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Posted by eazykinda on May 02, 2003 at 07:16:33:
In Reply to: "Don't mix species!" posted by juyeda on May 02, 2003 at 02:06:02:
I might get a bit of heat from this, but I will say that I don't think its too much of a problem to mix species from the same locality (for example, if I found E. bislineata and P. glutinosis and P. cinereus in the same ravine) I wouldn't see a problem with putting the species in the same aquarium. Note that when I do do this, it is usually in a 10+ (usually 20 gallon long) aquarium and I usually take some of the soil/leaf litter from around where I found them. I also build soil up in some areas to try and create mini-moisture gradients, so the animals can choose which moisture levels they prefer. Anyways-I have mixed E. longicauda, E. bislineata, P. cinereus, P. glutinosis and Desmognathus species in teh same tank (NOT all at the same time-normally the Desmognathus would be in a small tank with a soil/sand substrate with a layer of mud and a living sphagnum moss cover. The Desmognathus usually only had E. bislineata or Pseudotriton ruber as their companion.) Note that these were all found in the same location-not from different states.
:I know that I'll probably get a ton of people responding to this post saying that you should never, ever mix speciesm, and feel free to do so. But I would like to know what combinations have worked for people and what they think will work. For example, can you mix species of ambystoma? I have a 40 gallon tank with an Ambystoma gracile and was wondering if it could only be paired with another of the same species (of course I don't mean paired as in breeding). Besides that, I would just like to know what people have had long-term success with mixing species.
To answer your question though-if you are wanting to add another A. gracile in with another A. gracile, there is no problem with that at all-just make sure you quarantine the new one and that they are approximately the same size before you add them together.
Hope that helps
~Mike
