FishProfiles.com Message Forums |
| faq | etiquette | register | my account | search | mailbox |
 | angelfish...are they really that aggressive? |
jenbabe256  Big Fish Posts: 316 Kudos: 312 Votes: 10 Registered: 21-Jul-2004   | I had a question about stocking a tank with angel fish. I had planned to get around two when I stocked my 55 gallon in a few months, but have been reading about lots of horror stories about angel suddenly getting really mean. A neighbor downstairs had an angel poke out one of his rosy barbs eyes (I still think it was because his tank was way to small to be keeping all those fish in there). I know that if they breed they can become aggressive, but how aggressive? Are they going to kill all my fish? Thanks for any and all advice? |
 Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58 |     |
rasboramary Big Fish Posts: 431 Kudos: 192 Votes: 4 Registered: 12-Mar-2004 | I have three good-sized Angels that I purchased a few weeks ago. I also have a school of 15 harlequin rasboras (small fish). The angels have completely left them alone. I am having a problem in that two of the angels are an established couple and are beating up on the third. I am buying a new tank today for Angel #3 since I can't bear to take her back to the LFS. One word of advice: no neon tetras w/Angels. Neons are Angels natural food in the wild  |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58 | |
victimizati0n Banned Posts: 1217 Kudos: 1105 Votes: 31 Registered: 29-Apr-2004  | Angles arent agressive. the only time they are is when they are breeding. My angles would sometimes have quarrles, but they never killed one another. |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58 | |
| gartenzwerfe Big Fish Mrs. Racso To Be Posts: 375 Kudos: 628 Votes: 199 Registered: 20-Mar-2004 | I've seen a breeder pair kept in a community tank with lemon tetras, red serpaes, kribs, rams, corys, loaches, and other fish and it worked quite well. Then again, I've heard a few of those horror stories as well. It really depends on the personalities of the fish and whether they were raised together or not. |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58 |   |
sirbooks       Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004  | It depends almost entirely on the personality of the angelfish. I've kept an angelfish with a betta before, with no problems whatsoever. I have heard of angelfish destroying bettas though, which contradicts my experience. Personally, I believe that most angels are peaceful fish, but there is a small percentage that can be somewhat violent. |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58 |  |
| Theresa_M Moderator Queen of Zoom Posts: 3649 Kudos: 4280 Votes: 790 Registered: 04-Jan-2004  | I've only kept single angels. My only concern would be if you ended up with a pair and any potential agreesion due to breeding. One of my angels lives with guppies, platies, and a paradisefish. The other looked similar to the black phantoms in the tank it lived in so it often schooled with them  ~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is water at the bottom of the ocean |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58 | |
 | |
| Jump to: |
The views expressed on this page are the implied opinions of their respective authors.
Under no circumstances do the comments on this page represent the opinions of the staff of FishProfiles.com.
FishProfiles.com Forums, version 11.0
Mazeguy Smilies