Guppies & Angels

[Tolak]

Today, just as 3 years ago when this topic was created, if it is small enough to fit in an angel's mouth it risks being eaten.

I don't care if you keep the angels separate, or together, with other fish, or keep the angel as an adult for years by itself, they are cichlids, and will eat live food if given the chance. Individual angels have individual temperament, some more aggressive than others. Aggression & eating are two different issues.

An adult angel can easily eat an adult neon, adult male guppys are not a whole lot bigger. An adult angel can open its mouth much larger than you would think.

 

[ak>47]

Today, just as 3 years ago when this topic was created, if it is small enough to fit in an angel's mouth it risks being eaten.

I don't care if you keep the angels separate, or together, with other fish, or keep the angel as an adult for years by itself, they are cichlids, and will eat live food if given the chance. Individual angels have individual temperament, some more aggressive than others. Aggression & eating are two different issues.

An adult angel can easily eat an adult neon, adult male guppys are not a whole lot bigger. An adult angel can open its mouth much larger than you would think.

This task has been psychologically proven. The experiment has been done 4 times where i live (in Melbourne)
Although they are "cichlids and will eat live foods if they can" can thy can be trained not to. Putting them separately and re-introducing them later will change that immediate behavior.
Although "aggression and eating and two different issues" behavior and aggression and be successfully controlled by following certain procedures with will manipulate and alter them by other means.
As a psychologist and a vet i strongly agree that an Adult Angel can easily eat a adult neon, however the method in which the behavior is influenced and manipulated will result in the angelfish to be in a condition where it is mental process has been influenced long enough to opposes such behavior (such as eating the neon). This mental objection is dependent upon the time which it is separated. ( so for instance keeping an angel with other angels separately for a long period will loose its habit to eat small fish, therefore loose its long metal process of eating tank mates.

I know they their behavior in the wild is to eat fish smaller than themselves, but i'm just providing the answer to people who do want to successfully throw them into the mix with other, smaller community tank mates.