what fish go well with angels?

clairemolly

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do rope fish,leopard fish,or puffers go well with angelfish?
or mollies? I know that I am gonna have three clown loaches and 5 or 6 angels.....
The tank I am gonna put them is a 60 g.

claire
 
I have Corys, Ottos, Harlequin Rasboras, and a Clown Pleco with my Angel. They all seem to coexist peacefully. :thumbs:
 
Hi Claire

I do not know what Rope fish or Leopard Fish are, but i can definately tell you that many puffer species are NOT compatible with Angels. I dunno about Dwarf Puffers tho. someone answer this for me too?

Mollies are not good to go with angels neither as mollies are one of the more demanding live-bearers that require more alkaline and slightly brackish water to be happy. If they are not given such conditions they are prone to diseases.
This is also the case with many puffer species (except for dwarf puffers which i do not know anything about). Puffers require brackish water to be at their best and can be very aggressive. plus they have very strong jaws that can even break snail shells so imagine wot a puffer bite may cause on an angel.

This makes both Mollies and puffers uncompatible with angels. Angels require a deep, well planted aquarium with water at a neutral or lower pH. They cannot tolerate brackish conditions. Make sure there is ample open space for your angels to swim in.

HTH and if anyone finds any mistakes in my reply please correct me.

;)
 
I would put alot of plants in that tank even if they did not need any plants. I am going to have as many plants as I can put in that tank so that I have enough room for terracota pots or driftwood or rocks and a clearing in the middle. It is going to be like an underwater forest. With cork sqrew vallis and stuff like that! With slate and smooth rocks dotting the bottom. Of course I will not overstock the aquaruim with plants but 10 mature plants at the max...

claire
 
sounds good.

but remember, no puffers nor mollies.

;)

edit- actually mollies MIGHT be able to be put in the tank. I was saying NO to mollies as the water coditions angles like is not Ideal for mollies, but still, u can give them a try. after all they are community fish. I know many ppl who keep mollies in freshwater conditions, i know i used to. However, again, its not ideal.

HTH
 
I don't think mollies would really fit in ya know? They seem to well too I don't know. I can just keep 6 angels and 3 clown loaches. That seems fine? Does it not. Also the 60g has two POWERFUL a fluval 204 and a aqua clear 500. Those would be good right? Of course the fry would get blown away or sucked up the filter. I have an idea about how to stop the filter from sucking the fry up could I not buy two sponges that had holes in the middle and just put them on the filter intakes.
Would that work?

claire
 
The angels and clowns sound fine but keep in mind that the loaches will eventualy need to be moved to a 90 gallon (will take a long time for them to reach a good size though so not a problem at the moment with a relatively big tank like you have).

Also, I personaly would say that mollies would be fine. Only the real wild-type species of molly realy need brackish conditions. Those you see in your LFS have been bred generation after generation in all sorts of water conditions and should be fine. Keep in mind they get to 4" though. Many people under-estimate their potential size. Males are smaller than females.

Puffers are a definite no.

By leopard fish, do you mean the ctenopoma/bushfish? If so, I personaly wouldn't keep them with angels. It may very well be possible to do. The leopards don't get that big (around 6") and aren't realy that aggressive (except territoriality towards each other and the chance of them eating smaller fish) but having 3 pairs of potentialy aggressive (when breeding and paired up) cichlids (the angels) with some of these ctenopomas which would also be aggressive when breeding is probably not a wise thing to try in a 60 gallon. Though, if the tank is densely planted, it may be possible provided you match the ctenopomas' requirements and maybe reduce the number of angels to 4 and stick to a single pair of the leopards.

BTW, you don't realy need to worry about the parameters (I mean pH/hardness) for angels. They have been bred for so long in so many conditions that they are now hardy fish and can be kept in pretty much any pH/hardness and environment provided the water quality is good.

I'm not sure about the ropefish but you'll probably want to ask in the oddballs section if you are still considering them.
 

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