As the title says. I've got a 46G with 2 big Angels, 11 various small fish (cherry barb the biggest), a bristlenose, an African butterfly and a Betta. I recently lost some of my cherries, and would like to add some more little ones. The Angels (gold and zebra) don't bother anything in my tank atm, but I worry about adding young fish that would fit in their mouths. Is there any way to add some small fish without them getting eaten? It's a bowfront with no easy way to divide the tank. I have a small mesh cube for isolation, but it's too small to keep them in for months while they grow.
Adding small fish to tank with adult Angels?
- Thread starter Oiler3535
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As with the above post, a whole tank shot would help so we could see the size of the angels too.
Just a caution, the butterfly can be aggressive/predatory, epecially with small surface dwellers.
Just a caution, the butterfly can be aggressive/predatory, epecially with small surface dwellers.
Any critter that can fit into a angel's mouth is always going to be a potential meal. That said, I've got 6 celestial pearl danios in with a getting big and still growing angel. No issues so far. I've also got a big koi angel in another tank (55g) that won't even pick-off the red cherry shrimp in the tank with him. The angel in with the CPDs is nuts over RCS and long ago actively picked them all off in that particular tank.
Are the fish listed in your signature the ones in the tank? If so, about the only thing I'd do right now is maybe add a few more cherry barbs to give them comfortable numbers - keeping in mind that the angels will still grow, the BN can get up to 5 inches, butterfly fish get large, and you have the rainbows and pristellas to take into account.
They are now. And none have noticeably grown at all since Xmas. If my math is correct, I've got about 13 inch long fish (the cherry and dwarf rainbows might be 1.5), the BN which is about 4, and the butterfly about 3. Plus the Betta and pair of Angels. What I'd like is some more small fish that swim around the top half of the tank. Maybe even just some more dwarf rainbows, as they do that nonstop. The Pristellas and cherry hang out near the bottom.
