Have angelfish questions!!

It really depends on the angelfish... I have a bunch of them in many different tanks, and a lot of the other occupants are smaller juvi swordtails. I have some pretty massive angels that don't give them a second look. But, I've been raising some angel fry that are now juvis, and one of the juvi angels bit a decent sized juvi swordtail in half. First time for me, but it can happen, and it's entirely dependant on the fish.

One thing I have found pretty consistent with my angels - they all find shrimp to be very tasty. So, I can't do shrimp any more.

By the way, what is a superveil angel? I am familiar with scalare and altum, altum being bigger - is superveil just another name for altum or some kind of scalare/altum hybrid? I have some juvi angels (as referenced above) in 55's and a 125, and at 6 months, they are about 3" from tip to tip.
 
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By the way, what is a superveil angel? I am familiar with scalare and altum, altum being bigger - is superveil just another name for altum or some kind of scalare/altum hybrid? I have some juvi angels (as referenced above) in 55's and a 125, and at 6 months, they are about 3" from tip to tip.
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I presume another one of the scalare variants.;) Pterophyllum leopoldi is the third species aside from altums and scalares.
 
Confusion is right it's hit or miss on angels eating your guppies but if they ate the guppy fry its a safe bet they will try and eat the adults at some point.

Your angels need to be out of that 10 gallon tank ASAP. it would be like you living in your closet. They need the room to grow.

I use a 10 to grow wigglers for 5 weeks then move them to a 29 to grow out to quarter size.

until you can move them I recommend you do 20% WC daily the angels really need fresh water and you bio-load is to high.

Altum's are the only angels that are not supper vials. Super vials are angels that have been bread for the size of their fins.

Altums are wild there are 2 varieties they are bigger bodied and smaller fined than the golds blacks etc. They have not been spawned in the hobby as far as I know.

They are rare to find in LFS but they do show up from time to time.
 
Why do i need to change my water everyday??? I don't have a to high bio-load. I only have 2 guppys and 2 angelfish and 1 daino. = 5 fish. I have a lot of plants in there too. I am trying to get my 30 g set up asap. The baby angelfish are small, they have more then enough room to swim around.
 
Id say around an inch each, to the moth to the end of the tail <>< like that.
 
just work on getting a larger tank set up, and the angels should be fine in the 10g as long as you don't take forever to do it. weekly water changes should suffice, but you should test the water at least twice a week to make sure that everything is stable. no ammonia, no nitrites, nitrates under 10-15ppm. i'd say with proper feeding and water changes, they should be healthy and NEEDING the 30g in a month or so. don't let it take any longer than that or their health could definitely be affected. they grow quickly when they are young.
 
Ok, I do 30%-40% water changes every week. I feed them live foods so there wont be fish food roting at the bottom of the tank, i will try to set up the 30 gallon tank asap.
 
Angels are elegent fish, but don't be fooled! They are still cichlids and can get pretty fiesty as they become of breeding age. Being a fish that has the potential to grow large, they need space. They will also need a deep tank instead of a long tank like many other fish need. Trying to put angels, even small angels, in a 10g just will not give them a very good rate of survival. Angels can not tolerate marginal water parameters. They need very clean water and warm water in the 80 degree range to survive. If you can not provide them with good conditions, even though they are free, don;t do it.
 
the color morph of your angels may vary..at this age the color is hard to tell

you will not be able to sex these angels at this age..anything will be a guess at best. Angels are one of the most difficult cichlids to sex. usually positive identification is not reliable until the fish are actually spawning. at which point you can identify the sex by the size of the papilla(breeding tube)/ovipositor. the males tube will be thin and long the females tube short and blunt.
these may or may not be 'gold' angels..i have seen platinum angels with this color variation at this age these are 'blushers' meaning the gill plate has not colored up you may see red from the gills thru these gill plates but usually they fill in with color(this is what leads me to believe you may have platinums.)
the species is Scalare. they are the most common of the species and nearly all with color morphs are scalare. the other species are Leopoldis(the smallest of the angels) and Altums(the largest)
it is the altums that can hit 11-12" size most others with the exception of a few morphs(superveils) will generally hit about 6-8" top to bottom(dorsal to anal fin)
some of the Wild scalare will exceed these and an occassional 'super' angel will come around.
tank mates are hit and miss with angels..in my case the only small species which has been able to survive has been the black neons and cardinals..usually any species that can reach around 2" and are very fast swimmers .
these are fairly young angels but you should really consider a bigger tank.

BTW,angel breeders have been selectively breeding angels for quite some time..super veils are angels that resulted from selectively breeding certain characteristics..as you can tell from the name..these are selected from the best long veils..by breeding only the long veils to long veils they are able to isolated better the finnage they desire.
there are others who are selectively breeding kois to try and get solid orange angels'
they are getting pretty close to this(super veils are usually Scalare)
 
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