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Animal Combinations; Mixed exhibits questions
Topic Started: Nov 23 2014, 09:51 PM (123,717 Views)
Furka
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Yeah I'm pretty sure I've seen that combination at Oliemeulen and they also had another tortoise species in it. How many of each gender per species should be your main concern there.
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I was thinking two or three female iguanas with one male and for the tortoises either a single male or a male/female pair. As for the other species, would it happen to have been yellow-footed tortoises? They're pretty commonly kept with red-foots, even though there's a hybridization risk.
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Furka
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No, it was elongated tortoise.
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Cowrie
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Huh. Different continent, but similar general requirements, so it would certainly work.

Any thoughts on the combination of wood turtle/American bullfrog I propose last page? I edited my post around the same time you replied, so you may not have seen it.
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Cowrie
Aug 28 2017, 04:10 PM
Huh. Different continent, but similar general requirements, so it would certainly work.

Any thoughts on the combination of wood turtle/American bullfrog I propose last page? I edited my post around the same time you replied, so you may not have seen it.
It would work. If you give sufficient amount of hiding spaces, the animals will rarely meet and still have evidence of each other. If you want other animals, you can put in a few sunfish and maybe an eastern painted turtle. You can also add small birds but the frog will eat them if given the chance.
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TheToastinator
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A piece of toast and a terminator.

Are there any species from the same area as the Delhezi bichir that could share a tank with a couple bichir?
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TheToastinator
Sep 3 2017, 08:23 PM
Are there any species from the same area as the Delhezi bichir that could share a tank with a couple bichir?
You could put in a freshwater butterflyfish or two, and depending on the size of the tank either a single elephantnose fish or a school of 6+ of them. Congo tetras would probably also work, but I'm not sure if anyone's made those. In a big enough tank they could probably coexist with a school of ropefish, but since we definitely don't have those in game right now that's a moot point.

I have a few aquatic combos of my own I'd like checked.

First of all, a large Caribbean Reef tank with bonnethead sharks, French angelfish, great barracudas, queen parrotfish, trumpetfish, a tiger shark and maybe a green sea turtle. Are there any conflicts there? Are there any must-have species I left out? I'd also like some sort of ray in the tank, but I'm not sure what species would best fit in.

There's also an Amazon River tank. Are there any issues keeping butterfly peacock bass, giant arapaima, ocellate river stingrays, payara, pirapitinga, redtail catfish, some sort of large plecostomus, and maybe a gilded catfish together? I'd also like tiger shovelnoses and ripsaw catfish, but as of right now we don't have either in the game.

Information as to the numbers of individuals of a given species that can be kept together would also be helpful for both tanks.
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stargatedalek
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I'm not slow! That's just my moe!

Bichir are actually pretty calm and easy to combine with things. I've seen them kept with everything from Asian Arowana to Pumpkinseed.
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stargatedalek
Sep 3 2017, 11:11 PM
Bichir are actually pretty calm and easy to combine with things. I've seen them kept with everything from Asian Arowana to Pumpkinseed.
True, but Toastinator wanted fish from the same area and environment.
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stargatedalek
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I'm not slow! That's just my moe!

Cowrie
Sep 3 2017, 11:17 PM
stargatedalek
Sep 3 2017, 11:11 PM
Bichir are actually pretty calm and easy to combine with things. I've seen them kept with everything from Asian Arowana to Pumpkinseed.
True, but Toastinator wanted fish from the same area and environment.
Fair enough, it's not easy to think of much from the same area. You're best bet is gonna be looking up fish from the area in regards to hobby fish keeping. The hard part will be finding a fish in-game that can pass as the desired species.

Or if you're looking for something more general, you can probably also look at turtles.
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Dylan
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Okapi and Yellow-backed duikers are fine, aren't they? I've seen okapi with other duiker and would consider this the same
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Esbardo
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It's been done before in Houston and Cincinnati zoo without any problems that I know of.
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Zoo Tycooner FR
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#Lithopédion

It's been done in Wuppertal as well, and as you know Natal red duiker/Okapi is a common combination in European zoos. I don't think there's any problem at combining them. :)
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TheToastinator
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A piece of toast and a terminator.

Could I keep a well-fed goliath tigerfish with elephantnoses and barred bichir or would it be too dangerous?
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-Vombat-
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G'day mate

@TheToastinator They are current loving species which require quite complex tank set-ups (I have a friend who breeds them for the aquarium trade). I know that he likes to mix them with barbs, Tarpons and bichirs so it should pose no problem as long as they are about the same size as the tigerfishes.

Would it be a good idea to mix turtles with ground-dwelling birds such as Maleo or partridges?

Edited by -Vombat-, Sep 11 2017, 08:09 AM.
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