Can I Get A Angelfish?

[tropicallover]

I have a 20 gallon fish tank. I currently have 6 neon tetras. I absoultely love these fish. Beautiful! I am going to get some Male Guppies.
So i was going to get a few Zebra Danios as well but dont really like them very much.
I was wondering if i could get an angelfish?

I understand they get pretty big but i could cross that line when I get there
Would they do ok? Get along with Neons and Guppies?

 

[mbeer21]

I've heard that they will try to eat Neons, but I don't know that for sure.
My Angel gets on fine with my 6 male guppies - they don't pay each other any attention at all, really.

 

[ZoddyZod]

angels are a risk with neons and any other similar sized fish that they can fit in their mouths.

I have 6 angels and keep them with no issue alongside neons. There is a theory that if you buy the angels young and introduce them to a tank already populated by neons, they will grow up never seeing them as food.

How tall is the tank and what is the measurement from the top of the substrate to the top of the water? Angels need s fair amount of vertical swimming room to accomadate their adult size.

 

[colleen0309]

My angels grew up with my neons. I woke up one morning and turned on the lights. I thought something was wrong with the angels. They all seemed to grow little tails from their mouths and all my neons were gone! But seriously, this didn't happen until the angels were about 4"

 

[fluttermoth]

I've had to put my angel in with my green neons (my Congo tetras were nipping his dorsal fin ) and they're fine, but my angel is a bit of a mutant and I don't think he's ever going to grow as big as angels should do (he's two and is still only about 2.5" )

 

[JohnDyer]

I had a pair of angels that grew from penny-size to 4 inches across the body in a tank with a dozen neon tetras, and they didn't get eaten. The one died and I moved the other one out before they were full grown though.

 

[Blitz]

I would say no. The reason is, I think what you have in the 20 gallon is plenty. I'd hate to add an Angel to a 20. TO me, 2 (or three) angelfish are plenty in a 75 gallon. If you want another fish, get something smaller

UNLESS... there's such thing as a dwarf angel..


You could... but then when it gets big, you'd have to move it to way bigger tank. They might bully your guppies tho.

 

[fluttermoth]

Oh, yes, I forgot about tank size

A 20g wouldn't be big enough, and there's no such thing as a dwarf angel.

 

[onidrase]

Can you? Technically you can, should you? No. Tank is just too small, and the residents will live on a coin flip. Angel fish are also much more aggressive than people give them credit for. Don't let their peaceful appearance fool you. These guys are punks.

 

[catfishaholic]

I have a breeding pair of fullygrown angels in a 20 gallon and the are fine?

So yer that should be alright, if you get young angels when they are older the wont eat your neons

 

[mattlee]

Can you? Technically you can, should you? No. Tank is just too small, and the residents will live on a coin flip. Angel fish are also much more aggressive than people give them credit for. Don't let their peaceful appearance fool you. These guys are punks.

good bit of advice here, they can be very aggressive. i have a group of wild caught angels that are very boistrous towards each other but stay away from all the other fish in the tank. i have cardinal tetra, oto, bolivian rams, platys and they never get touched. this may be because i have 8 angeks so they are kept busy between them. they are still only about 4 inch bodies so not fully grown yet so im hoping they will stay peacefull towards their smaller tank mates.

ive also got 1 angel from the group thats had half of its gill plate bitten off by it mates and this is in a 5ft tank...

 

[onidrase]

Can you? Technically you can, should you? No. Tank is just too small, and the residents will live on a coin flip. Angel fish are also much more aggressive than people give them credit for. Don't let their peaceful appearance fool you. These guys are punks.

good bit of advice here, they can be very aggressive. i have a group of wild caught angels that are very boistrous towards each other but stay away from all the other fish in the tank. i have cardinal tetra, oto, bolivian rams, platys and they never get touched. this may be because i have 8 angeks so they are kept busy between them. they are still only about 4 inch bodies so not fully grown yet so im hoping they will stay peacefull towards their smaller tank mates.

ive also got 1 angel from the group thats had half of its gill plate bitten off by it mates and this is in a 5ft tank...

my blue angel is a huge jerk. He picks on everything except the catfish. He's always been like that too. Only 2 inches long now.