Angel Fish

[carrie98]

Hey, I started a 36 gallon tank and had it running for about 4 months with an angelfish and a pleco in it. The angelfish is still small and wanted to add some more fish to my tank. Any suggestions?

Also I bought a Rubber Lipped Pleco from the Pet store about a month ago and was misinformed about the length it will grow to. Is a 36 gallon tank suitable for the pleco?

 

[Plecostomos Fan]

Hey, I started a 36 gallon tank and had it running for about 4 months with an angelfish and a pleco in it. The angelfish is still small and wanted to add some more fish to my tank. Any suggestions?

Also I bought a Rubber Lipped Pleco from the Pet store about a month ago and was misinformed about the length it will grow to. Is a 36 gallon tank suitable for the pleco?

Chaetostoma milesi can grow up to 17cms so it will outgrow your tank, as for Angel fish in my experience they dont get on too well with other chiclids, and like to boss smaller slow swimming fish but they seem fine with shoaled fish.

 

[Plecostomos Fan]

Hey, I started a 36 gallon tank and had it running for about 4 months with an angelfish and a pleco in it. The angelfish is still small and wanted to add some more fish to my tank. Any suggestions?

Also I bought a Rubber Lipped Pleco from the Pet store about a month ago and was misinformed about the length it will grow to. Is a 36 gallon tank suitable for the pleco?

Chaetostoma milesi can grow up to 17cms so it will outgrow your tank, as for Angel fish in my experience they dont get on too well with other chiclids, and like to boss smaller slow swimming fish but they seem fine with shoaled fish.

 

[colleen0309]

Good morning and welcome!

 

[LoriF]

I would re-home the pleco. If I had a thirty six gallon with an angel already, I would get another angel, a shoal of some kind of tetra (neon, black, green neon, cardinal) and some corys. Put some plants in there and sit back and enjoy.
I have a 75g full of plants and driftwood. There are six angels (two are going to be re-homed eventually), a pair of long finned rams, a pair of blue rams, 15 neon tetras, four corys, and 8 otocinclus. When I watch my tank it seems very balanced. Everyone in there is doing there own thing and not bothering each other. And each species is doing something different. It's kind of cool. I think the trick to having neon tetras with angels is getting the tetras when the angels are young. By the time the angels are bigger the tetras are too and won't be eaten.

 

[SchottayB]

It's hit and miss for Angel Fish TBH. I have two that get on with Rams and Keyhole Cichlids. They tend to aviod the Rams