Would a single adult Angelfish in a 75 gallon tank attack a newly introduced group of 4/5 Electric Blue Acara Juveniles (a couple inches). Would it be best to remove the Angel and allow the EBA’s to grow a bit first or will they be okay?
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Would adult Angel attack juvenile EBA’s
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Angelfish are territorial and other cichlids can be seen as competition for territory. Angelfish are also predators (albeit with small mouths) and will eat small fish. If the blue acaras are really small, the angelfish might see them as food or intruders.
If you have lots of plants and hiding places, it should give the new fish somewhere to hide while they grow.
In future if you ever have to introduce fish into a tank that contains cichlids, feed the fish that are in the tank and then rearrange the decorations to break up the territories. Then add the new fish. It will give the new ones more chance of settling in and not being attacked.
If you have lots of plants and hiding places, it should give the new fish somewhere to hide while they grow.
In future if you ever have to introduce fish into a tank that contains cichlids, feed the fish that are in the tank and then rearrange the decorations to break up the territories. Then add the new fish. It will give the new ones more chance of settling in and not being attacked.
Not yet fully planted, have a large plant bundle arriving in a few days. There are certainly a couple hiding spots but these guys have been far from shy! They’ve not hid one bit, have been exploring the tank all over and are very interactive whenever I’ve been near! Thank you for the concern tho!
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Tank way to open (won't matter while the angels are young) but you eitehr need more hardscape or dense planting; having said that my angels never had territorial tendency towards other cichlid BUT they will attack just about anything when breeding.
Last week i did some serious trimming and open up the left side quite a bit and my angels were not happy.
AbbeysDad
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The Angel is fully grown and everyone is fine
How are your cardinals with Angel
They will be moved to a ram tank next year; Most of the angels i have i raised as fry with the parents being purchased as nickel size - which is to say they grew up with the cardinals. I've lost a few cardinals the past year (5?); none of them were eaten but some had some odd injuries. Next year after I move the angels will no longer be with cardinals; they will also get a bigger tank so hopefully less aggression.
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