Post by slurik on Jan 26, 2009 22:26:11 GMT -5
I dont keep angelfish, I never have. There are a few reasons for it, 1) I dont think they're much to look at, 2) They seem overrated. I work in a petstore where I interact with people with disaster tanks all the time, usually 2-3 a day on weekends.
Angelfish being popular come into problems frequently given the sensitivity of the fish under poor conditions: Uncycled tanks, straight tapwater, hard as stone well water pushed through a treatment unit at levels beyond 500 mg/L. When people keep these fish under less than ideal circumstances, they tend to want to add more than angelfish to the tank. Personally having no experience, I simply do not know best what to do with all these people with tanks that HAVE to have an angelfish in it, but have colour also.
The worst situation i've had to manage, and poorly at that it seems, is directing people with adding colour to an angelfish tank, and recovering them from large scale loss to a group of angelfish.
I'll cover the first scenario first.
Scenario A:
I have a 55 gallon tank, which I have housed angelfish into, but all of the schooling fish are dying, my angels are too aggressive for them. I want colour in the tank to highlight it, what fish do I add that my angels would hopefully not harass, or at least not kill?
Scenario B:
I have a 55 gallon tank, I initially bought 10 angelfish, but realized there was not enough space, they bullied each other down to 4 and then later, only 1. I dont want a pet angelfish, what can I add with a sub-adult angelfish?
Anyone interested in humoring me, we have this to work with:
Guppies
Tetras (any variety, preferably common ones)
Danios (any variety, preferably common ones)
Killifish (no annuals)
Rasboras
Catfish (any variety, preferably common ones)
Cichlids (south american and african)
Labyrinth fish (Gouramis / Betta)
Botia or Loaches
Sharks (not real ones, rainbow sharks, red tailed sharks, bala sharks)
Silver dollars
Bichirs
So...
Any long term workable tank of 55 gallons under each scenario, 55 gallons is not too large or small, and so this in mind, I'd be looking for solutions that can work both ways moving up and down in gallonage. All ideas are much appreciated
Angelfish being popular come into problems frequently given the sensitivity of the fish under poor conditions: Uncycled tanks, straight tapwater, hard as stone well water pushed through a treatment unit at levels beyond 500 mg/L. When people keep these fish under less than ideal circumstances, they tend to want to add more than angelfish to the tank. Personally having no experience, I simply do not know best what to do with all these people with tanks that HAVE to have an angelfish in it, but have colour also.
The worst situation i've had to manage, and poorly at that it seems, is directing people with adding colour to an angelfish tank, and recovering them from large scale loss to a group of angelfish.
I'll cover the first scenario first.
Scenario A:
I have a 55 gallon tank, which I have housed angelfish into, but all of the schooling fish are dying, my angels are too aggressive for them. I want colour in the tank to highlight it, what fish do I add that my angels would hopefully not harass, or at least not kill?
Scenario B:
I have a 55 gallon tank, I initially bought 10 angelfish, but realized there was not enough space, they bullied each other down to 4 and then later, only 1. I dont want a pet angelfish, what can I add with a sub-adult angelfish?
Anyone interested in humoring me, we have this to work with:
Guppies
Tetras (any variety, preferably common ones)
Danios (any variety, preferably common ones)
Killifish (no annuals)
Rasboras
Catfish (any variety, preferably common ones)
Cichlids (south american and african)
Labyrinth fish (Gouramis / Betta)
Botia or Loaches
Sharks (not real ones, rainbow sharks, red tailed sharks, bala sharks)
Silver dollars
Bichirs
So...
Any long term workable tank of 55 gallons under each scenario, 55 gallons is not too large or small, and so this in mind, I'd be looking for solutions that can work both ways moving up and down in gallonage. All ideas are much appreciated