Mixing Breeds

[DirtinLa]

LFS told me not to mix breeds in the same tank...

been looking and can't find any info?

Help please

Thanx in advance

-=Fred=-

 

[rayjay]

Occasionally some hobbyists have been able to get away with mixing species, but the great majority of cases, it can be problematic mixing even same species from different breeding sources.

 

[Mo2]

Do you know what type of species you are planning to mix? I personally mix Reidi and erectus, however all of mine are from good cb sources.

 

[DirtinLa]

I have tiger tail now and getting a second.... BUT we are moving to a larger 36 gallon coral...

and thinking about getting a couple erectur or reidi

 

[Mo2]

Tigertail? Were they from a US breeder or one of the cheap ones from the LFS? If it was one of those from the LFS and not from a US breeder I would be careful. I've never had good luck with those. Even just mixing LFS tiger tail with US Breed Tigertail caused problems for me. I would proceed with caution.

 

[MrReef101]

Problems as in fighting? Or what kind of problem Mo2?

 

[Mo2]

bacterial, viral, sudden lost of appetite, etc. Not fighting tho, I've never really witnessed seahorses fight.

 

[DirtinLa]

The genre is a hippocampus comes... he was a rescue from a 350 gallon tank that was being taken down...

he readily eats frozen mysis

so I have no idea of his heritage