Angelfish stocking levels

**Coler** · 02-15-2007, 11:46 AM

sooooooooooo...3 - 4 = good/bad for a 46 gallon (US) tank with a mix of other community fish (corys & tetras) ?

**Lady Hobbs** · 02-15-2007, 01:09 PM

4 would be OK with a few others.

**freshwaterfishlover** · 02-16-2007, 03:17 AM

3 Angels if you are putting other fish. 5 if Angels are the only fish in the tank.

**cocoa_pleco** · 02-17-2007, 12:55 AM

4 is good for by themselves

**cocoa_pleco** · 02-17-2007, 12:55 AM

and decor and plants take up room!

**Coler** · 03-04-2007, 01:48 AM

"Angels are not skoaling fish but are social fish. They do best when kept only with other angels and can form their own communities. Often they don't work in a community tank due to the speed of their growth, how often they spawn (about every 20 days) and the mass amount of eggs they lay each time. They also get very territorial at spawning and will kill other fish. They are a cichlid and act like a cichlid when they need to.

I have 4 inch juvies that were dime sized 4 months ago! Another important factor with angels is their water needs to always be 80-82 degrees. Many community fish can't tolerate high temps on a daily basis. Tetra's, for instance, should have cooler temps or they will loss their color. I am not concerned with their pH nearly as much as with their water temps.

Angels are not something you simple add to your tank but are a fish that you need to work at having as their own species. They should be the primary fish in your tank and if you do need to add fish to "their" tank, it should be fish that can live well in high temps. Not fish that can "tolerate" high temps but fish that will live well in it.

Each angel fish in a tank should have 10 to 15 gallons of water. And since they are cichlids, require VERY clean tanks with large water changes. Nothing says they will get along with other fish in the tank as well. I have one in a 30 gallon alone that hates everything. He has rasbora's with him only because he can't catch them.

There are many reasons why they are not suitable for community tanks and another being that they are susceptible to diseases that other community fish may bring to them. They are not an "add on" fish but a primary fish"
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geez...I wish I'd found out that they (angels) are not suitable for community tanks...