I Kept Pet Mudskippers for 1 Year… Was it worth it?

[@GirlTalksFish]

*What's your favorite oddball fish that you think everyone should try?* Don't forget to watch Zenzo's video on things you should know before getting a mudskipper: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHLGpq2LbLSEf6s

[@zenzotazawa1764]

Love your setup, Irene!!

[@Shadow-jk6ip]

wild mudskippers LOVE digging, probably the same for these fellas. They are actually very active in the wild, constantly burrowing and fighting for the gals.

[@allenmashburn3584]

IRENE!! It’s so good to see you. Happy you’re doing better and I love learning about mudskippers. GREAT VIDEO!! ❤

[@areacode911]

So happy to see you back! We love ya! Keep the vids coming!!!! You're so full of info and pure joy to listen to.

[@ChiliRasbora-s7i]

Yes!!! Girl talks fish you are the best! I started fishkeeping thanks to you! You are a huge help to me!!! Keep on doing your amazing content!!!

[@N8teyrve]

Americans are so lucky. We can’t get hardly any fish varieties in Australia. They government has even banned shrimp

[@LMat_MX]

Mexico with barely any laws on what pets can you keep🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿

[@dr.traplord1227]

o7 to the cousins across the pond

[@Blackheartgamer1]

Australia had many issues with invasive species so it’s understandable… the last thing they need is for the shrimp to evolve and start eating human flesh 😅.

[@123kurttruk]

There are areas in the U.S. that are over run with invasive species. Florida for instance. Plecos are in every body of water there.

[@garg4531]

@@123kurttrukI’ve seen gifs of the water just being *filled* with countless plecos

[@johnjwedrall4290]

So very good to hear from you. God bless you and keep you safe and happy and healthy 🙂🙏

[@juliemcgugan1244]

When I was a kid (about 30 years ago,) I caught mudskippers in an irrigation ditch, where I lived, in Singapore. I took them home, slowly acclimated them to freshwater and they thrived! They were such interesting little personalities!

[@FeatheredCreature]

Woah i never heard pf pet mudskippers before! 8 year old me would have loved to see this. I loved those guys, and would even pretend to be one burrowing into a sleeping bag haha

[@melanieperry2089]

Thanks Irene! So good to see you!!

[@ansleybleu]

Yea! Mudskippers are sooo interesting. Great video Irene!

[@garg4531]

Yeah brackish definitely isn’t too difficult, especially compared to saltwater, since you don’t have to worry too much about having a certain amount (ocean salinity is always more or less the same, brackish environments can fluctuate over the course of a single day, so they’re bound to handle any little mistakes you might make in that regard) Instead the biggest challenge is the limited options and even more limited availability 😅 But mollies are a good choice to start out with!

[@GirlTalksFish]

Yes, very much agree!

[@BooksMusicMe17]

Lots of the cute little mini pufferfish species also need brackish tanks!

[@ultramaximusreviews]

I've never heard of anyone keeping mudskippers. They are pretty cute looking. Interesting.

[@Z-S-H]

Awesome review I think this is one of the coolest experiaments you have ever tried I am glad it worked out for you!

[@LakeMissoulaAquaticsandPlants]

The first mudskipper video that makes me actually think I want one

[@pecosR0B]

right?? when I see them at the store I'm just thinking, "mmm... definitely not today"

[@jasdpasd9597]

hope you get well soon, you are so loved and adored out here !

[@Turtl3thecat]

This is exactly the video I needed right now :)

[@kotapony]

Your tank is just gorgeous! You have such a great eye for tank setups. 🙂 Thanks for the great video!

[@Wintersdark]

Fantastic video! I was really wondering how these worked out fornyou long term - thats something thats iften missed in "FishTube" videos, theyre about some new tank or new species, whatever the current hotness is, but theres rarely looks back on 6, 9, 12 month old tanks to see how they've worked out.

[@CK....]

Thank you for the update on the mudskippers!!! You made it sound much easier than I would have expected! And even more so being in Colorado, where I would question the difficulty of keeping the the humidity up. Another type of fish I'd like to have one day :)

[@doge3601]

im glad ur posting again. i hope ur okay now❤️

[@VivChen]

So glad to have you back! Thanks for making mudskippers and brackish tanks not seem so intimidating!

[@GreenPhantomPleco]

I learned so much! I've been so nervous to try brackish water but I feel more confident I could do it now

[@alessiaavalone6396]

Great to see a new video from you. Fantastic, informative content. Thanks!

[@FishLoft]

So glad you are back making videos! Love your videos....honest and entertaining!

[@angiemoore1741]

Great to see a video from you. I enjoy your thorough presentation of a subject. I am inspired by this video to consider a brackish set up.

[@SequoiaElisabeth]

I'm odd enough, so I don't keep oddball fish, LOL. I thoroughly enjoyed this video and am glad to see you back at work.

[@lisaamundson9716]

I’m my own oddball fish 😂

[@christina5961]

I missed watching your content! I've been waiting for a new video to come out :) Wishing you well

[@keithlowe5512]

cool tank, great to have you back

[@Adrian9324-p5i]

You should make a video on Bamboo shrimp

[@foodfam7651]

Thanks for posting once again. Glad to have you back. I enjoy your videos

[@paulachor2896]

This was totally fun to watch! Learned a lot. Miss your content, hope you are doing better.

[@yurihuta8487]

Thank you for sharing this detail rich video! Very helpful info about these fascinating species.

[@thomasb4467]

Cool video! Thank you for sharing Irene!

[@Daero1]

This is really cool, and you look great! I’m glad to see you upload

[@carolthorn]

great to have you back! i decided to step out of my comfort zone by starting a saltwater tank! always wanted to try!

[@christopherchan548]

U look good! Get well soon!🎉

[@inkandcaffeine]

i cant wait til my kiddos are bigger so i can get more pets "for them" 😆 right now in baby/toddler phase they have 80% of my attention so animals have decreased but it'll be so fun to share with them when theyre older!

[@judyschultheis]

Wonderful to see you! You make the best videos…a pea puffer is the oddest fish I have kept. 🙂

[@jakobraahauge7299]

that's so cool - and this video is just lovely, cute, and funny; a really good time! But I'll just watch you keep your mudskippers - they really are some winning characters. Hope you'll be well soon or comfortable, at least! Lots of love from Denmark

[@LisaTheWulf]

This was a great video. What a funny little creature, the mudskipper! Love your content.

[@garg4531]

She’s back!! *watches eagerly*

[@Felix-l3b]

scud mippers

[@MyBackHurts5265]

I’ve always mudskippers but I can barely keep up with my other tanks. Maybe in the future! 😊

[@pecosR0B]

Good to see you back, glad you're feelin a little better! I've kept a figure 8 puffer in a brackish tank (first a 15, then 20, now 40 gallon) and use 2 tbsp per gallon - I usually do 5 gallon water changes at a time, 10 if it's been several weeks. I just put the salt in the bucket then when I'm pumping the RODI water out of my trash can I use to store it in it mixes it up. I used to have a small water pump I'd put in and let it circulate the water for awhile until I was ready to do the change. That pump broke so I just put an airstone for now but usually most of the salt is absorbed. I haven't even used my refractometer since I first set up each of the tanks when I was moving him to a bigger tank. They are a little more work because I can't find any plants that will thrive in it - only some anubias has survived but definitely barely, so the water changes have to be more frequent than all of my planted tanks.

[@pecosR0B]

also the shot of the mudskipper behind the nerite snail was FANTASTIC

[@zubbu9190]

Beautiful setup❤❤❤

[@zenzotazawa1764]

Yay!!! Love these!

[@axelleaa]

MY DREAM FISH. I’m so glad you made this video 🥹🥹🥹

[@chrisclemens9103]

Your awesome!!! Love your videos! ❤

[@bambimccluskey]

Thank you Irene! 💌💙🩵💚

[@alcid2466]

Awesome, thank you for sharing a good video. one day Maybe I will try something like that. Good to see you 👍

[@jimmyjames2022]

Thanks Irene for an awesome update on keeping mudskippers and brackish tanks! I'm definitely a lazy aquarist so this is encouraging. Since it's brackish do the nerite snail eggs hatch?

[@joeyanderson6660]

Hi welcome back, is it a must for the mudskiper to have brackish or can they survive in clean freshwater with zero nitrates

[@mjh00124o]

Super cool I will have to try and keep these one day 👏

[@brockg6194]

Thanks for sharing.

[@marwanalaa5364]

welcome back

[@michellep4792]

They're so cute and quirky!

[@hillaryburdick9313]

Your mudskippers are adorable!

[@robbwilder]

We missed you!!

[@YoutubeenjoyerYoutube]

Welcome back

[@brianshoryuken3547]

We have an aqua important here in CO too, I love that store

[@alexherrera3918]

Good video, i wil share it with my son that is driving me crazy about having this skippers. I am curious what type of plant do you used for brackish food? Thanks

[@GirlTalksFish]

I used java ferns, which seem to do okay in brackish water with low specific gravity. However, they eventually end up browning and not doing well in the long run when I raised the specific gravity. I may give them a try again in the future though!

[@alexherrera3918]

@@GirlTalksFish ok , i may try a plastic java fern..😂. Tks

[@hemlockgaming9987]

I love mudskippers! They're so goofy🤣

[@GrowMoreVeggies]

Will the nerite eggs hatch with this level of salinity? Thank you for a great video!

[@32sashu]

They are so cute!😆💚

[@mittenista]

Have you considered macroalgae in place of plants? Chaeto might do well in brackish water

[@bradbrad247]

Huh, was just at aqua imports for the first time the other week. Small world!

[@GirlTalksFish]

They definitely have a huge selection since they sell online.

[@Windgoddess540]

I loved watching these mudskippers! They seem that have their own personalities ❤ Out of topic question: Do you guys prefer to mix saltwater for a new aquarium in buckets or in the aquarium itself? I’ve always done it in buckets, but I’m thinking that if the it needs to cycle anyway, the salt should be desolved completely by the end of it.

[@joeyanderson6660]

Usually in a bucket and then to measure proper salt levels Do you have a brackish or saltwater tank

[@Kraus-]

I didn't know brackish salinity was such a wide range. I'll try it in a few years when I have space for a second tank.

[@grantflippin7808]

that red fin is pretty

[@queenblehofghosting8963]

Wow brackish water 🔥🥳

[@rodrigoandrade256]

I'm curious about what are the smaller fish in the tank with the skippers

[@SMDoktorPepper]

They are very cool... A big issue with brackish fish is the high level of aggression. Then they always get bigger than one might think. Scats, monos, and the assorted gobies get REALLY big.

[@SMDoktorPepper]

Oh, and you can keep chromide cichlids, but they might be very aggressive

[@diwakar4457]

Hi irene as I have just done fishless new planted aquarium cycle with my drinking uv filter which is not ro just uv filter water which I use for drinking too but the filter also have additional active Cooper zinc ion candle which is add when filtering the water but don't know in what range it has Cooper and zinch it is written for human safe limits. As I am new in this hobby came to know that Cooper is not good for fish also so I am planning to add betta fish in next week and also Cooper testing is very expensive in India help me out in telling that water will be safe or not for fish. My water tds is 250 help me out or should i have to do again cycling with tap water

[@raymond4648]

I think im in love 😅

[@professorm4171]

You can try macro algae/ seaweed if you miss plants.

[@c.a.fontaine1074]

I live near a brackish river and the only plant I see growing in is is grass at the water's edge.

[@rachaelwhelchel8176]

I low key want one. The little eyes remind me of old nickelodeon cartoons.

[@MJW173]

Irene you're glowing! glad to see you again!

[@JessikaSainthilaire]

Hey Irene what is your current betta?

[@Specogecko]

You gotta consider the habitat these fish come from. They’re on land most of the time in the wild

[@drewng9852]

What are the little floating things? Water fleas?

[@johncameron4194]

Hope you keep them

[@girrig97]

im doin java fern, bacopa monneri, lileopsis polythania and nana val in a brackish tank (1.005) for psuedomugil cyanodoorsailis

[@johncameron4194]

They are cute

[@soucouyant]

Love mudskippers. They're like land gobies....😅

[@billyshadoan6881]

love you irene

[@BeetleBuns]

well they look totally slick so yea it's probably worth it lol

[@DanKillam]

I wonder if you could grow Salicornia (pickleweed) in there. Maybe the substrate isn't right

[@nathan_v2269]

OMG, YOUR BACK! What health issue?

[@GirlTalksFish]

I had a health issue back in late 2023 and had to take a break from KZbin to address it and my work/life balance. Feeling much better right now though. :)

[@errk25]

Nice video. I always thought it might be a lot of work to maintain a mudskipper tank. But you showed it’s not really bad at all. They look like fun. Great info. Thanks!

[@206beastman]

Couldnt you put a couple pea puffers in there are they not brackish

[@fishlove1854]

Awesome where is Zenso hope all is well with him haven't seen any vids in some time!

[@GirlTalksFish]

He's still working at Aquarium Co-Op and is in charge of running all the departments, so I'm sure they're keeping him busy!

[@Specogecko]

They’re a lot tinier than the African mudskipper I once had

[@Nemesis0513]

I’m not sure how likely it is to be true, but I’ve heard that some species of Ulva algae (the lactuca being one) are capable of surviving in the higher end of brackish salinities (the one I heard about was around 1.015 specific gravity), maybe somebody might find it worth a try? No idea if it’ll survive the lower end, though, so it might be a bit too picky for the usual brackish keepers.

[@nyves104]

💜💜💜💜

[@markvijit]

did you mean Bay of Bengal? cause I've never heard of the Bay of Bombay..

[@lukejakaria6449]

Cooooool

[@Loja_das_Macroalgas]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Ishan.patel.]

I dont know why people have so much trouble keeping them they can survive overnight in a freezer