Angels And Cories?

[Blobfish]

I have Habrosus and although they are very small, I think they are too big for an angel fish to bother.  They are also fabulous little fish.

 

[IonaMcCluskey]

thanks blobfish,
that's great to know!

think that's me got the stocking organised for when the tank is ready

 

[Sophie]

I have a breeding pair of Angels with 12 Corydoras Sterbai and they do brilliantly, the Angels even leave them alone when spawning as they just keep themselves to themselves!

P.S. I keep my two in a 260L tank and did the buy 6, rehome 4 method - worked perfectly but each to their own.
A word of warning, once they hit maturity at around 7 months, they tore each other apart. Cichlids and their hormones don't mix well. Even amongst the 4 I rehomed that didn't pair, a dominant one came to light and bullied the rest, then one of those bullied another, even though they grew up together so it doesn't always work.

 

[IonaMcCluskey]

thanks sophie,
i'll bear all of that in mind.
altho it's sounding like it could be a major pain to get two angels in the same tank i'm thinking it will be worth it in the long run.
these were not a fish i had planed on keeping but they just catch my eye every time i'm in the lfs
 
the only other thing i can think of is just getting one angel & a pair of something else but this would be a last resort.

 

[Sophie]

Are you set on growing them from small?
Buying a breeding pair wouldn't be difficult.
I have one single Angelfish in one of my other tanks and he's just as spectacular on his own - just with big, bolshy fish because he has a major attitude problem unlike the breeding pair who are quite subdued in comparison.
 
Whereabouts in the UK are you from?

 

[IonaMcCluskey]

the thing is i'm not really wanting them to breed, more hoping they don't.
my lfs would take any surviving young off me but i don't have room for tank to grow them in and my lfs already has someone supplying them with more angel babies than they can sell.
i quite fancied the 2 angels because they have nice tiger (not too sure if this is right discription) ones aswell as plain and i have seen a few koi aswell but i think the koi ones  come from a differen supplier.
 
i'm in scotland, central region

 

[Sophie]

the thing is i'm not really wanting them to breed, more hoping they don't.
my lfs would take any surviving young off me but i don't have room for tank to grow them in and my lfs already has someone supplying them with more angel babies than they can sell.
i quite fancied the 2 angels because they have nice tiger (not too sure if this is right discription) ones aswell as plain and i have seen a few koi aswell but i think the koi ones  come from a differen supplier.
 
i'm in scotland, central region

 
My two spawn regularly but they never get past egg stage as the parents eat them or my pleco does. In a community tank I just let nature take its course.
Don't know if there's a truly reliable way of keeping them in twos without them being a pair..
I just don't know

 

[IonaMcCluskey]

in that case, yeah, i'd prob be more tempted to go with a proven pair
 
i just don't want to end up with everybody breeding and having lots of little baby fish that i can't look after properly

 

[Sophie]

Yeah I wouldn't be able to take care of mine properly either, nothing is set up ready. I have the equipment.. Thankfully, that's not the case. Spawned probably about 10 times now and had nothing past 48 hours

 

[IonaMcCluskey]

how often do they spawn??? sounds rather frequent, unless i read that last post wrong lol
 
i know with the goldies you can see if the eggs are fertile by looking through them. it's a lot of years ago now since i had my last tank but i think it's a case of a black dot in the middle if it's fertile and they tane about 3weeks to hatch.

 

[Sophie]

Angels are brown when fertile, white when not.
Spawn once every couple of weeks - irregular though.
Could be twice in a week or once in a month sometimes.

 

[IonaMcCluskey]

oh my word! that's a lot!
what would be the reaction of the angels if i were to try and remove the eggs?
i wouldn't feel so guilty binning eggs if they did not eat them.

 

[Sophie]

Nothing - just carry on as normal. As I said, as soon as my two go to sleep, the pleco/corydoras come and eat them off the leaves

 

[IonaMcCluskey]

that's good, that puts my mind more at ease
thanks for all your help and advice, i really have learned a lot of helpful stuff