Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago

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Ever since I saw Zenzo from @tazawatanks talk about his Indian dwarf mudskippers (Periophthalmus novemradiatus), I’ve been absolutely obsessed. I LOVE oddball fish because they’re so weird and unique, but they often come with specialized care requirements and I’m still in my “lazy fishkeeper” phase right now. So, after 1+ years of keeping them, I’m going to lay it all out there — how difficult is it really to keep a brackish tank, are they super easy or really high maintenance, and am I still going to keep them?

🐟 MATERIALS I USED
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▶ 20-gallon long aquarium: petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/product/aqueon-standard-glass-aquarium-tank-20-gallon
▶ Aquarium lid: petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/product/aqueon-versa-top-hinged-glass-aquarium-top-30-l
▶ Aragonite sand: amzn.to/4eHkSX0
▶ Marine salt: amzn.to/3BIMzjC
▶ Refractometer: amzn.to/3zMt0q9
▶ Refractometer calibration fluid: amzn.to/4043oQ7
▶ Easy Flow Sponge Filter: aquariumcoop.com/products/aquarium-co-op-coarse-sponge-filter
▶ Airline tubing: aquariumcoop.com/products/aquarium-co-op-black-airline-tubing
▶ Air pump: aquariumcoop.com/products/aquarium-co-op-air-pump
▶ Heater: amzn.to/3NmNKIb
▶ Turtle platform: amzn.to/3NmNKIb
▶ Black slate rock: aquarockscolorado.com

🌿 RESOURCES
▶ How to Set Up (and Maintain) a Brackish Aquarium: aquariumcoop.com/blogs/aquarium/brackish-aquarium

🦐 EXTRAS
▶ Members Only content: youtube.com/channel/UCNoNEF64ijgxK6OSTwdHOFA/join
▶ Instagram: instagram.com/girltalksfish
▶ Merch store: girltalksfish.creator-spring.com

EDITOR: Angela Guererro at angelaguererro.com

ATTRIBUTION
Music from Epidemic Sound: epidemicsound.com/referral/2earpi (if you use my referral link, I get 1 month free 😀)
Mudskipper fish.JPG by Beatriz Posada Alonso at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mudskipper_fish.JPG
Common Mudskipper (Periophthalmus kalolo) by JarJar at whatsthatfish.com/fish/common-mudskipper/3296#leaf
Schlammspringer by Gertrud K. at flickr.com/photos/gertrudk/3023791171
Mudskipper at publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=16638&large=1
Which MUDSKIPPERS Should I CHOOSE? by Tazawa Tanks at youtu.be/x_xcfyQjawc

#girltalksfish #mudskippers #aquariumfish

0:00 1 year update on my Indian dwarf mudskippers
0:37 Problem #1: Availability
1:36 Problem #2: Territorial (tank setup tips)
6:12 Feeding behaviors of mudskippers
7:36 What to feed dwarf mudskippers
9:50 Problem #3: Brackish water with no plants
12:52 Are mudskippers worth it?