Eddie - 2012-02-05 I am considering trying to establish Anglefish and Discus in a 60 gal tank. I am concerned about pH requirements. I will need to be somewhere in the 5 to 6 range for the Discus. Anyone tried this?
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Alex Burleson - 2012-02-06 60 gallons, is a very adequate sized aquarium. For Angelfish, and Discus combined, a pH of 6.0-7.0 would be best to keep maintained. 6.5, is very ideal. Best of luck!
Collecting Clownfish - 2012-02-07 Discus and Angelfish are not the best combination. I had a 150 gallon planted Discus tank and it was beautiful! I did want some angelfish, but read about flukes that they typically carry that can kill Discus. I had purchased them from a breeder and talked to several experts that all said the same thing. Discus are very expensive, so they are not really worth risking, IMO. I also read that keeping them at 93 F helped with illness and getting them to feed. I kept them successfully for many years until I sold them and switched back to salt water. I did a planted tank and it was beautiful! When you get that green bacterial algae stuff that WILL appear in a planted tank eventually (green slime), you can use the same product people use for red slime algae in their tank, just 1/2 dosage from what I remember. Worked great! Another product that works with MOST plants is Seachems Paragard for most illnesses.
Doing a TON of researched helped me to be successful, and the 93 F is honestly the best! Angelfish would not do well at that temperature, but your discus will be very happy. Seemed whenever I had it lowered, they didn't eat as well and got sick. That was just my experience. Take care and enjoy the Discus, but please remember, Discus are like seahorses.... they eat VERY slow and angelfish will eat all the food before they get a chance. Discus need their own environment.
Alicia - 2011-12-09 We adopted an Angelfish 2 days ago, sadly he died about 30 minutes ago and I'm not sure why. He was full grown so I suppose he could have been older or maybe too stressed. We have a 55 gallon tank, there's a castle in the center and we have both live and fake plants in the tank. Ph is about a 7.5, temp is between 76-78, and the only other things in the tank are 2 plecos, a couple ghost shrimp, a killifish and the dreaded snails.. Other than stress or being old I can't figure out why he died. Any suggestions?
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Charlie Roche - 2011-12-09 Being you just got him 2 days ago - possibly he was ill when you purchased him or yes age or stress conditions. Sounds like you have checked all the tank conditions and if all is fine those are the only 3 things I can think of.
Phill M. - 2012-01-28 Its sounds like your tank temp and PH are just fine. It must of been your 2 plecos, they like to suck off the slime coats of angel fish, gold fish an other flat body fish. They do it to angel fish whenever they are sleeping. Look up plecos on this site and you will see for yourself.
Erin Francisco - 2007-11-03 I just bought 2 marbled angelfish yesterday. I paired them with two fancy double tailed goldfish. At first, the goldfish kept chasing my angelfish but on the second day, they're doing pretty good. The goldfish stopped chasing the angelfish and everything was ok except for one thing. As I have observed, my angelfish don't eat much. This is my first time taking care of angelfish and I am not yet familiar on their diet. I wish they would eat more so they would grow faster. I just love watching them moving graciously. My 2 goldfish are their opposite. They are all over the tank. I also enjoy watching them because they are so active. They're really funny. I just hope to make my angelfish happy in the days to come.
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Rosamom - 2011-10-20 Angels and goldfish thrive in different temps. Angels like warm water and goldfish like it cold!
Ramsey Jasper - 2008-06-22 We've had Angel fish for a long time, my brother tried breeding them and never could, my dad tried after my brother and it went worse for him. So I decided to put them in my all plant aquarium... to my surprise they had eggs, on my big leafed plant, I was actually surprised or shocked I guess when I found out that they hatched. Its been 3 or more days since then with several still alive. One angel is a marble the other is a gold. Is that considered rare or normal. I'm guessing normal. Anyways, knock on wood, they survive!! I would like to know how long it takes for the babies to mature enough so we can take the parents out. OR if we should even take them out. Plus I just found out my female peacock was pregnant so it was quite a great week!
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Amanda - 2011-10-12 It's a good idea once the fry become free swimming to remove the parents. For several reasons. If you want an additional spawn parents will be to distracted with the first spawn to even think about another. Angelfish are very involved parents. The other is that the fry will sometimes start to nip at parents causing stress. If you want additional info there are some great documentaries on breeding angelfish on youtube.
jordan - 2011-09-29 i have a albino angle fish with an oscar, bichir, fire mouth, pirhanna, and a pleco and he's doing pretty good.
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Charlie Roche - 2011-09-29 It is up to you as to what you choose to do but I would suggest you read up on the various fish you have in one tank. You have some agressive fish that are going to get quite large and they will kill or eat the others as size permits.
Reece Ultimatefishkeeper Thomas - 2011-09-21 I have 2 large angelfish and they are just fine apart from one having fin rot, can it recover from it in time for christmas?
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David Brough - 2011-09-21 A medication designed for fin rot should cure it within a few days. It may take longer to repair the fins and look good, but a couple of months should be plenty of time.
ann - 2011-07-14 I have 2 marbel angel fishes.One nips tail of other and it always hides near the plants. Now I don know whether its male or female. Need guidance?
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Charlie Roche - 2011-07-14 You can't tell the difference between the male and female unless it is breeding season. During breeding season the papilla on the male is pointed and on the female it is blunt. The male sometimes will make a grating sound with his jaws during mating.
Reece Ultimatefishkeeper Thomas - 2011-09-21 If one has a bump on its head then it's a male and females are smaller than the males.
Direhorse - 2010-09-03 Would it be possible to keep a red fin sheller with my 8yr old pearl scale angelfish? The sheller is from my 55 gallon cichlid tank, and the angel is in a 29 gallon also containing 2 rainbow sharks, 2 large mystery snails, and a candystripe pleco. Both fish are precious to me.. would the sheller kill anything? He seems very peaceful...
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Reece Ultimatefishkeeper Thomas - 2011-09-21 Yes, it is very possible as long as you get another large angelfish to seperate the aggression from your first one.
Timid, temperamental, and delicate, the Angelfish is familiar to every freshwater aquarist and the most commonly kept cichlid.
Anglefish are classified as a begginer fish although rarley some sites will say they moderate instead of beginer fish
ps I have a silver zebra anglefish and a black vertail anglefish in the same tank
I am considering trying to establish Anglefish and Discus in a 60 gal tank. I am concerned about pH requirements. I will need to be somewhere in the 5 to 6 range for the Discus. Anyone tried this?
60 gallons, is a very adequate sized aquarium. For Angelfish, and Discus combined, a pH of 6.0-7.0 would be best to keep maintained. 6.5, is very ideal. Best of luck!
Discus and Angelfish are not the best combination. I had a 150 gallon planted Discus tank and it was beautiful! I did want some angelfish, but read about flukes that they typically carry that can kill Discus. I had purchased them from a breeder and talked to several experts that all said the same thing. Discus are very expensive, so they are not really worth risking, IMO. I also read that keeping them at 93 F helped with illness and getting them to feed. I kept them successfully for many years until I sold them and switched back to salt water. I did a planted tank and it was beautiful! When you get that green bacterial algae stuff that WILL appear in a planted tank eventually (green slime), you can use the same product people use for red slime algae in their tank, just 1/2 dosage from what I remember. Worked great! Another product that works with MOST plants is Seachems Paragard for most illnesses.
Doing a TON of researched helped me to be successful, and the 93 F is honestly the best! Angelfish would not do well at that temperature, but your discus will be very happy. Seemed whenever I had it lowered, they didn't eat as well and got sick. That was just my experience. Take care and enjoy the Discus, but please remember, Discus are like seahorses.... they eat VERY slow and angelfish will eat all the food before they get a chance. Discus need their own environment.
This is not a good combination.
We adopted an Angelfish 2 days ago, sadly he died about 30 minutes ago and I'm not sure why. He was full grown so I suppose he could have been older or maybe too stressed. We have a 55 gallon tank, there's a castle in the center and we have both live and fake plants in the tank. Ph is about a 7.5, temp is between 76-78, and the only other things in the tank are 2 plecos, a couple ghost shrimp, a killifish and the dreaded snails.. Other than stress or being old I can't figure out why he died. Any suggestions?
Being you just got him 2 days ago - possibly he was ill when you purchased him or yes age or stress conditions. Sounds like you have checked all the tank conditions and if all is fine those are the only 3 things I can think of.
Its sounds like your tank temp and PH are just fine. It must of been your 2 plecos, they like to suck off the slime coats of angel fish, gold fish an other flat body fish. They do it to angel fish whenever they are sleeping. Look up plecos on this site and you will see for yourself.
Forgot to say the silver zebra anglefish and the black vertail anglefish are in a 30 gallon wide aquarium
I just bought 2 marbled angelfish yesterday. I paired them with two fancy double tailed goldfish. At first, the goldfish kept chasing my angelfish but on the second day, they're doing pretty good. The goldfish stopped chasing the angelfish and everything was ok except for one thing. As I have observed, my angelfish don't eat much. This is my first time taking care of angelfish and I am not yet familiar on their diet. I wish they would eat more so they would grow faster. I just love watching them moving graciously. My 2 goldfish are their opposite. They are all over the tank. I also enjoy watching them because they are so active. They're really funny. I just hope to
make my angelfish happy in the days to come.
Angels and goldfish thrive in different temps. Angels like warm water and goldfish like it cold!
We've had Angel fish for a long time, my brother tried breeding them and never could, my dad tried after my brother and it went worse for him. So I decided to put them in my all plant aquarium... to my surprise they had eggs, on my big leafed plant, I was actually surprised or shocked I guess when I found out that they hatched. Its been 3 or more days since then with several still alive. One angel is a marble the other is a gold. Is that considered rare or normal. I'm guessing normal. Anyways, knock on wood, they survive!! I would like to know how long it takes for the babies to mature enough so we can take the parents out. OR if we should even take them out. Plus I just found out my female peacock was pregnant so it was quite a great week!
It's a good idea once the fry become free swimming to remove the parents. For several reasons. If you want an additional spawn parents will be to distracted with the first spawn to even think about another. Angelfish are very involved parents. The other is that the fry will sometimes start to nip at parents causing stress. If you want additional info there are some great documentaries on breeding angelfish on youtube.
i have a albino angle fish with an oscar, bichir, fire mouth, pirhanna, and a pleco and he's doing pretty good.
It is up to you as to what you choose to do but I would suggest you read up on the various fish you have in one tank. You have some agressive fish that are going to get quite large and they will kill or eat the others as size permits.
I have 2 large angelfish and they are just fine apart from one having fin rot, can it recover from it in time for christmas?
A medication designed for fin rot should cure it within a few days. It may take longer to repair the fins and look good, but a couple of months should be plenty of time.
I have 2 marbel angel fishes.One nips tail of other and it always hides near the plants. Now I don know whether its male or female. Need guidance?
You can't tell the difference between the male and female unless it is breeding season. During breeding season the papilla on the male is pointed and on the female it is blunt. The male sometimes will make a grating sound with his jaws during mating.
If one has a bump on its head then it's a male and females are smaller than the males.
Would it be possible to keep a red fin sheller with my 8yr old pearl scale angelfish? The sheller is from my 55 gallon cichlid tank, and the angel is in a 29 gallon also containing 2 rainbow sharks, 2 large mystery snails, and a candystripe pleco. Both fish are precious to me.. would the sheller kill anything? He seems very peaceful...
Yes, it is very possible as long as you get another large angelfish to seperate the aggression from your first one.