can firefish be mix

[gunnwong]

can i mix the firefish in 12 g nano cube, I mean mix regular firefish, purple firefish and elfrich's Firefish in the same tank
thank you

 

[clord]

That seems like a lot of fish for a 12 gallon tank. I think I read somewhere that they will probably kill each other over time but not to sure.

 

[gunnwong]

I have had the purple and red fire fish for 2 month and they seem to get along fine

 

[ObscurityKnocks]

2 months is not along time. I had an adult male and a juvenile fairy wrasse of the same species for 4 months and everything seemed fine, I was told the juvenile was actually a female. Then one day the juvenile attacked and killed the bigger male. I have also heard of people attempting groupings of firefish that seemed to get along fine at first and then slowly members of the group were killed off.

There is no way I would mix an expensive fish like a Helfrich's firefish and risk it being killed by the other two.

 

[PoukieBear]

I wouldn't risk adding another firefish to that tank.

I especially wouldn't add an expensive fish like the helfrich's in case things don't go as planned and he gets killed off.

 

[Wolverine]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7058864#post7058864 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by PoukieBear
I wouldn't risk adding another firefish to that tank.

I especially wouldn't add an expensive fish like the helfrich's in case things don't go as planned and he gets killed off.

I completely agree. There's a reasonable chance that one of those two firefish already in there will die as they get bigger.

Dave