Paradise Fish-good Or Bad Idea?

[VampirePlec]

i just baught a paradise fish, he is mainly dark blue with a little bright orange, he is very cute n full of personality. i have had paradise fish before, but always kept them on theyr own. i was looking at the others they had in the store, they had the albino, black and common. i was thinkin bout gettin an albino, black and common ( the one i liked had more orange then blue, so there is more of a variety), anyway my question is would it be ok to keep the 4 together? and would i be able to put them in with my angel? and what would be the best tank size to keep the 4 (just paradise fish) or 5 (paradise fish and angel) in?

thanks in advance, vamp.

 

[dwarfgourami]

I'd say no unless your tank is really really really big. Paradise fish are some of the most territorial anabantoids. This seems a good occasion for setting up a series of beautiful smaller tanks..... Not trying to tempt you or anything of course....

 

[VampirePlec]

Thank you very much.
i have decided on keeping them seperatly, after finding out my albino one was not well (unfortunantly he did not survive his first night) and the blue n orange one was trying to court it, as i said i have kept these guys singly before, as wel as bettas, so yea another excuse to set up a few more smaller tanks