What types of fish are best kept with Angelfish?

Answer 1

Jesus fish. (kidding)

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You can't go wrong with platies. They are loaded with color, and what's good about those is the males & females are equally colorful, so you can have really nice, bright splashes of color all over the tank.

You can have 1 rainbow shark. They don't really like fish of their own kind too much so it's not recommended that you add more than that, but your tank is definitely suitable for one. You've got lots of water volume and swimming room for when they feel like darting around.

Swordtails are similar to platies, and tend to be more aggressive, so you may want to pick one species (platies vs. swords) over the other.

Serpae tetras are a good choice becuase they're kind of testy like the angel, and the rainbow shark, so a school of these would definitely fit right in.

Rummynose tetras are white/red/black so they'd be a good color contrast with the platies and the angel, and they school tightly, so if you like that kind of display, they would be another nice choice.

A really pretty fish that you might like is the Dwarf Australian Rainbow. These are a lovely blue shimmery color, and the males have orange fins and the females have yellow fins. They don't photograph well at all, so pictures don't do them justice, but they would be GORGEOUS with that angel! They're a really "classic" looking fish that will never go out of style. They're not cheap, though, but that's actually a good thing because it means you'll have something different that a lot of other people won't.

http://www.petresources.net/fish/rainbowf/mel_pra.html

Answer 2

Angelfish look calm and petite BUT THEY ARE WOLVES IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING. They have a wider opening to its mouth than you would think. I have had a few angelfish in the past and they love nothing better than live fish to eat. I lost nearly all of my 15 neons to my first angelfish within 3 weeks the numbers just kept falling till I had only three very stressed neons left in the tank.
My suggestion is fast swimming fish with lots of hiding spots available or calm fish that are big enough not to be a snack between feeding say at least the size of a black widow (tetra) or a blood tetra both are great looking fish or even barbs.
My reference books suggest that the different types of angelfish have different needs do you know its scientific name. The majority sold are part of the cichlidae family and are usually compatible with the calmer cichlid species.
I find a good general rule if you are unsure of compatibility is to look for fish that originate from the same lake, river or swamp as they then have similar water needs and tend to tolerate each other better. For the angelfish select fish from the amazon.

Answer 3

Angelfish may look pretty, but they are actually another type of Cichlids which is a territory fish and may be a bully. Just keep it with any types larger cos Angelfish tense to 'bully' smaller fishes.

Answer 4

Next to Oscars, I think angelfish are the meanest fish, they look really pretty but will kill just about anything put in with them. I have put goldfish in with them but the Angelfish chewed up the fins so bad I had to move it. Good luck on finding something.

Answer 5

We had an Angelfish it was pretty large for our tank. It ate almost everybody in the tank, and chewed on the ones it didn't eat. We got tired of the carnage and gave it to someone that had about eight Angels in their own tank.
Those fish were about two times bigger than our bully. His life was miserable for quite awhile!

Answer 6

my angelfish have eaten everything in my tank except my 2 big goldfish, including my sucker fish. I saw someone recommended kissing fish,I had those and they are also aggressive according to my pet store guy but they were some of the fist to go.

Answer 7

I raised angel fish and found out they pick on most fish unless kept in a large aquarium with social fish. If you have more then one angel fish normally they will pick on others, taking scales off and sometimes killing them. I found the only other things you can put with them is disc, or other semi aggressive fish. All depends on the aquaruim and what you want to have in it or raise.

Answer 8

barbs
goldfish
non aggressive cichlids
gouramis
other angelfish
mollies
platies
guppies

can be kept with angelfish

Answer 9

Angel fish although extremely beautiful are a bit on the aggressive side, so its good to keep them together because they like schooling and u can add ciclids with them as well

Answer 10

all angels or guppies and mollies if the angels are little they can grow together if they are big they will eat smaller fish. also make sure when adding more angels you keep them all around the same size so the bigger one dont dominate the little ones and keep them in a corner or hiding