New angel owner need advice

[FishyMatty]

I am a cichlid lover I keeo discus and apistos but I never really liked angels till I saw this one and had to have him. I also got two more. Are they schooling fish? Is three enough? What is the general temperament? Can they live with apistos that are not aggressive?
Here is the one that I could not pass up.

 

[Ruben Tolon]

there seems to be something a little odd about that fish...

 

[jm1212]

yes they are schooling fish, but three isnt enough. the weakest one will get picked on relentlessly. 6 is a minimum for a school; with a school though, you run a higher risk of getting a breeding pair.

 

[Star_Rider]

angels can live singly in pairs or add more..they will school but get them to exhibit their real schooling traits you need a school of 15 or more(read as large tank)

you can keep them in small shoals of 3-5 but the more you add the greater the chance for a pair to form..if that happens you will need another tank.

I've seen that fish before

that is either damage when it was really small(it is still a young angel judging by the blush cheeks) or that is a genetic defect.

Hope it lives

I actually have a sunset gold koi pearlscale with no ventral fins...LOL
he has a turned up mouth too but he is tough and has grown to an adult//..he is also a lone angel(definitely not brood stock)

 

[FishyMatty]

Is the reason I would need another tank if I get a pair because they will fight off the other fish?
They are young and so far no aggression. They are eating well and seem healthy.

 

[Rbishop]

What size tank?

 

[killieskid]

that is one odd looking angel, cool. i have 8 angel, i dont find that they school, not like say the silver dollars if they pair off they will keep everyone over to one side of the tank.

 

[yogias]

Funnily enough, i have 2 angels that have very similar deformities. They are from my first ever brood and are about 7 weeks old now. They are also so of the biggest out of around 150!

 

[Star_Rider]

angels become very territorial once the pair off.

they ill exhibit schooling behaviors but typically hen they are in a large tank and there are at least 10.

once they pair off and spawn the behavior changes...but after the span mine ill occassionally group back up ( I keep 2 pairs in a 55)