Welcome to Gaia! ::

Anywho, I'm starting up a mudskipper tank, and I intend to get some mangrove propagules to help filter the water and be generally pretty. What I was wondering is what kind of bulb will best supply them with the light they need? I've read that they prefer a moderate-intensity daylight lamp, with yellowish light. Will a Hagen FLORA-GRO bulb work, or is there anything else that would work better?

Update:

My tank is now fully cycled and stocked. My pH 8 with a specific gravity of about 1.008.

Inhabitants:
-2 Periophalmus barbarus mudskippers. (Named Blinky and Fluffy, respectively.)
-3 Black sailfin mollies. (1 male, 2 female.)
-1 extemely neurotic silver scat.

Blinky has become very tame, and has learned to climb up on my hand to eat. Fluffy is still a bit shy.

I have found a store that occasionally carries mangrove seedings. I will be getting two or three in the near future.

UPDATE: I moved the puffers into my freshwater tank, and have replaced them with three sailfin mollies. They have been thriving so far, spawning has occurred and one female is definately pregnant. The other one may be pregnant too.

Im not entirely sure about this one.. however i do love the idea of a mudskipper tank! Ill look online, but no promise ill fined anything worth sharing v.v. I have a flora-gro light in my planted tank and it does quite well, i would suggest getting one and maybe a basking lamp with some uva/b rays to help with the daylight lamp.

I added my first mudskipper today, and he seems to be doing very well. He spends most of his time exploring the tank. In my opinion, CUUUUUUUUUTEE!!!!!! is an understatement. heart

I'll take some pics once I feel like it. I'm so lazy, lol. sweatdrop

What a pretty tank!! It looks so nice so far! I never thought about haveing mudskippers for pets. I watched and learned about them a little from watching the animal planet. Tell me how it works out. They are cute!

stare Any animal exploring is CUTE! heart heart heart

as has been said pics would be awesome! ^__^

Aww, poor Fluffy, don't let Blinky push him around too much.
I often have to push away my biggest goldfish so the smaller can eat.
I uh, can't see the pictures though =/

Fluffy finally got his revenge on Blinky. A couple nights ago I gave my last five crickets to the mudskippers. They were poured in near Fluffy, and he crammed at least four of them into his mouth at once. (Mind you this fish is only three inches long!) He carried them back into his burrow, leaving poor Blinky to chase the one surviving cricket.