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  • #16
    Re: Angels

    Ok this is what I have found out in my experience with discus & angels.
    I have keep both of them in the same tank for the last 3 years now.
    Both of them do like long & tall tanks. This provides enough room for them to grow in & gives them enought room to swim in as well.

    Discus like to have real wood in the tank. Angels prefer to have plants. They both do like temps around 85 to 86 degrees with slow moving water as stated above. As far as PH goes they will survive any were between 7.0 to 8.2. As long as the water is stable (that means when doing water changing you must store water for 24 hours before adding it in your tank).
    The biggest problem I have ran into was finding plants to survive in higher temps.

    With a 55 gallon I would not put more then 2 of each in it.
    You can get away with more but you will have to do a lot of water changing & you will need to double you filtering of the water as well.
    Board Member of Houston Aquarium Society
    Mod OF Marshreef

    Breeder of Discus, Angels, Bristle nose & Sail fin Mollies
    Coming soon Daphnia

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    • #17
      Re: Angels

      I had discus and angels for like 2 weeks.  They were doing fine.  I just move the angels out because they start eatiing the shrimps.
      180 gallon RR wild discus, harlequins, congos, rainbow, pleco, cardinals, rummynose, rcs, and amanos.  2260 eheim pressurize co2 4x54 tek lights

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      • #18
        Re: Angels

        This seems like a good opportunity to ask what may be a kind of lame question... Is there any way to keep adult angels without having to go thru the agressive periods associated with their spawning cycle?  I confess to being one of those people who loves them when they're smaller because they're beautiful and their only vice is greed. When they grow up and start beating on each other, I have traded them in.  With the pair I have now (black, normal fin) the female began to outgrow the male (pretty sure) a couple of months ago and they started laying eggs last month. The week before they spawn, the female begins to bully the male and he ends up missing so many scales he looks like a black-silver mongrel of some kind. After the laying, the eggs disappear (150 gallon comm. tank) and things are peaceful and the poor guy grows everything back until a couple of weeks later when the cycle starts all over again.  I have no desire to raise angel fry, etc.  So I guess what I'm asking is would it be better to have Males Only, or Females Only?  Does this cut out squabbles? I realize it could take me a while to come up with the right combo even if this is the answer.

        High-PH
        MY MANTRA: Yes, I CAN have too many fishtanks!

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        • #19
          Re: Angels

          Keep mine in planted community tanks with SA dwarfs...apistos and rams. Dither fish are cardinals and rummy nose tetras.

          No one bothers them except at feeding time when angels throw their weight around. And they love to squabble among themselves

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          • #20
            Re: Angels

            If i have a 42 Hex, how many angels should i put in if I also have other smaller fish like tetras?? Three?? or do they all have to be in pairs like 2, 4, 6..etc.??

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            • #21
              Re: Angels

              With a 42 hex, id go with 3-4 angels, 10 neons or cardinals and a couple of corys or clown loaches. Add a BN pleco and your all set.

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