ANGELS -VS- NEONS

[Nix]

Ok lets Start, It sure seems like everyone with a big tank with angels
also happens to have neons..(i know not everyone does) Now it seems when i first came to this forum
that everyone was like DONT MIX THEM but.. Now that i look around ALOT of
people have them together. I know most the time the Angels are young but..
I doesnt seem like people are having to many problems with em. Or are they..
So is it safe or not safe? I ask because i like both fish and it so hard to choose
from which one i want (future planing of course)

 

[Eelzor]

It ok to keep angels with neons until the neons can fit in the angels mouth. People make the tank like that becasue those two fish are the perfect combination and make for quite a good looking tank. I went to a lfs lately and it had a sign "Angels and neons don't mix", but it didn't say, 'discus and neons don't mix' or 'convicts and tadpoles don't mix' . So there is obviously something with those 2 fish that makes them enemies. Angels eat neons in the wild. So in short nix, people simply take the chance to have a good looking tank. And when the neons do get eaten, well, it's the best food an angel can get! Like prizen expensive feeder fish! God, speaking of which I wish they sold 'feeder neons' for angels.