Aquarium help?

Question

The owner of the business i work at just gave me a 55 gallon tank to use at the front desk. He wants me to decorate it and put fish in it. I asked him if he liked angelfish and he said the he wanted angelfish but i want to put different fish also ... what kind of wish are compatible with angels?

Answer 1

Angel fish are agressive enough to other angel fish that you can only reasonably keep a couple in there long term. Angel fish will also eat smaller fish. Guppies, and danio are a bit small. Also I'd avoid teras, and as either they will get eaten, or be fin nippers.

A good choice would be a few gouramis. (Not dwarf goramis) Live bearers like mollies,sword tails, and platties which as an add bonus keep down bearded algea. (Don't worry about babies as the Angels love them.) Clown loches, or cory cats for the bottum of the tank. A pleco would help keep the glass clean. Kill fish, and rainbow fish would also be large eough to survive.

Make sure your boss realizes that you can't fully stock it right now. The tank needs to establish a good nitrogen cycle 1st. Angelfish are bad starter as they aren't the most hardy of fish. I'd start with opaline,or 3 spot gourmis, or swordtails/platties. After a week or 2 when algae starts growing add in a pelco. After about 3 weeks add in a pair angels. Then add 2-3 fish ever 2 weeks until you got about 1.5 inches of fish per 2 gallons. (You need room for growth of the angels, and other fish.)

Realize that the above is faster than you really should stock the tank, but I'm assuming your boss wants results faster. Also realize that Angels need soft water that is neutral to slightly acidic. The PH should be at 7. If your water is very hard you may need to dilute it with distlled water if your Angels keep dying, but your other fish are fine. (No don't use only dstilledstilled water.)

Answer 2

Well... Is this freshwater or saltwater angelfish? I can't tell you anything about saltwater, as I've never had any experience. Freshwater, I can definitely help you.

First of all, you need to cycle the tank. Then you can add any fish you'd like (no more than two at a time).

If the tank is well planted (either with real or fake plants), and you add plenty of hiding places, big and small, you can try to do a community tank. When the angels are smaller, you can have all sorts of other smaller fish with them. Your best bet is fish from the livebearer family (guppies, swordtails, mollies, and platies, just to name a few more popular varieties), since they require salt, as well as your angels.

As your angels age and get bigger, they may start to go after the smaller fish. This is where all those hiding places and plantage will come into play. As long as there are plenty of hiding spots, your fish should be ok. Then again, if your angels are determined, especially during mating season, they may still attack and try to kill any other fish in the tank.

If you'd have somewhere to put the other fish if the angels do start to get aggressive, I'd say go with something along the lines of a community tank. If not, stick with just angels. Add some shrimp, instead. (Word to the wise - stick with ghost shrimp. They're cheap and easy to replace (in the event your angel decides to have lunch when you're not around), light on the bio-load, and just as interesting as larger shrimp.

Good luck with your new project!

Answer 3

I personally have 3 angels in a 55 gal tank with 2 blue gouramis, 2 giant danios, 2 keyhole cichlids, 2 black neon tetras, 2 glow-lite tetras, and 1 pleco. They are doing great! I have had no problems with the angelfish being aggressive towards the other fish. But what ever you do do NOT put any tiger barbs in with the angels because the barbs will nip their fins, badly!

Answer 4

I used to, they was so non violent. however the extra moderen aquariums, notwithstanding purportedly extra desirable for the fish, are basically too busy. And there are too many toddlers rampaging (actually) around--parents seem to deliver their toddlers there and basically set them loose and the youngsters bypass working and screaming around--if I have been a be certain i may be extra cautious by using fact pedophiles ought to absolutely haul a toddler away and it would be a whilst until now the be certain figured their youngster grow to be lacking. I stay in a truthful length city and the final time i grow to be on the city aquarium, human beings have been leaving their luggage and handbags on those benches, unattended, and wandering off to look on the different tanks! Plus the front fee for the aquarium is something like $35 now--too wealthy for me to do.

Answer 5

Some larger livebearers like platies and swordtails will be fine. Certain tetras will be fine as well (e.g. bleeding hearts, lemon tetras, serpaes, etc.). Don't get neons as they will be eaten when the angels get some size on them. Also, don't get more than 5 or 6 angels. You may end up with a breeding pair, and they will be very tough on any other fish in the tank.

Answer 6

I would say get two pairs or angelfish, guppies, swordtails, mollies, and platies. You can also add some plants, snails, catfish, and some other fish that you think are apropiate.

Answer 7

angels are moderate to extremely aggressive... plus they are also delicate. You need a clean fish to be with it (no gold fish!). Plus the other fish must be bigger than the angle fish or the angel fish will attack it. Angel fishes are fine when they are small but when they get bigger, they become really aggressive and only can be kept with other angels.

Answer 8

Corydoras and large, peaceful tetra species. Maybe a plecostomus of some sort.

Answer 9

you can put in snails and guppies with the angelfish

Answer 10

Guppies, neon tetra's, clown fish, sucker loach and many more types ask at the pet shop.

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