Different Ocean Origins

[pass1over]

#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#I searched the best I could and couln't find anything that answered my question. So here goes.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#I was curious if you can put fish/inverts from the Indian ocean in with fish/inverts from the caribbean ocean? Or any other combonation of oceans for that matter.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Will the critters from different oceans in the world be able to tolerate each other, get along, and live harmoniously, barring any psychological issues of course?#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#

[tigersax7]

#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#the simple answer is yes you can...but not all criters will be compatible with others so some caution should be used. As far as i know you should be able to mix things from different parts of the ocean, the water chemistry is basicaly thesame all over...tempture varys by only a little bit though. Some one corect me on this butI think if you mix things from all over you get whats called a garden varity tank but i could be way off on that term.Any way long story short just do some home work to make surethe criters you intend to mixwillget along together , I havent heard of any one ever being concerned about where in the ocean their live stock comes from but again maby im wrong...use your best judgement. Any one have any thoughts?#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#

[dakar]

A great question for the group!

Mentioned was temps, another factor to consider is the native salinty from which your critters originate (in the wild), aquacultured/tank raised will tend to be much hardier and do better in a captive environment, less stress moving from tank to tank versus ocean to tank(s).

For the most part do your homework, nothing like bringing home a new critter only to find out later it's favorite food is ome of your prized coral, starfish, shrimp etc....

[pass1over]

Yea, i've bought the occasional critter home from the LFS just beacuse he "lo0ks cool", only to find out later I cannot properly take care of them, for whatever reason. Had a Koran Angel, that after like 6 months of living fine with the brittle star, he started nibbling on him. Then there was the mandarin goby, /sigh.#ed_op#BR#ed_cl##ed_op#BR#ed_cl#I understand that certain fish dont get along with others and you cant have 2 of the same species in the same tank on certain ones.#ed_op#BR#ed_cl##ed_op#BR#ed_cl#The different ocean thing, I was just curious if they had different requirements or is that information always displayed so that people who want to only have sealife from say, the Indian Ocean in their tank can be sure its all from the same place?#ed_op#BR#ed_cl##ed_op#BR#ed_cl##ed_op#BR#ed _cl##ed_op#BR#ed_cl#p.s.~have read lots of go0d info here, keep it comin!#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#

[dakar]

The different ocean thing, I was just curious if they had different requirements or is that information always displayed so that people who want to only have sealife from say, the Indian Ocean in their tank can be sure its all from the same place?

That would seem to be the case from most online vendors, not sure if they are indicating that is where they are natively found or if that's to identify where they were actually collected (wild vs. captive bred maybe?) For animals that are extremely intolerant of certain water parameters I'd assume that would be useful as well...

Really just thinking out loud, maybe some of the more salty folks will jump in here and shar their views.

[kmmahan]

#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#It's also weird that Indian Ocean fish are cheaper than other ocean fish if you buy online-- Supposedly indian ocean fish are not as colorful as fish from other oceans-- I don't know if that is true or not--#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#