ok so lately i've been thinking about going back to my original idea of a peaceful tank with some angels or something. and i've seen some tanks on here where members have one big fish with smaller less aggressive fish and have gotten it to work. i realize its all about individual personality and everything but just wanted to see which you guys thought would be most likely to get along with angels. im thinking of just keeping one of my big boys and then doing a school of angels around them (of like 4-6) i was thinking it would be awesome if the festae would work because then it would be all SAs but with mine i doubt it would because he is the smallest one in the tank yet is the one that messes with newcomers the most (he accepts his low spot in the tank and knows that he is smaller than everyone else but with newcomers he always messes with them when everyone else ignores them). i think from mine how they are acting right now either the midas or argentea would be the best bet, but i cant get past how gorgeous the vont looks and would hate to get rid of him but he is the boss of the tank and still isn't nearly outgoing enough to be a single large specimen fish, he is the least outgoing of everyone...
Which is most likely to get along with angels?
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out of your fish, i think the argentea would get along best. i haven't heard alot about them being bully fish.
yeah i want to use my existing tank with one of my existing stock that are already in there, i really dont care that much for keyholes and have thought of severums i realy like them but i have been growing these guys out since they were really little and would like to keep at least one of them, the midas is super mild and is even lower on the rankings than the smaller festae and the argentea doesnt bother anyone as long as they stay out of their way. but of coures both of them are still only like 5-6in so aren't adults yet, but so far my tank is actually quite peaceful with not even a split fin and all have their trailers, and i was thinking since angels are shaped so differently that they might leave them alone since they wouldn't consider them competition
and i have a small tank i could put the cichlid in for a week or so while the angels were getting used to the big tank and then re-add him after them, and they will be large wild caught angels so not small babies, they would actually be about the length that the midas or arg are now
and i have a small tank i could put the cichlid in for a week or so while the angels were getting used to the big tank and then re-add him after them, and they will be large wild caught angels so not small babies, they would actually be about the length that the midas or arg are now
To be honest, I doubt any of your current stock will do well with angels. Argentea get really nasty once they hit 7"-8". If you wanted to do something like severums, geos, or some peaceful acaras, it might work. Angels are just to delicate to hang with aggressive cichlids. If there not killed, their trailers will be a constant "toy" for the other fish.
Even a mild almost any of your stock would be too much for angels IMO. All that fish has to do is have one bad day. I think the argentea is your best bet. You said you have wild caught. Im not sure. I think If you introduce the angles first then you might be able to pull it off. My angle was no push over but could not stand boisterious tankmates.
The trouble is the tank is peaceful now but once you upset the apple cart all bets are off. Argentea get really nasty, Midas, Festae and the Tex well you know what they are. I don't think It'll work with what you have. You need a bottom fish ie JD or a peaceful fish like an Uaru which I think woud go great with a school of Angels, drift wood stained water a nice Amazon looking SA tank or maybe Festavum.
yeah my tank is pretty much a black water tank with the way my driftwood still stains it, and yeah i pretty much knew it wouldnt work with the festae, he is the smallest one and is like the only one that picks on newcomers, but yeah aquanero i know what you mean about when i throw the balance off, right now not even trailers are being touched but yeah fish act totally different when they are in a hierarchy than when they are on their own. but was really wanted to try and see if i could get it to work. my inspiration really was adam's (and now nelson's) argentea that they have by itself with angels and tetras, it is aggressive with other large cichlids but leaves those guys alone, i know every fish is different but just thought it would be awesome if i could get it to work. i really like the tanks that look like they would be complete wrecks or that one fish would go on a killing spree but that seems to work for some reason, i think i would be bored with a completely peaceful tank though, and the thing is that none of these fish i have are available locally so if i changed my mind and wanted to get them again i would have to order them and have them shipped in again and grow them out again 
but yeah my fish are still small which is why i was wanting to try it now while they are still small, i know it has absolutely NO chance of working once they are already grown. between their temperaments right now i know my best chances would be with either the argentea or the midas so my question is really about between those two. they dont pick on anyone except for MAYBE the really occasional chase here or there that only lasts a couple seconds and no real damage is done, like i said they all even have their trailers
and aquanero i actually had a JD but he was like the most outwardly aggressive out of all of them, he was gorgeous but i know definitely would not have worked with angels
but yeah my fish are still small which is why i was wanting to try it now while they are still small, i know it has absolutely NO chance of working once they are already grown. between their temperaments right now i know my best chances would be with either the argentea or the midas so my question is really about between those two. they dont pick on anyone except for MAYBE the really occasional chase here or there that only lasts a couple seconds and no real damage is done, like i said they all even have their trailers
and aquanero i actually had a JD but he was like the most outwardly aggressive out of all of them, he was gorgeous but i know definitely would not have worked with angels