You guys are sort of exaggerating. I have a 29 gallon. I've had one of the angels for 2 years now and he is pretty big. He has never even chased my glowlights around so I don't think he will eat them >.>. The other one is still pretty small and they get along great. Corys do not need to be kept in 5 or more either, my 2 emeralds are very happy swimming together and healthy. And if there is a problem of the clown loach getting too big for the aquarium there isn't because it hasn't grown an inch since I got it.
Just give me some compatible fish lol not a aquarium lesson.
Holy crap way to throw back any help, dont think its worth adding anything but I want to put my thoughts on it because it might change your mind and realise why people are giving the advice they are.
Basically what was said is right, one of wild angelfishes main sources of food in the wild is tetras. Specifically neon tetras so your glowlights might go unnoticed but the main point is that all angel fish will have an instinct to hunt and eat tetras but if they get well fed the risk should go down but all people are saying is it might happen not it will happen which is true. The glowlights and the catfish both need to be in groups of at least 6 but the bigger the better, they might seem fine in the tank but realistically they dont know if they should have a minimum number of fish and wont be able to tell you. While some fish are quite expressive at times they dont have particularly expressive faces like humans or even other animals like dogs etc so they might look okay but in small numbers like that the individual fish will be feeling like "hang on where is everyone else". In the wild they are often in groups of hundreds so 6 minimum is nothing really but its a compromise for us to keep them in tanks. As far as the clown loach goes, its one of those fish that is hard to win an argument over tank size. This is because they grow so slowly it takes years for them to grow to any real size at all so Im not suprised that its not grown an inch but it might have grown a little but so slowly you dont notice at all. Again clown loaches fall under the same category as schooling fish they need to be in groups - if there is any doubt in your opinion of these have a look at this - http
/www.loaches.com/species-index/clown-loach-chromobotia-macracanthus
It also explains the advice you have been giving out which is questionable at best sometimes. Just because you have a 3 foot tank and your fish appear healthy (not saying they are not healthy but there will be some kind of underlying stress issues in them, I dont mean like human stress Im not saying your fish need therapy Im not some hippy, but its the best word to describe whats going on with them) but yeah just because your fish seem fine does not mean you are right. The advice people give here is based on fact such as tetras live in 100s in the wild and need to be kept in numbers in our tank fact. Not I have 2 tetras in a tank for a year or so and they are still alive so they are fine.
So yeah you do need aquarium schooling. So far as compatable fish, as was said up your numbers of cories and tetras but all of the same species like 4-5 more emerald cats and 4-5 glowlights. Then because of the low Ph I would stick to South American fish as they will be better suited but till the other fish are in the right numbers not sure what to suggest.
Also one last thing to add, your emerald cories are not actually cories they are a type of brochis catfish and they are slightly slow growing, but will get a lot bigger than regular cories just something else to consider.
If im being honest with you it does seem a shame your attitude is so bad because if your fish were kept properly your tank would look fantastic, very natural and a good mix of fish.
Wills
