Will An Angel Fish Mix With These Fish?

[BecciMac1987]

Hi,
I need to rehome my adult angel fish, and the tank its meant to be going to has these inhabitants;
1 common plec 10inches ish!
2 black skirt tetra-large
1 RTBS 6 inches
1 huge blind cave fish
3 neon tetra

Will he get bullied by anything? Im only really worried about the blind cave fish...

 

[tenohfive]

He should be fine provided the tanks tall enough, though I've heard of RTBS creating problems before. And your neons are likely to disappear, your angel is likely to scoff them down sooner or later.

Whats the dimensions of the tank?

 

[BecciMac1987]

I think the tanks about 3ft long, and 18inches tall. Would have to double check that though.
He's in a Juwel Rekord 70 atm so it will be an upgrade, but he's on his own atm so has more space.
The RTBS is a wimp and hides at the back of the tank so dont think he will cause any problems!
And the tetras are the biggest Ive ever seen so Im hoping they will be ok. Its a bit of a 'best of a bad situation' case really.

 

[catxx]

you will have to watch for fin-nipping of the angel. with the new addition fish like the rtbs may suddenly come out of their shell! i've heard of blind cave fish being terrible fin-nippers also, and with your tetras not being in proper shoals they may become defensive.

 

[Pleccy]

All tetra can nip fins, just like Pihrana (they come from the same family, Characidae) they posess a set of very small teeth. However the worst offenders are Buenos aires tetras and Serpaes.

Red tailed black sharks vary in their temperament, but I put the aggression down to being kept in tanks that are too small and the wrong tank mates, so long as you don't keep them with anything slow moving you should be OK. Also plenty of decor is essential.