Angelfish And Guppies

[brigette17]

are angel fish compatible with guppies and cory cats? all my tiger barbs died so i have a big 29gallon tank to fill n im thinking on my moving my 2 guppies and 2 corys to my 29 gallon. and thinking on adding angelfish to the tank so r they compatible??
and r they also compatible with sword tails and platys?

 

[loachman]

are angel fish compatible with guppies and cory cats? all my tiger barbs died so i have a big 29gallon tank to fill n im thinking on my moving my 2 guppies and 2 corys to my 29 gallon. and thinking on adding angelfish to the tank so r they compatible??
and r they also compatible with sword tails and platys?

I've heard of larger angels eating neon tetras, which are about the same size as guppies so I'm not sure about that mix.

They should be fine with swordtails and platies as long as you don't want to breed the livebearers.

All of them should be fine with cories.

 

[confusion]

my experience has been that tank-bred angels don't really view other fish as food. I suppose if you didn't feed them, they may eventually start taking out tank mates, but I have never seen them do that. They are fry VACUUMS - as loachman said, angels will eat *all* of your swordtail and guppy fry.

Having said that, when I let my fry grow out to about .5" or so (still really small), I can add them back to the tank with angels and the angels show no interest in them.

 

[rdd1952]

Do you know what killed the tigers? Before you add anything back to the tank, I would figure that out if you don't already know. I think the angels would have to be pretty good size before they would be a threat to your guppies. You shouldn't have a problem.

 

[brigette17]

what killed my tigers was the caes...but i still 3 left but i dont really think theyre gonna make it.but if i do add new fishes im gonna do a new cycle with the tank .but thanks for the replys

 

[rdd1952]

CAEs are nasty little fish. It's a shame that every chain store sells them by the thousands to unsuspecting people that don't know what they will turn into. If you still have the CAES, I definitely wouldn't put angels in the tank with them. They will try to suck the slime coat off slow moving, flat bodied fish like angels and gouramis. Good luck.

 

[brigette17]

i dont have the caes anymore.and also how many angels can i keep in a 29 gallon tank?

 

[Tolak]

Newly free swimming fry 40 fry per gallon
Two week old fry 20 fry per gallon
Month old fry 10 fry per gallon
Pea size bodies 3 fish per gallon
Dime size bodies 2 fish per gallon
Nickel size bodies 1 fish per gallon
Quarter size bodies 1 fish per 2 gallons
Silver Dollar size bodies 1 fish per 3 gallons
Potential breeders 1 fish per 5 gallons
Show Specimens 1 fish per 10 gallons
One breeding pair 20 gallon high tank