Getting huge Angelfish tonight

nice tank, at first i was picturing a big open 55 with no hiding places and i thought oh my is he going to have some disgusting things floaten around but since its heavily planted it will offer a more fair chance for the guppy's too.
 
Thanks again for the compliments everybody. I have some pictures but the camera cord is at work. Expect them tomorrow.

I picked up the Angel tonight at 5:15 and drip-acclimated him until 7:00. He's half to 3/4 inch thick, 4 to 4.5 inch body radius and about 7 inches fin to fin. I'm told he's 7 years old.

He has at least twice the swimming room in my tank and well over twice as much water now. Add in the live snacks and I think he'll finish his life happy.

The plants are a mix of mostly fake ones with two bushes of Java Moss showing in that picture and recently a couple bunches of another live plant that I don't know the name of.

How long can an Angel fish live?
 
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that is a pretty big angel.

they can live to be over 10 yrs old.
 
wow beautiful angel now all you need is a few more
 
Nah. Even if I had a source for other full-grown Angelfish I would just keep one. I don't want to take the chance that two of them would decide not to get along with each other. Plus, I really do hope that the guppies continue to be a part of the tank. I don't think he'll eat/kill the adults completely.

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jodimartin2003 said:
Wow, you werent kidding, he is huge! :eek:
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na just looks like a nicely filled out, normal sized adult to me.
 
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