Angels & neons???

[Miles]

I think if you have cardinals you'll have better success, as they grow larger.. The neons might work at small sizes, but the angels towards adulthood will get more aggressive, especially if they decide to spawn.

One thing I have noticed though, if you keep your Neons in LARGE schools, other fish will ignore them.. Ever seen that public aquarium display with a schoal of a thousand neons in a tank with a 4' RTC?

 

[ewurm]

Buy the Neons as large as you can, keep the angels well fed and be prepared to lose a couple. Good luck!

 

[cciesielski]

probably not depending on the fishes personality
my friend has a south american with platties and he has never found any of his fish missing

 

[robchris]

I had 50 neons and 50 glowlights that all disappeared in my tank. I had them with my discuss and angels. Ever since then I stopped buying those small tetras.

 

[SimmonM]

I've learned the hard way that Angels and Neon's won't mix. Every morning your going to wake up and find a few missing until none are left. I haven't had a problem with larger Cardinals however ...

 

[SIC]

I've personally always kinda liked the natural relationship between neons and angelfish. Watching adult angelfish hunt in a group is pretty cool... Especially in biotope tanks. Yes...the neons do grow fewer in number with time, but my LFS sells neons for 0.99 ea. so it's all good. Plus they look better than most generic "small feeders" and look decent even in a Q-tank for their little stretch before going into the big tank.

So yeah I agree, if you want the tetras to be a permanent fixture you're better off with adult cardinals.

 

[blue_gourami45]

as i said in another thread, my angels ate 100 neons!!

Holy geez louize! I have heard it is possible, but can't imagine it: my angelfish, which is medium-large size, has such a small mouth! I can't see him eating other fish