Angelfish Tank Mates/Cleaning Crew

I have 2 angels in a 55 gallon with 6 cories and 3 ottos and various community fish, in cluding a pleco. The angels don't bother anything but each other, and they eat any fry that come along. If I could do it all over again, I'd just get 1 angelfish.
 
angels + oto= hit or miss

my angels eat otos..they will attempt to eat anything they can fit in their mouths.
which ruled out neons..I discovered they like those too.
whie you can keep a few angels in a 29 when young..you may find the tank cramped in the long run.
but you just need to keep an eye out as the fish mature.
 
depends on the temperament of your angels if they are cool about other fish being around you can use otos or other kinds of algae eater but if they are aggressive you would want to make sure your algae eater was large enough so they wouldn't be able to eat them
 
well, my point was some angels won't tolerate being that cramped. seeing as they can get pretty big(mine is at least 8 inches and still growing) i'm not sure that 3 would fit in a 29g for life. that's 24 inches of fish in a 29g plus whatever else you are going to be adding. i started with 3 angels too but the big one killed the other ones so although some may not be like that i know for a fact some are.
 
bluekrissyspike, IMHO you are correct.. a 29 may be too small for more than a pair of adults..I too have tall angels.. wild P.Scalare (Peru) a large one spanning over 9" tip to tip on ventral and dorsal. and this one is not full grown.

goalie man.. at half dollar size they are still young.. P. Scalare can get over 4" in body size sans the fins. angels may grow nearly their entire lives albeit slowly as they age.. i witnessed a very large angel over 11" including fins.. the body was nearly 6" sans the fins..
IME angels will try and eat anything they can fit in their mouths. I have older angels that will consume oto's within 48 hrs.
while it is possible to have oto's with angels.. I am simply pointing out the possible problems with the mix.
the same can be said with neons.

often we hear that these mixes work..but we need to consider the adults which often times the mix is with sub adults/juveniles.
 
Thanks for the advice guys. I guess angels in a 29 gallon tank isn't quite as clear-cut as I thought it would be based on the number of opinions here.

The tank will at some point be heavily planted as soon as the plants grow. If I did do 3-4 angelfish, it'd just be the angelfish and maybe some ottos, nothing else. Not too sure how this would be practically or aesthetically.

Would it be better to maybe get a breeding pair (or just a compatible pair) of angels as well as some schooling fish that would get along? If it gets anymore confusing I must just have to convert it into another shrimp farm :silly:
 
MidnightPyro said:
Thanks for the advice guys. I guess angels in a 29 gallon tank isn't quite as clear-cut as I thought it would be based on the number of opinions here.

The tank will at some point be heavily planted as soon as the plants grow. If I did do 3-4 angelfish, it'd just be the angelfish and maybe some ottos, nothing else. Not too sure how this would be practically or aesthetically.

Would it be better to maybe get a breeding pair (or just a compatible pair) of angels as well as some schooling fish that would get along? If it gets anymore confusing I must just have to convert it into another shrimp farm :silly:
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Unless you really want more 3-4 angelfish, I would just get one of them for the 29G. I had 5 in a 55G, 2 died from internal parasites. Of the remaining 3 a pair formed and I had to move them to their own 29G, with 3 of them in a 55G they were attacking each other so much I was afraid they would kill each other. The 55 became very small once that pair formed.

How about getting a single angel, a school (say 9) of lemon tetras and some corys? I don't think that would be overstocking the 29G. I currently have a single angel (who is getting big) in my 55G with 4 (need to increase the number) rummynose tetras and 8 peppered cory cats, the angel does not bother the tetras or the corys (unless he is attempting to breed with the female in the other tank, but this is another story altogether!!) and in the 29G I have just the pair of angels (they were attacking anything that moved when in the 55G).

I don't know that its worth spending the money on a breeding pair of angel fish unless you intended to breed them (at which point you would need more than just a 29G tank) and its virtually impossible to tell if angels will live peacefully with other angels.

Good luck, angels are great fish.
 
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