mudskippers and crabs

sploke · 03-21-2007, 06:45 AM

Just an fyi for anyone interested...I have had my mudskipper tank set up for about 6 or 8 months now. I had about 4 or 5 fiddler crabs in the tank before I added the mudskipper. From all the research I did, I didn't find anything that indicated the crabs would be a problem. Well I was watching the tank last night, and noticed a bunch of motion. One of the fiddler crabs was out scavenging the bottom, the mudskipper had gotten hold of it and was thrashing it all over the place. He ended up tearing it in half and eating most of it. Behavior I would have expected out of a puffer, but not so much a mudskipper. So, in case anyone's considering it, something to consider.

reiverix · 03-21-2007, 07:00 AM

That's quite interesting and would have been a cool capture for a video.

JinxXx0085 · 03-21-2007, 08:26 AM

Whoa! Holy cow. I guess the mudskipper has gotten bigger and bold enough to take down a fiddler crab.

What will you do with the rest of the fiddler crabs? Let them be the food or rehome them?

Dirk · 03-21-2007, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by JinxXx0085

Whoa! Holy cow. I guess the mudskipper has gotten bigger and bold enough to take down a fiddler crab.

What will you do with the rest of the fiddler crabs? Let them be the food or rehome them?

Maybe you could become famous with a video documenting your killer mudskipper.

sploke · 03-21-2007, 07:15 PM

Haha, if I had a digital video camera I'd set it up in front of the tank and see what I could capture. I'm not sure how many crabs are left in the tank, since they hide pretty much all the time, so I'll probably just end up leaving them in there and see how they do. Survival of the fittest in this place.

03-21-2007, 06:45 AM	#1 (permalink)
sploke ladies love country boys Join Date: May 2006 Location: Eastern CT Posts: 390	mudskippers and crabs Just an fyi for anyone interested...I have had my mudskipper tank set up for about 6 or 8 months now. I had about 4 or 5 fiddler crabs in the tank before I added the mudskipper. From all the research I did, I didn't find anything that indicated the crabs would be a problem. Well I was watching the tank last night, and noticed a bunch of motion. One of the fiddler crabs was out scavenging the bottom, the mudskipper had gotten hold of it and was thrashing it all over the place. He ended up tearing it in half and eating most of it. Behavior I would have expected out of a puffer, but not so much a mudskipper. So, in case anyone's considering it, something to consider. __________________ Current project "So long, and thanks for all the fish."

03-21-2007, 07:00 AM	#2 (permalink)
reiverix Ach Join Date: May 2006 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 1,764	That's quite interesting and would have been a cool capture for a video. __________________ John R Puffer Forum

03-21-2007, 08:26 AM	#3 (permalink)
JinxXx0085 Jinxy Jinx Join Date: May 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 705	Whoa! Holy cow. I guess the mudskipper has gotten bigger and bold enough to take down a fiddler crab. What will you do with the rest of the fiddler crabs? Let them be the food or rehome them? __________________ CrazyStrangeGal

03-21-2007, 07:15 PM	#5 (permalink)
sploke ladies love country boys Join Date: May 2006 Location: Eastern CT Posts: 390	Haha, if I had a digital video camera I'd set it up in front of the tank and see what I could capture. I'm not sure how many crabs are left in the tank, since they hide pretty much all the time, so I'll probably just end up leaving them in there and see how they do. Survival of the fittest in this place. __________________ Current project "So long, and thanks for all the fish."

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