Schooling Fish With Angel?

[Xavier6]

I was just wondering what kinds of fish you use to school with your angels (or angel), I was planning on getting a single angel with some Apistogrammas as lower level fish with various bottom feeders. Any suggestions for top schooling fish?

 

[r.w.girard]

Hemigrammus rhodostomus or Hemigrammus bleheri would be great... What size tank do you have?

 

[TallTree01]

Cherry barbs could work. As would the larger tetras like widow tetras.

 

[Xavier6]

It's a 30 gallon half moon tank, that's why only one angel

 

[Lunar Jetman]

Neons or Cardinal Tetras are another option.

 

[DrRob]

Angels are variable with fish as small as neons. Often they're fine, occasionally the numbers of neons slowly drop as the ambush predator does what it does.

 

[Xavier6]

Are angels more aggressive when kept alone?

 

[DrRob]

Not really. They're most aggressive when breeding or to their own kind in cramped conditions.

 

[Electric Warrior]

Cardinals or rummy nose.

 

[SouthernCross]

My angels ate all my cardinals, I'd imagine they'd do the same to rummys. Go for a deeper bodied tetra or barb. In with mine I have black skirts/widows and also Odessa barbs (but be careful some barbs can be nippy)

 

[Joshwainwright]

My angels ate all my cardinals

Were they still small though? I would have thought Cardinals to be pretty safe near to full size 

 

[SouthernCross]

No, I had the cardinals before my angels. And my angels were still juvies when they ate them, too! My angels grew into huge fish and I would never take the chance again.

Not to mention you will nearly always have to buy juvenile tetras.

 

[TekFish]

Any deeper bodied tetra, except from maybe serpaes. So Moenkhausia sp. , hyphessobrycon sp. anything that shape. Or indeed barbs like Puntius Pentazona (NOT Tetrazona a.k.a Tiger Barbs) or odessas, although be careful, most barbs prefer cooler water, tetras are probably a safer bet.

Tek oot.

 

[mbeer21]

What's wrong with Serpaes?  I have 6 in with my Angel and they have never had issues.

 

[TekFish]

They can be very nippy, not always, but you were fortunate to get some that didn't.
 
Tek oot.