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Animal Combinations; Mixed exhibits questions
Topic Started: Nov 23 2014, 09:51 PM (123,744 Views)
stargatedalek
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I'm not slow! That's just my moe!

Yes, electric eels are not good tankmates for anything.

You can swap the tetras with silver dollars if you want.

Be careful with arowana, they vary in temperament a lot more than most fish.
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Uolym
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Montreal's Biodôme keeps Red-bellied Piranhas with shoals of between 8 to 12 species of tetras, freshwater angelfish, plecos and bristlenoses, otocinclus, pictus cats, two species of hatchetfish, one of pencilfish, small cichlids and... it works! As long as there are enough plants n logs, enough space too (the tank is big) and that you keep the piranhas well-fed, there are no big issue. Piranhas are basically big bulldog tetras. They can be very aggressive and dangerous for sure, but keep them well-fed, entairtained and focus on the right kind of food, they are basically boring fugly fish. :P
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stargatedalek
Jan 18 2017, 09:16 PM
Yes, electric eels are not good tankmates for anything.
Well, Berlin keeps small tetras with them.
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Furka
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Bhutan
Jan 18 2017, 06:33 PM
In an Amazonian tank could I include these together: Red Tail Catfish, Severum, Oscar, Oscellated River Stingray, Tetras, Plecos, Arowana, Arapaima, Black Pacu, Mata-Mata and maybe a Piraìba?

Aside from the tetra issue others have pointed out already, I'd say that Severum and Oscar might be at risk too if you have arapaimas (especially the severum since it's the smallest of the bunch). If you really want to add cichlids you could go for peacock bass but it's a territorial species so be careful.

Also Matamata turtles are usually kept in tanks with shallow water to make surfacing to breath easier for them. A tank with the fish combination you suggested will most likely be very large and probably less suited for them.
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Esbardo
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Could chital deer be mixed with gaur ?
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Anton
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King of Cotingas

Should work, yeah ;)
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-Vombat-
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G'day mate

Would it be a good idea to mix Sumatran rhino with Sambar deer? I know that many zoos keep Indian Rhino in mixed exhibits.
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TheToastinator
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A piece of toast and a terminator.

Can any species of fish, amphibians, or other reptiles live in an exhibit with Green iguanas and Dwarf caimans?
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Furka
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Dwarf caimans can be combined with fish (either too large to be eaten or too small to be noticeable) and freshwater turtles.

Iguanas can be comined with other reptiles like other lizards, tortoises and turtles and even snakes. Fish too if you have enough water room.
As an example, Genoa keeps Green Iguana with basilisk, matamata, scorpion mud turtle, boa constrictor and some cichlids, all in the same exhibit.
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TheToastinator
Jan 25 2017, 05:01 PM
Can any species of fish, amphibians, or other reptiles live in an exhibit with Green iguanas and Dwarf caimans?
At Shedd we have mata-matas and cichlids with the dwarf caimans.
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Bhutan
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TheToastinator
Jan 25 2017, 05:01 PM
Can any species of fish, amphibians, or other reptiles live in an exhibit with Green iguanas and Dwarf caimans?
Also as far as I am aware the California Academy of Sciences exhibits their green iguanas with a green anaconda
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Fireplume
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Bhutan
Jan 25 2017, 06:37 PM
TheToastinator
Jan 25 2017, 05:01 PM
Can any species of fish, amphibians, or other reptiles live in an exhibit with Green iguanas and Dwarf caimans?
Also as far as I am aware the California Academy of Sciences exhibits their green iguanas with a green anaconda
They've been since switched with a Red-tailed Boas and cichlids are kept with them now...

As for Toastinator, I'd use cichlids personally, and maybe butterflies if it's large enough/enough air room.
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the dark phoenix
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Furka
Jan 25 2017, 05:17 PM
Dwarf caimans can be combined with fish (either too large to be eaten or too small to be noticeable) and freshwater turtles.

Iguanas can be comined with other reptiles like other lizards, tortoises and turtles and even snakes. Fish too if you have enough water room.
As an example, Genoa keeps Green Iguana with basilisk, matamata, scorpion mud turtle, boa constrictor and some cichlids, all in the same exhibit.
In DC, I saw a iguana with Toucans and a Macaw.
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TheToastinator
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A piece of toast and a terminator.

Thanks for the ideas. :) So, this is the full combination-

Green Iguana
Dwarf Caiman
Matamata
Cichlids

Can they all live in one large exhibit? My main concerns are with the turtles- will they eat the fish? Also, would the fish and caimans be happy in the stagnant water required for the turtles?
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Furka
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Caimans don't really care about water flow because they don't breath underwater, so as long as the stagnation doesn't cause too much dirt to pile up and pollute the water they'll be fine.
The fish will be fine depending on their size, as Matamatas can't tear prey into pieces and so they won't eat anything they can't swallow (however what's too large for a Matamata might be ideal snack range for a caiman ...)
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