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| Animal Combinations; Mixed exhibits questions | |
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| Topic Started: Nov 23 2014, 09:51 PM (123,736 Views) | |
| Stephen | Mar 13 2017, 03:02 PM Post #2236 |
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Agoutis work too, and I suppose birds might work too, but not entirely certain about that. |
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| Jony | Mar 13 2017, 03:08 PM Post #2237 |
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Guanacos, vicugnas and rheas work, too. |
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| TheToastinator | Mar 13 2017, 04:02 PM Post #2238 |
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A piece of toast and a terminator.
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Can a group of three Belguas live with two or three harbor seals? |
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| Cowrie | Mar 13 2017, 04:34 PM Post #2239 |
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While I've never seen it done, I don't see why large cavimorph rodents other than maras and capybaras wouldn't work. Maybe a paca? Seeing as belugas have a reputation of being prone to beaching, I think it would be less than ideal to house them with a semi-aquatic species. While "beaching" in captivity wouldn't be life threatening, it would be unesscessarily stressful. A better tank mate for harbor seals would be another pinniped. They do well with California sea lions. I'm planning a Hawaiian reef tank. So far species I have in mind are great barracudas, spotted eagle rays, blacktip reef sharks and a hawksbill sea turtle. Are there any potential conflicts there, and are there any other species from that area that would fit into the mix? Edited by Cowrie, Mar 13 2017, 04:56 PM.
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| Furka | Mar 13 2017, 05:28 PM Post #2240 |
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The Georgia Aquarium actually keeps beluga with harbor seals. That combination sounds totally fine, as for more stuff you could add more sharks like whitetip reef, carangidae (bluefin trevally ?), groupers (Idk if we have species from that exact location tho) and other bony fishes large or aggressive enough to not worry about the other predators (large angelfish, triggerfish, pufferfish ...) Edited by Furka, Mar 13 2017, 05:35 PM.
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| Consultant | Mar 13 2017, 05:45 PM Post #2241 |
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As giant anteaters are always sleeping or constantly moving, I would recommend an armadillo species or red footed/yellow footed tortoise. These guys are almost constantly moving and they are ground dwelling. |
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| Jannick | Mar 13 2017, 05:47 PM Post #2242 |
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Papua merdeka!
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You could probably avoid this by sticking to deep-water pools without shallows and simply letting the seals haul out on floating rafts or a 'hard shoreline'. Seals don't really need shallow water, anyway. |
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| Cowrie | Mar 14 2017, 03:59 PM Post #2243 |
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Would a giant grouper be too large and aggressive for the afore mentioned reef aquarium? I ask because they'll apparently eat small sharks and I'm not sure if the blacktip reef sharks would be at risk. Also, would a smaller moray eel such as a snowflake moray be okay in that tank? |
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| Furka | Mar 14 2017, 04:09 PM Post #2244 |
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Fully grown blacktip should be safe, plus groupers are lazy fish and they'd probably forget about trying to hunt if kept well fed. Just to be sure, make the aquarium larger, so that everything can keep their distances. |
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| Fireplume | Mar 15 2017, 01:03 PM Post #2245 |
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Sounds good so far though I dunno if I'd have Hawksbill in there over Green Sea Turtle, but that's honestly personal choice ![]() As Furka said Whitetip Reef Sharks are a definite choice (even moreso than Blacktip Reef, but both are fine), Trevallies (I'd go with Bigeye here, it's the one I remember seeing the most). Convict Tangs, Yellow Tangs, Reef Triggerfish, Saddle Wrasse, and a Parrotfish, though I dunno if we have an appropriate species. If you really wanted you could put in a Tiger Shark too but that's hardly necessary.
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| Cowrie | Mar 15 2017, 07:05 PM Post #2246 |
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Would fish the size of the tangs and wrasse be okay with the reef sharks, or would they be better kept in a separate, smaller tank? As for the tiger shark, probably not a good idea to put one in with a sea turtle.
Edited by Cowrie, Mar 15 2017, 07:06 PM.
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| Fireplume | Mar 16 2017, 12:02 AM Post #2247 |
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Meh remember in captivity big predators won't harm most other tank-mates (especially something like a sea turtle). And yes, I've personally seen that combo before and it'd be fine. |
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Mar 16 2017, 05:08 PM Post #2248 |
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ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴏʙsᴇssᴇᴅ
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What fish could I keep with a muskellunge? I know they're predatory but I didn't want a tank with nothing but a single muskie in it, really. |
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| Furka | Mar 16 2017, 05:49 PM Post #2249 |
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Could try with other large predatory fish like big bass or such, but it's risky. Maybe catfish could work because of their spines. Sturgeons could do, but then you have the issue of them needing relatively barren floor, while Esocidae require some form of cover. |
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| Cowrie | Mar 19 2017, 11:14 AM Post #2250 |
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I want to do an exhibit featuring two or three species of African ground birds, but I'm not sure which species would get along best and have the most similar enclosure needs. Here's the list of species I'm considering: Secretary bird, ostrich, guineafowl (either helmeted, or if available, vulturine), marabou stork, grey-crowned crane, southern ground hornbill, shoebill, goliath heron and/or hamerkop. Note, I only want two or three species per exhibit. Thanks! Edited by Cowrie, Mar 19 2017, 11:50 AM.
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