because of you. That place is massive!

@Garage_96 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video, lots of information and it’s explained so well, I love your Indian mudskippers and bumble bee gobie !

@DasEmpress 2 жыл бұрын

I love your mudskippers and puffers! I've never kept either, but I am completely intrigued! I have kept fresh and salt, just never tried brackish... yet!

@MasterPhotographer 2 жыл бұрын

I’ll admit, mudskippers were never on my radar. But after seeing your video, the various types of mudskippers, and the color variations, I’m quite intrigued. Great video, and very informative!

@liliromero4910 2 жыл бұрын

This was so interesting. Than you!

@canuckaquatropix7796 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for making this video, your channel is definitely one of my favourites 👍

@twistedadjust 2 жыл бұрын

Cool tanks I love those skippers love the content

@RogueAquariums 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video Zenzo showing your brackish tanks. I’d have to say that your mudskippers are a favorite of mine. They’re very interactive and fun to watch..

@alisonnicholson 2 жыл бұрын

I love puffers. Gobies are cute also. Mudskippers look a bit too much for me. I'd have to remodel to house them. Puffers all the way for me, they have those big soulful eyes and look goofy. I find them adorable

@Coolcars_Reels 2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate your videos there zenzo and I also want to say that keeping a brackish tank for everybody here is very simple you just need refractometer to measure the salinity of the brackish water and some sea salt and you're off and running I run mine at 1.008 and I keep mudskippers guppies and if you have never kept fiddler crabs those are extremely fun too all in a brackish 20 long yank I thoroughly enjoyed this tank it's probably one of my favorites appreciate your time and making these videos and keep up the good work thank you

@intothenight9256 Жыл бұрын

Epic presentation! I needed this! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

@epicstopmotionracing5365 2 жыл бұрын

Cool video!!! Deffo need to get a mudskipper set up one day

@trevorgregori9667 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. These are a very unique and awesome fish. I have never seen these in a shop on then east coast. Thank you for sharing.

@carlroberts9347 2 жыл бұрын

Love your brackish tanks ❤

@reginaphalanges7331 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! I think I like your African Mudskippers best, because of their size and that beautiful blue dorsal fin! I kept a brackish tank with Archers, Mono Argentus, Green Scatt's and Molly's, but the Mono's grow so fast and get huge! They also eventually need a full marine environment, which I did. I'm happiest with freshwater planted tanks. 😁

@zafrasama1917 2 жыл бұрын

Such cool and intresting fish! 🐟👍

@fbasantajr 2 жыл бұрын

Zenzo, great species overview.... thank you from NYC

@mojavebohemian814 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@wendihamlett105 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool

@michaelvonfeldt9629 2 жыл бұрын

Well done

@nebula28 2 жыл бұрын

Ahhhhhh.... What at start to the weekend! Grazie mille! They are so charming

@daviddurocher3785 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Zenzo, been thinking about a brackish tank setup to raise-breed nerite snails, i've looked on youtube and not much info on breeding nerite's, adding some of those brackish tankmates you showed would be very interesting touch for me, thanks, and see you at aquashella orlando!

@erinpeabody8368 2 жыл бұрын

I love your mudskippers! They are one of my top three favorites but one fish I will never have. I think that tank set up is too much for me🤣 I have a 33 long with Showa swordtails currently. I plan to get pea puffers at some point. Love the videos, keep up the good work

@NorthLVLowRoller 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing

@B.barnett8974 2 жыл бұрын

Mudskippers and gobies are at the top of my dream fish list. One day...🐟

@mrswiggles2012 2 жыл бұрын

hello Zenzo, hope you're doing well. Love all your tanks and attention to detail. My FAV is the african mudskippers. They are large and so adorable. I wish I could keep them but I am no good with salt. I am strickly fresh water. Its easy for me and I have recently downsized. My tanks are planted but again freshwater so it wouldn't do you any good for you brackish tanks. Well at least you have two that work for you. In a way for me amazon swords and anubias are my two that work for me but again freshwater only. Ta Ta for now.

@richardreynolds9896 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video

@Lisa.Sparkman 2 жыл бұрын

I am all about the mudskippers and blennies!!! They're just so quirky and fun 😊🥰🥰

@mauricefordii7856 Жыл бұрын

Man I love that tank so much! Do you have a video on constructing one

@qcaquaholic 2 жыл бұрын

I've never kept marine or brackish tanks, but I used to fish off the jetties in Long Beach all the time. There were some large patches of vallisneria in the water so I'm sure it could survive in a salty tank.

@generalwaste2062 2 жыл бұрын

This is a cool video. One day when I have room for another tank I have been planning wild catch some mudskippers for a tank. There's a large colony of them in suburbia on the banks of the Brisbane river that I've observed. Not sure how I'd get them out of the mud though. Maybe I could pair them with a toadfish as a local replica of you puffer/mudskipper tank

@fenwalker771 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video. I think it's time for me to keep mudskippers!

@dylanneff 2 жыл бұрын

I have a couple Indian mudskippers and a wasp fish in my 40 gallon brackish system. I love them! I haven’t been able to get any plants to grow in my brackish tanks, but I have some chaetomorpha which is a macroalgae that is doing well. I’ve been wondering about overstocking on the mudskippers to curb aggression, so it’s interesting to see that it works for your Africans.

@dashthegamer8411 2 жыл бұрын

Lol I can get them in my back yard 😅

@lucascaros5298 2 жыл бұрын

Mudskipper look like they came straight out of Star Wars and I love it.

@llloremod 2 жыл бұрын

ive kept bumblebee gobies in a species tank and theyre like nothing else! tiny fish with big personalities! so glad i took the dive into brackish!

@chevcwgirl 2 жыл бұрын

The mudskippers are adorable!

@williamwood4779 2 жыл бұрын

Try weidgen grass, an sav like guppy grass but brackish. Grows all over south louisiana brackish marshes, Ruppia maritima.

@stmaxk13 2 жыл бұрын

Do you think a figure 8 puffer would do okay with a tophat blenny? Trying to think of a decent tankmate for my blenny other than guppies.

@apss5736 2 жыл бұрын

mudskippers are amazing. a while back there was actually a study about keeping bichirs on land with high humidity and they were able to walk. quite unusual

@FinnegansFish 2 жыл бұрын

Knight Goby, beautiful!

@melchantz Жыл бұрын

Magnificent fish

@vsaysith8767 Жыл бұрын

Great video! I’m new to keeping these guys. This may be a dumb question but I’m just curious… would it be possible to keep them in a freshwater only setup with tons of driftwood’s for them? What are some signs they are not doing well bc they are brackish?

@kevinbranch7010 2 жыл бұрын

I wanted to do a mangrove brackish figure eight tank but the space and scope made me hold off for now.

@b1oh1 2 жыл бұрын

I've been looking into starting a brackish tank to breed nerites. I was also pondering keeping some mudskippers. This really helped! If it helps, my figure 8 puffer is 3 years old and he looks so skinny when he hasn't just eaten. He's been treated for internal parasites and his bm's are normal. He's otherwise very active and healthy.

@ffxfgxsfxxxg2419 2 жыл бұрын

Figure 8 puffer is freshwater when young and saltwater when adult

@patriciarawles554 2 жыл бұрын

No experience with brackish tanks and the mudskippers are so cute!!!

@Kat-hs2ij Жыл бұрын

Oh my lord they're so cute, first time I'm seeing this now I want it so bad lol

@amandajoanbaker 2 жыл бұрын

I like plants too much to try brackish in the tanks I have right now, but the mudskippers sure are cute! Seems like you could spend a lot of hours watching them.

@homesteadreptiles2222 2 жыл бұрын

I would try salt water macro allergies

@anthonyrodriguez5993 2 жыл бұрын

Woo-hoo I've wanted to see a update on the midskippers for a while now

@ESF19791111 2 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION AND THE BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF LOVELY LIFE OF MUD-SKIPPERS AND MORE :) AND I DID TUMB-UP FOR THE VIDEO AND I'M ALREADY SUBSCRIBED TO THE CHANEL :) THANK YOU FROM ISRAEL :)

@TazawaTanks 2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks!

@HaYNFishKeeper 2 жыл бұрын

Always loved those mudskippers a much aloha Braddah🤙🏽💯🤙🏽

@TazawaTanks 2 жыл бұрын

Article on brackish aquariums: www.aquariumcoop.com/blogs/aquarium/brackish-aquarium Here are some other mudskipper and brackish water videos that you enjoy. Brackish water guide: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z9SYpNeGu9HQpJc.html How to choose mudskippers: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rsWolsmqttDFp5c.html Mudskipper care guide: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rbF2lLadzd_Dkok.html

@davidmichaud2784 2 жыл бұрын

What tank size would you recommend for the giant mudskippers?

@TazawaTanks 2 жыл бұрын

@@davidmichaud2784 I have only seen them in documentaries and photos, but I would imagine probably a 240g or something 8’ long.

@davidmichaud2784 2 жыл бұрын

@@TazawaTanks that’s what I was thinking also. Do you know anyone who sells them?

@snoopdogg734 2 жыл бұрын

Great video...could you comment on the specific salinity level for your puffers and mudskippers. Thank you for sharing.

@TazawaTanks 2 жыл бұрын

Anywhere from around 1.005 to 1.008.

@snoopdogg734 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@michaelyoung3337 2 жыл бұрын

I tried mudskippers and learned the hard way that a tight-fitting lid is essential!

@TazawaTanks 2 жыл бұрын

Oh no...I am sorry that happened! Yes, tight-fitting lids are a must.

@kelleyforeman 2 жыл бұрын

A brackish tank is something I am interested in because I want to keep Pseudomugil cyanodorsalis. My friends who keep them plant their tanks with sea grass from the Florida Keys.

@johnwood738 2 жыл бұрын

Not a fish I keep but interesting video!

@IFG_OFFICIAL 2 жыл бұрын

Archived!

@kristinehansen. 2 жыл бұрын

Wanted to get mudskippers since I was about 10 years old and saw them in a fish store. Some day I will get some. Brackish water tanks just scares me.

@andrewmassey6467 8 ай бұрын

I have 2 knight gobys in fresh water right now. Thats how i got them. Im going to convert to brackish when they get a little bigger. Then, put them in a 75 with a green spot puffer. That is my dream tank. That will be my first brackish tank.

@andrewmassey6467 8 ай бұрын

And is there anything else you would recommend to put in that tank?

@aperson336 2 жыл бұрын

I've read some things and wanted to check are there any mudskippers that can live in salt, or are there any amphibious saltwater fish that are sold in the aquarium trade

@jahrodbrown579 2 жыл бұрын

900th like RIGHT HERE!!!!!!!

@LordoftheLightskins 2 жыл бұрын

Hello, I really love your mudskipper tanks. I was wondering if I would be able to put a figure 8 in a 40 gallon with indian mudskippers instead of bumblebee gobies, or would that be pushing it?

@TazawaTanks 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, that would be a nice tank. Just make sure there’s enough water for the puffer.

@LordoftheLightskins 2 жыл бұрын

@@TazawaTanks Alright good to know cheers

@tylerkaplan4603 2 жыл бұрын

Watching this makes me want to get a brackish tank!

@EpicConspiracy 2 жыл бұрын

I need a mudskipper tank pronto

@ElGonzoMayor 2 жыл бұрын

I love bumblebees. They are so hard to find here in Mexico, that's my problem

@ianprososki6804 Жыл бұрын

Val and crypts did not live in my old mudskipper setup

@kendravoracek3636 2 жыл бұрын

💙💙

@sharonkaczorowski8690 Жыл бұрын

What is the species of the beautiful white and grey spotted fish scavenging in the night goby tank?

@TazawaTanks Жыл бұрын

That is a green spotted puffer (GSP)

@LaToyaAndrus 2 жыл бұрын

Never kept a brackish water aquarium...thinking about it to breed and raise nerite snails.

@kevinpoe8137 2 жыл бұрын

Do you still have your fiddler crabs

@ericag.4212 2 жыл бұрын

For the brackish water- do you use Rodi water still? Or, do you just add salt to freshwater?

@TazawaTanks 2 жыл бұрын

I just add salt to dechlorinated tap water.

@davidqueenan7852 2 жыл бұрын

Just saw my Amano shrimp is berried up and she's making me play with brackish water. Refractometer is on the way.

@TazawaTanks 2 жыл бұрын

Nice. Let me know how it goes. I just put a few Amano shrimp in a couple of my brackish tanks yesterday.

@mryes413 Жыл бұрын

Where can I buy indian mudskippers

@victorquintana6935 2 жыл бұрын

Zenzo out of curiosity you have never been interested in brackish tanks to have Archerfish, Red Scat, Monodactilus Sebae or Argentus or Moray Eel

@TazawaTanks 2 жыл бұрын

Not really, only because of their size. Archer fish maybe...if I had a large enough tank for them.

@treggbjorklund8089 2 жыл бұрын

If you don't mind me asking where did you buy your African mudskippers from?

@TazawaTanks 2 жыл бұрын

Some I got online from aquariumfishsale.com. Others I got from a local wholesaler.

@ericag.4212 2 жыл бұрын

I love the mudskippers and gobies. Do you think you will keep brackish Archers?

@TazawaTanks 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe one day if I have a tank large enough to keep them properly.

@ericag.4212 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your response! Really appreciate it!

@ericstone1642 2 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍👍*

@MartinFireExotics 2 жыл бұрын

Iv recently hears blood worms are bad for fish because they feed a pig caca.. since then I haven't fed my fish any blood worms and they stopped having stomach issues. Maybe it's making ur puffer not feel so good? Just and idea.

@victorquintana6935 2 жыл бұрын

I think what happen with you with all of the plants that you try is that you dont use the same salinity always or precise

@victorquintana6935 2 жыл бұрын

Zenzo remember that all those plants are freshwater and some are more delicate than others and all of them adapt to brackish water and maybe if you tried to use the same salinity, always precise, they would all be happy and just so you know I used once caulerpa is one macro algae that is used in salty fish tanks for the sumps and at that time my salinity was 1.010 and it multiplied super

@MandieBrooke 2 жыл бұрын

Mollies can handle brackish? I want a puffer so much and I have a "molly population problem" so I'm thinking this could solve my. Problem lol

@TazawaTanks 2 жыл бұрын

Mollies can actually acclimate to full marine. If you search, you can find people keeling mollies in saltwater tanks.

@MandieBrooke 2 жыл бұрын

Ooooooo that might my next project then

@dashthegamer8411 2 жыл бұрын

I live in India and I can get them in my back yard lol😅

@rikardfriberg9529 2 жыл бұрын

Have you tried nerite snails in your brackish tanks? In case, have you had any success with hatching their eggs? Read that they require brackish water to hatch.

@TazawaTanks 2 жыл бұрын

I have nerite snails in a couple of my brackish and tanks. No successful hatches yet.

@joeylovegrove1068 2 жыл бұрын

Hey have you heard about the bill trying to ban hundreds of fish species

@TazawaTanks 2 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@larryjacksonjr3636 2 жыл бұрын

Are you able to hold them like a lizard to feed or would they bite you

@TazawaTanks 2 жыл бұрын

It’s probably not good to handle them because of their skin.

@larryjacksonjr3636 2 жыл бұрын

I was wondering because I have a young son and know that if I had something like that he would want to touch them

@idgyroo 2 жыл бұрын

african mudskipper by far

@vickijokreis7481 Жыл бұрын

Do you think mudskipper can live in freshwater

@TazawaTanks Жыл бұрын

They can, but in my experience their lifespans shorten considerably.

@Ghost-oi1ph 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Zenzo, I'm not from the USA but I just heard about this " Competes Act (HR4521) " which just passed the House and will soon be voted by your senate. What are your thoughts about this? As I understand it will greatly affect the aquarium hobby and business there because alot of aquarium fish will be banned. I just got this info from another youtube channel " The Secret History Living In Your Aquarium ". This is a pretty sad news for the hobbist and industry there.