firefish compatability

tripinpn01 · 08/15/2007, 08:24 PM

are regular firefish compatible with purple firefish? and if i already have a small purple firefish, will i be able to add more?

thanks,
marcus

trmiv · 08/15/2007, 08:53 PM

Firefish are odd. They will often live together just fine for a decent length of time, and then one will become more dominant and start picking on the other. I read about this before I stuck a purple with a regular firefish, and hoped it wouldn't happen. Those two fish were together for six months, often even sleeping the in the same hole, before the purple started attacking the regular firefish. I ended up having to remove the regular firefish to prevent the purple from killing it.

08/15/2007, 08:24 PM	#1
tripinpn01 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: oc Posts: 786	firefish compatability are regular firefish compatible with purple firefish? and if i already have a small purple firefish, will i be able to add more? thanks, marcus

08/15/2007, 08:53 PM	#2
trmiv Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 3,082	Firefish are odd. They will often live together just fine for a decent length of time, and then one will become more dominant and start picking on the other. I read about this before I stuck a purple with a regular firefish, and hoped it wouldn't happen. Those two fish were together for six months, often even sleeping the in the same hole, before the purple started attacking the regular firefish. I ended up having to remove the regular firefish to prevent the purple from killing it. __________________ Current tank: Red Sea Reefer 350 Deluxe, Avast Marine Pegleg 180 skimmer, Gyre 150, Eheim 1262 return