Stocking with Angelfish

[uncpmatt]

Hey everyone, I am thinking about adding something to my tank, either a school of dithers or a single larger fish (Uaru?). I am looking for suggestions of what to get. Here is the current setup:

65g Planted w/ Amazon Swords, Crypts, and some Lily bulbs that have not sprouted yet
4 Large-ish Angels (ranging 3-4", mouth to base of tailfin)
1 Large-ish (6-7" I think) Synodontis
3 Corydoras (1 Panda, 1 Julii, 1 Emerald)

Parameters, as of Friday 3/11:
Ammonia <.25 (test kit does not read 0)
Nitrites 0
Nitrates .30
Temp 77F/25C
pH 6.0-6.3, trying to bring that up a little and will test again today when I get home from work.

Only one other thing, I had an outbreak of what appeared to be some kind of fungus, causing fin rot and popeye, and have been treating with Melafix which has helped tremendously. Obviously I will get the current fish back to full health before adding anything else, but could the Melafix have changed the water parameters any?

[Edit] By the way, the tank is overfiltered with a Fluval 304 and two MarineLand HOBs rated at 30g/Apiece

 

[Tropicalfishking]

I have a pair of Platinum Angelfish that have spawned twice, so they are still young. About a year old. I have a school of 7 (going to increase) black neon tetras. The pair have not eaten any of them, yet....

Go with more Corys for sure!! They are very social fish and like big groups.

 

[uncpmatt]

Want more Cory's for sure... of the three I have they each have their own little personality. I'm going through an ammonia spike right now, checked parameters yesterday and Ammonia was at 1.0... I think this is because last week I replaced the substrate (got tired of sand clogging my Fluval, switched to gravel). Once I get the water leveled out, I plan on adding some (3 more?) Cory's. As for neons, I had heard they are the natural food for larger angelfish in the wild, so don't know if I will risk adding them to an established tank with larger Angels.

What I've thought of since my last post:

A small school of Bleeding Heart Tetras, or
A small school of Longfin Red Minor Serpae Tetras, or
3-4 Bolivian Rams or German Blue Rams, or
3-4 Boesemani Rainbows

Thoughts? I have enough plants driftwood, and rocks to break up line of sight for 3-4 rams, although I would settle for 2 with a small school (6-10) of tetras. I've never kept either of these tetras before, so if anyone has had them with angelfish and has advice I'd love to hear it.

[Edit] WOW, TropicalFishKing, if your avatar is the platinum angels you were saying you have, those look AMAZING. I've never seen those before.

 

[Tropicalfishking]

I would leave the Angelfish as the center piece fish, so I would say no to the rainbows... IMO.
What type of Angelfish do you have right now?

And yes, that is one of the Platinums that I currently have.

 

[uncpmatt]

1 Silver, 1 Halfblack (I think), 1 Gold Veil, and 1 that looks like a Gold Veil with just a couple of black spots on each side, not sure if he is a koi or not.

 

[champb21]

not to ruin this thread but tropical how can I talk to you , your pm doesn't seem to work. I would go with more angels let them breed. Probably do some more plants but I'm no expert on plants.

 

[Tropicalfishking]

not to ruin this thread but tropical how can I talk to you , your pm doesn't seem to work. I would go with more angels let them breed. Probably do some more plants but I'm no expert on plants.

I don't know whats wrong. Just post on my page.

 

[Bhack91]

Becareful with the rams, I had four in a 55g gallon tank heavily planted and pleny of sight breaking deco. And I had aggression issues, just a forwarning that its still possible and not to dismiss it. Just keep an eye out and make sure they aren't doing damage to each other because it does happen

 

[Fishwhore]

^ maybe you had a sausage fest of rams? lol.....

try some rummynose tetras?
congo tetras....FTW my fav.
serpaes are cool..thats what i have 20...
killifish?

 

[uncpmatt]

Thanks for the suggestions everyone, I may get one more Angel just to make an odd number, but I think I will also get a school of 10 or so of the Longfin Red Minor Serpae's... Never kept Congos before but from my 5 minutes or so worth of research it says they may become reclusive if not the dominant species in the tank. Def a pretty fish though, will keep them in mind...