View Full Version : Could I add small angel pair?
I have a 55 gallon planted tank with the following stock:
school of neons
4 Boesemani Rainbows
6 peppered corys
2 cherry barbs
6 ottos
4 Bolivian rams
I was wondering if with my current stock I could add a pair of juvenile angels to the tank? I know that when they get bigger they will eat neons but I've also heard that if you introduce them to the tank when they are young that they won't. What has been everyone's experience?
Wisegy84
03-10-2009, 7:01 PM
I don't think you can know for sure that introducing them young means they will not eat the Neons, but it might make your chances better.
I would be concerned about the Barbs, though, as I know most Barbs are nippy and don't generally make good tankmates for Angels.
Squeakfish
03-10-2009, 7:34 PM
Cherry barbs are just about the only barbs that aren't fin nippy.
McLendon
03-10-2009, 7:56 PM
I would say you would be ok as long as the angels are in the dime to half dollar size range.watch the lil Neons when you see them staying pinned in one place it's time to move somebody
McLendon
03-10-2009, 8:01 PM
BTW when I stated size that includes the fins not just the body
Mgamer20o0
03-11-2009, 1:32 AM
go for it
Okay, so after doing more research I got scared off of getting a small pair of angels because I am afraid that they would be a mated pair and all hell would break loose so now I am looking at adding a dwarf puffer. It says that they are aggressive but I was hoping to see what everyone's experience with them has been before I completely write off the idea. Thanks!
jpappy789
03-13-2009, 6:11 PM
Nope.
DP's are generally not a community fish.
Add more barbs (4-6 more) and rainbows (2 or so) and call it stocked.