angel tank mates?

[JuanTamad]

None of my pairs are stunted either.

I'm done here. I've been threatened enough.

Enjoy your fish.

 

[Oddball]

I read this thread twice. Funny I didn't notice a threat made in any post.

 

[Fry]

I must have really sweet angels because they never mess with my pleco or with each other and they are all paired off or mature.. in my other tank of matured angels i added some tetras and rainbows and clown loaches .. they all get along great and also a small pleco.. it is a very peaceful tank.. i quess it really depends on the fish personality.. but they have all been together for years..

I think what you have is "controlled overcrowding" where aggression is dispersed among many targets so that no one is picked on too severely. I remember you mentioned keeping 20 Angels or so in a 75 Hex. How are your tanks set up?

 

[Gr8KarmaSF]

I read this thread twice. Funny I didn't notice a threat made in any post.

 

[vanimate]

It is not a recommendation or advice. It is a statement of fact. To take one fact and apply that and generalize it to apply to everything else is wrong. Do whatever you think makes sense. Nothing in life is cast in concrete except maybe taxes, death, and change.

"It is not a recommendation or advice. It is a statement of fact."
Was it just you that decided that this was "a fact"? If so, you go on to say "To take one fact and apply that and generalize it to apply to everything else is wrong" which is exactly what you are doing and which contradicts your whole argument. Remember "Keeping minds open can lead to many possibilities".

 

[Red Devil]

I think what you have is "controlled overcrowding" where aggression is dispersed among many targets so that no one is picked on too severely. I remember you mentioned keeping 20 Angels or so in a 75 Hex. How are your tanks set up?

I do not know what you mean by set up.. do you mean what substrate and whether i have plants etc.. no plants in hex.. Or do you mean filtration set up.. we have large filter... we have never lost an angel .. all finage is pretty good.. watched last night as a pair prepared to clean and lay eggs on the tube from filter..i do have only about 12 angels in the hex now because we started breeding angels again.. but i added one of my geo babys to the angels. The other tank is set up as community tank..so what your saying is the controlled over crowded angel tank is alot like the african cichlids .. if you have just a little more over the ideal the chance for peacefulness increases.. instead of hostility increasing. I did not know angels were like that.. thanks

 

[Fry]

I do not know what you mean by set up.. do you mean what substrate and whether i have plants etc.. no plants in hex.. Or do you mean filtration set up.. we have large filter... we have never lost an angel .. all finage is pretty good.. watched last night as a pair prepared to clean and lay eggs on the tube from filter..i do have only about 12 angels in the hex now because we started breeding angels again.. but i added one of my geo babys to the angels. The other tank is set up as community tank..so what your saying is the controlled over crowded angel tank is alot like the african cichlids .. if you have just a little more over the ideal the chance for peacefulness increases.. instead of hostility increasing. I did not know angels were like that.. thanks

Thanks for the thorough response. I wanted to know about your filtration and if you had a lot or no hiding places. I've read articles about controlled overcrowding in general for Cichlids and aggression. I guess the general idea is to have enough fish to keep aggression and injuries down while being on top of water quality through filtration and water changes. I've been trying to link it to the presence or lack of hiding places and retreats in the tank. I'm planning to keep 8 or so Angels in a 50 or 75 in the future, do you think that would work given your experience with them?

 

[Red Devil]

Thanks for the thorough response. I wanted to know about your filtration and if you had a lot or no hiding places. I've read articles about controlled overcrowding in general for Cichlids and aggression. I guess the general idea is to have enough fish to keep aggression and injuries down while being on top of water quality through filtration and water changes. I've been trying to link it to the presence or lack of hiding places and retreats in the tank. I'm planning to keep 8 or so Angels in a 50 or 75 in the future, do you think that would work given your experience with them?

I have no hiding places and keep water pristene..i definitly think that will work and i even have a pleco.. here is my tank 65 hex..i thought it was 75gal but hubby says it is 65gal..

 

[craig]

Try this.

 

[Red Devil]

Try this.

very nice!!!