Angel fish has learned how to be tank boss

[Magnum Man65 180]

The one in with all the cichlids, including the rough and tumble geo’s… yep he can pick, but I would suspect head on, the angel is not very imposing… but tonight I watched him kind of sashay towards the acaras, and the geo’s wide side towards them, and they all moved

 

[GaryE25 23]

He can bite, and the other fish just want to be left alone. If they decide they've had enough, he's toast. But non breeding acaras and Geos are relatively easy going.

 

[Magnum Man65 180]

I just thought it funny to see it “sashay” across the tank, kind of was swimming at an angle to display its wide side… clearly was for intimidation only, as it would be pretty defenseless, if one of the other fish decided to hit it in the middle of its side

 

[jaylach64 181]

Angels are cichlids and can become dominate in any tank. My mother breed and sold angels and there were time when an angel would become VERY aggressive.

 

[MaloK]

Yeah,

I worked as best as I could For a fish store in the early 90's and we had a cichlid "psycho tank". Where all the crazies would have a great time.

I was "AWWWwwwwwwwwrrrrrrr" looking at was going on in there.

My boss was very old school, saw me, and loudly claimed.

"If I put a piranha in there, they will all become friends in a snap..."

Awwwwwwweeeeeeerlllllll !!!