"Do not Mix" thread

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"Do not Mix" thread

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I thought it might be interesting to start a thread on things not to be mixed in a reef tank. Too many times have i burned a coral not knowing, mixed a fish to find it did not get along. I am going to start a couple off the top of my head and everyone feel free to add to it. The first post will have the list and i will add and edit as the thread goes.

FISH

Purple Tangs=Yellow Tang
Maroon Clown=Other of same Genus

Corals

Colonial Polyps=Cabbage Coral
SPS=Mushrooms,Zooanthids
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Mushrooms and SPS
Zooanthids (in the rockwork) and SPS
Maroon clown with any other clown
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pygmy angels with any other pygmy angels... even in a 240g 8' tank, they fought.
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Spectacled Hawkfish and small damsel... Lunch!
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Hydnophoras in any vicinity of your prized SPS corals.
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Re: "Do not Mix" thread

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snoopdog wrote:Purple Tangs=Yellow Tang
Maroon Clown=Other of same Genus
Hey, now, I have to disagree on that :) This comes down to a "territory vs. space available" thing. I have kept clowns (maroon and true perc) at least until the maroon disapeared (probably due to either the carpet or the conde anemone), and am keeping three yellow tangs and a purple tang... it all depends on tank size :)
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Grey angel ( AkA Yellow banded coral eater) and corals.
File fish and corals
Butter fly fish and corals.

All these fish sure were fun to catch diving but wasn't very fun trying to catch out of my tank.
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Re: "Do not Mix" thread

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ShagMan wrote: Hey, now, I have to disagree on that :) This comes down to a "territory vs. space available" thing. I have kept clowns (maroon and true perc) at least until the maroon disapeared (probably due to either the carpet or the conde anemone), and am keeping three yellow tangs and a purple tang... it all depends on tank size :)
It may be a territory thing but I had a couple of different types of clowns that were all very small with an extremely small maroon and the maroon tortured and killed them all.
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Beer and hard liquor.
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Phisher wrote:Beer and hard liquor.
Nah, that's ok if you have the liquor first. :D
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Phisher wrote:Beer and hard liquor.
In Ryans case Beer, hard liquor and wine. Bad combination.
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Mixing your colored liqour with clear... whiskey/tequilla and mix with vodka, for example.... BAD!
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Aftershock liquer and pigs in a blanket :P
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asian reef geek and alcohol
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