I have a pair of spawning angels in my 40 gallon with black neons...I see the angels go after the rummy noses more than anything, but they're still around too! I think it all depends on the actual size of the fish...some neons and rummys are quite small...whereas if you get them a little larger they would be more of an effort on the angels part to swallow them up! lol, good luck.
Angels and Neons
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Tai, you're angels are gorgeous!! What size tank do you have them in?
I went to 2 LFS today and I'm torn between two different fish: I could go with my original plan and get a pair of kribs (found some really beautiful kribs at the first store) or I could get a couple of angels (this store as amazing koi and marble angels) from the second store. I thought this was kind of funny: the first store has really healthy kribs for $3.99 and "so-so" looking angels for $6.99 and the second store had really healthy angels for $3.99 and "so-so" looking kribs for $6.99 lol...that really makes things difficult...
Which do you guys think I should go with? Remember, I'm definitly going to have 3 yo yo's and either cardinals or neons or both in the tank.
I went to 2 LFS today and I'm torn between two different fish: I could go with my original plan and get a pair of kribs (found some really beautiful kribs at the first store) or I could get a couple of angels (this store as amazing koi and marble angels) from the second store. I thought this was kind of funny: the first store has really healthy kribs for $3.99 and "so-so" looking angels for $6.99 and the second store had really healthy angels for $3.99 and "so-so" looking kribs for $6.99 lol...that really makes things difficult...
Which do you guys think I should go with? Remember, I'm definitly going to have 3 yo yo's and either cardinals or neons or both in the tank.
tai,
these a spawning pair? I had to remove the bn from my 55 with spawning pairs as the bn would eat the eggs.. very nice looking angels
I have a pair of the gold sunset ..mine have a couple of small black spots(kois) but look very much like yours.but the males are large less than 1 year old and nearly 7" dorsal to analfin..wish I could take as nice a picture.
these a spawning pair? I had to remove the bn from my 55 with spawning pairs as the bn would eat the eggs.. very nice looking angels
I have a pair of the gold sunset ..mine have a couple of small black spots(kois) but look very much like yours.but the males are large less than 1 year old and nearly 7" dorsal to analfin..wish I could take as nice a picture.
you will also have issues with 3 Yo-Yo's in a 29. Just not enough space for very active swimmers. Within close quarters i think you will find the Yo-Yo's intimidate the the angels. And angels simply don't like the kind of stress they will create. If you are going to keep those two species together I would think you want a much larger tank to create get away space.
Its not a 29 gallon (30" x 12" x 18), its a 30 gallon long (36" x 12" x 16"). I'm also considering a 38 gallon (36" x 12" x 20") that I saw today but I'm not sure if I'm going to go with that.
The angels will like deeper water, the kribs don't really need more than 12".
Kribs would probably be easier to breed, if that's something you'd like to try. They are fun to watch. You can make an entire village of coconut shell huts for them!
Keyhole cichlids would also be good, even though they're not terribly colorful. It is interesting to watch how their markings change according to mood.
Instead of neons, why not pick some of the more disc-shaped tetras like lemons, bleeding hearts, etc? There are cheaper live foods than neons.
Kribs would probably be easier to breed, if that's something you'd like to try. They are fun to watch. You can make an entire village of coconut shell huts for them!
Keyhole cichlids would also be good, even though they're not terribly colorful. It is interesting to watch how their markings change according to mood.
Instead of neons, why not pick some of the more disc-shaped tetras like lemons, bleeding hearts, etc? There are cheaper live foods than neons.
I'm not a big fan of the "disk-shaped" tetras, they just seem so plain to me. I'd really like to have a large-ish school of tetras or a combination of neons and cardinals. I was thinking either 10-12 neons or 6-7 neons and 5-6 cardinals. But I've heard that cardinals aren't as hardy as neons and they are definitly more $$ (neons are $1.49 @ petsmart and cardinals are $3.99).
I'm not looking to breed them, but hey, if it happens, it happens
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I'm not looking to breed them, but hey, if it happens, it happens
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Going back to your first questions, I can tell you my experience.
Years ago, a friend of mine once gave me a baby angel (less than 1"). I didn't want to risk putting him(or her) in a large tank with bigger tankmates, so I kept him in my 29 gallon community tank which had 6 neons or so. I've kept him in there until he was about 3 inches long but never had a problem with the neons. I'm not sure what would have happened if I continued to keep him in there, but the tank eventually looked too small for him, so I moved him to a bigger tank. Personally, I think that the idea that if you keep them when they're small then they get along even later on is somewhat true (Not based on any research... just based on my personal experience). But like someone said up there, I guess that if you have a breeding pair, things could be different. Also, it's possible that every fish will act differently. But I can tell you at least that I've had success with it.
Years ago, a friend of mine once gave me a baby angel (less than 1"). I didn't want to risk putting him(or her) in a large tank with bigger tankmates, so I kept him in my 29 gallon community tank which had 6 neons or so. I've kept him in there until he was about 3 inches long but never had a problem with the neons. I'm not sure what would have happened if I continued to keep him in there, but the tank eventually looked too small for him, so I moved him to a bigger tank. Personally, I think that the idea that if you keep them when they're small then they get along even later on is somewhat true (Not based on any research... just based on my personal experience). But like someone said up there, I guess that if you have a breeding pair, things could be different. Also, it's possible that every fish will act differently. But I can tell you at least that I've had success with it.
I have a 55 with 2 angels. 1 pretty good size and 1 small one. I can't keep neons at all. I love neons too. I put a school of 10 in there once and within 48 hours they were gone.
Later,
Dave
Later,
Dave
