Compatibility Questions

[FishHobbyist1564]

I have a mix shoal of neon and cardinal tetras. My tank is a 75-gallon, so i am looking for some more fish to stock the tank up. I am really torn between two ideas...

First idea is having a pair of koi angels or marbled angels. Will a pair of large angelfish eat the neons or cardinal tetras? Also im not sure about having the angels because im not sure that the angels would want a lot of fish around...

Second idea is having the shoal of cardinals and neons and adding some silver dollars... which brings about the same question. Will the silver dollars be able to eat the neons and cardinals? Also, is there a difference between the silver dollars in the piranha family and the silvar dollars in the tetra family? Also along with the silver dollars and neons/cardinals i may be able to add other types of fish.

I'm trying to see which idea is better for the breeding aspect of my hobby, since i want to be able to breed the fish in my tank, as breeding is a major part of my hobby.

 

[murphyk32]

Angels are known to eat smaller fish (the neons and cardinals) sadly, silver dollars are good as far as i know, maybe add some bottom dwellers aswell (people tend to love cory's but ive nvr kept them, loaches would work aswell).

Idk about the breeding thing, dont do it myself, sry.

Murph

 

[FishHobbyist1564]

Thank you Murph, i appreciate your response!

If anyone else has an opinion i would be glad to hear them.

 

[murphyk32]

no problem! for ideas on a bottom fish try timstropicals.com and goto the gallery, lots of ideas there. If you go for corys, google them. If you go for loaches, visit loaches.com (i believe thats it). Theres lots of ideas out there, choose what u personally like, and ones that wont eat ur tetras.

gdluck,

Murph

 

[Scotty001]

from what ive read on angels they will be compatable with the tetras until they get to the size that they discover and realise that tetras will fit in theyre mouth, one morning you will wake up to see 2 rather plump angels with a smile on theyre face's and an empty tank Possibly have a look at Dwarf / Neon Rainbows, i have a few of them and theyre to go with the tetras they dont get too large and have some nice colours and if you did get angels dont think they will be able to turn them into lunch, for bottom dwellers Kribs (kribensis) are lovley fish, if you can get a mated pair, the displays and bright purple and yellows they show are fantastic, they can get a little agressive (never to the extent of harm, will just chace off fish from theyre hidy hole for a few cm then back to the hidy hole at breeding time) theyre no where nr aggressive as normal chilchids.
Scott

 

[SuperColey1]

Neons are the natural food for angels in the wild which is why they tend to eat them when they get big enough!! Cardinals get a little larger but still can be a problem as they dont all grow to the max!!

You could try a few Bolivian Rams in there which are much hardier than blue rams. You would need to make sure you had females and males and then let them choose partners. They would then have enough room in your tank to take their own territory.

Andy

 

[FishHobbyist1564]

Thanks everyone.

I'm torn between the bolivian rams and the kribensis lol. I think im gonna get some silver dollar tetras, since they look so nice in a group and have such a nice shine off of their bodies.

 

[Darkerwhite2]

I would say The Rams, but its not my tank I keep my angels with silver tetras, which are a bit larger than a full size neon and they are fine together so far.