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Im going to get a 35-40 gallon tank and my idea for the tank is one piece of driftwood and only live plants but i was wondering about how many angelfish i can comfortably fit into a 35 or 40 gallon tank and i would also like to know how to breed angelfish and where they lay their eggs thats sort of thing if you can help me that would be nice thanks

I'm can't give you info on breeding angels but I'd say you could fit 3-4 in that sized tank. Do you plant to have any other fish in it? That makes a difference as well.


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I would say no more than 3 angles in that tank.

I'd say a pair would be a good number, because anything between 6 and 2 is just inviting problems. Buy six, raise them, and when two pair off, sell/give back the other four. Then you'll have plenty of room for tankmates, too.

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Mostly it depends on the foot print of the tank. As the tanks you listed have several different footprints (measured dementions of tanks). As these fish are tall due to their fins, (and very tall if you go with the high fin or lace fin varieties), if you get one of the tanks that is shorter top to bottom, then when they are full grown, they will not have much room to move up and down, ect. Though they are always swimming, they are not agressive swimmers, and don't really need the lots of room thing for swimming, but they do need room. In a 40 gal breeder tank, you could keep 6-10 angels, depending on your tank matenance. Plant tanks are all the better, as they will help keep the nitrates down and oxygentate the water more.


As for breeding, most breeders breed these in anything from 20 gal tanks, to 40 gal breeders. They usually require softer water, and ph between 6.5 and 7.5, but have been bred at ph higher or lower. They lay their eggs on anything from the glass, plants, pots, ect. It is best to have only them in the tank if you want to breed them. As many other critters will eat the eggs given the chance. And even the angels themselves will eat the eggs, to prevent the other fish from eating them.

HTH.....

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thanks you for all your help and no i dont think i want to get any other fish only angels maybe a pleco and some catfish but that would be all