Mixing genicanthus angels???

[ssminnow81]

Has anyone tried mixing different genicanthus angels in the same tank?(bellus,swallowtail,wantanabe,zebra). I have a masked swallowtail (g.semifaciatus)and im thinking about adding 2 more females from this genus. Any info would help thanx.

 

[Reef Fixations]

It depends on the size of your tank, how much rock work you have, the personalities of the individual female/male and your luck. It's usually better to have at least 1 male in the tank to keep the females at bay but not even that always works. I've mixed females with a male in the tank without issue.

I've seen males go at it hard but some people have luck in larger tanks. Females can be extremely hard on eachother while trying to figure out who the dominant female is and sometimes so much so that the new female doesn't have a chance. I've lost females before trying to get them to pair up and see how long it takes for a female to turn into a male but with no luck because one killed the other.

Anything can be done but it's your luck of the draw. I've successfully mixed new females with existing females and did not have an issue. There was a huge male in the tank tho. I sold a pair to someone that had 3 different females in the tank and the female that was the same to my pair that I sold attacked my female relentlessly until my female was removed weeks later. The existing female that remained was the one that got beaten up by the other existing females prior to the new pair's introduction. My female had been mixed with another female in my tank 4 weeks after she had established that tank as her territory and I was lucky enough not to have had any issues.

Bottom line is, luck of the draw. They were in a 250-350g system. My holding tanks back then were 40g's and recently I tried putting 2 different pairs in a 75g holding tank with tons of PVC fittings and no luck and had to relocate 1 pair.

Best of luck!

 

[prattreef]

It depends on the size of your tank, how much rock work you have, the personalities of the individual female/male and your luck. It's usually better to have at least 1 male in the tank to keep the females at bay but not even that always works. I've mixed females with a male in the tank without issue.

I've seen males go at it hard but some people have luck in larger tanks. Females can be extremely hard on eachother while trying to figure out who the dominant female is and sometimes so much so that the new female doesn't have a chance. I've lost females before trying to get them to pair up and see how long it takes for a female to turn into a male but with no luck because one killed the other.

Anything can be done but it's your luck of the draw. I've successfully mixed new females with existing females and did not have an issue. There was a huge male in the tank tho. I sold a pair to someone that had 3 different females in the tank and the female that was the same to my pair that I sold attacked my female relentlessly until my female was removed weeks later. The existing female that remained was the one that got beaten up by the other existing females prior to the new pair's introduction. My female had been mixed with another female in my tank 4 weeks after she had established that tank as her territory and I was lucky enough not to have had any issues.

Bottom line is, luck of the draw. They were in a 250-350g system. My holding tanks back then were 40g's and recently I tried putting 2 different pairs in a 75g holding tank with tons of PVC fittings and no luck and had to relocate 1 pair.

Best of luck!

What he said. Possible, but by no means a sure bet.

 

[jay1513]

it depends on the size of your tank, how much rock work you have, the personalities of the individual female/male and your luck. It's usually better to have at least 1 male in the tank to keep the females at bay but not even that always works. I've mixed females with a male in the tank without issue.

I've seen males go at it hard but some people have luck in larger tanks. Females can be extremely hard on eachother while trying to figure out who the dominant female is and sometimes so much so that the new female doesn't have a chance. I've lost females before trying to get them to pair up and see how long it takes for a female to turn into a male but with no luck because one killed the other.

Anything can be done but it's your luck of the draw. I've successfully mixed new females with existing females and did not have an issue. There was a huge male in the tank tho. I sold a pair to someone that had 3 different females in the tank and the female that was the same to my pair that i sold attacked my female relentlessly until my female was removed weeks later. The existing female that remained was the one that got beaten up by the other existing females prior to the new pair's introduction. My female had been mixed with another female in my tank 4 weeks after she had established that tank as her territory and i was lucky enough not to have had any issues.

Bottom line is, luck of the draw. They were in a 250-350g system. My holding tanks back then were 40g's and recently i tried putting 2 different pairs in a 75g holding tank with tons of pvc fittings and no luck and had to relocate 1 pair.

Best of luck!

+1

 

[ssminnow81]

its a 125 gallon reef with less live rock than ur average reef tank. maybe ill get a zebra male before i introduce any other females to the tank. hopefully i get "lucky"