Top 10 Tank Mates for Freshwater Angelfish
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Today's video is a top 10 list of tank mates for Angelfish. They are beautiful South American cichlids, and they have many varieties and colors patterns to choose between.
Due to their temperament, coloration, and behavior, they are compatible tank mates with some American cichlids, but even more community fish.
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We've had an angel in our 75 gallon with two blood parrots and an Oscar for 3 yrs now..They get along very well!
Great list! I have had a couple of those with my angel. I also have a EBA with the angel and he gets along great with the angel
I have Red Cherry Barbs and Dwarf Neon Rainbows with my Angel fish and a colony of Corydoras. They are doing amazing 😍
I thought long and hard about what kind of Tetras to get with my two angels and Geo Topajos. I decided on a school of congo tetras...I can't believe how large and beautiful they are. I also can't believe how active and insatiable they are. My 75 gallon tank is like a race track for them. So far the angels seem to take it in stride😊. Love the video
Great video as always. My favorite fish to keep with angelfish are Corydoras and larger tetras. Currently have bronze Corydoras, columbian tetras, rosy tetras, and Congo tetras with my angelfish in a 75 gallon
Great video
I fell in love with the Manacapuru angels, one day i want to keep them
I have a pair of angelfish with 3 mollies. they get along so well!🐠💙
@CichlidBros
9 ай бұрын
Very nice!
I have 8 Frontosa with 2 Platinum Angels. Been together going on 4 years now.
My previous tank was angelfish+rummy nose tetras+german blue rams +pleco. Also had hoplo catfish with them. All did perfectly fine so definitely can agree with this list !
@CichlidBros
Жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@toxicabuser0101
7 ай бұрын
i have same fishes in my tank now)! perfect setup
@keepamerica2astrong280
6 ай бұрын
Have angels with Rasboras. Larger Rasbys and started with smaller angels. Very happy together in my 100gal acrylic tank for the last year and a half. As the angels grew still had no problems...Great channel
nice video. From my experience P. Cribensis can be a bit aggressive when they breed, they were chasing much bigger Angels in my 90 gal. My best choices from your selection will be corridoras, rams, and red nose barbs (Denison)
Awesome video amazing information nice list
@CichlidBros
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, glad it was helpful!
@TLL50634
Жыл бұрын
Your welcome anytime my friend
I had rummy nose tetras years before I knew what they were called but I always knew they were some kind of tetra🐠💙🔥
love your channel bros
@CichlidBros
11 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! 👊🏻👊🏻
Chester the cat made my day
The bleeding heart tetra do well and have a nice red color when larger.
I ❤ polydactyl kitties!!
Subscribed! Good videos. You sound like you know what you’re doing so slow down and give us more details about the species. Differences from Male from Female. More details on how or where they mostly look like and how to tell them apart. and variations… I still cannot tell them apart. Break it down just a lil deeper please we need it! Thx
Troy, You rock buddy. I was actually getting ready to put my 90 gal to an angel severum Tank. Will those 2 work together. I appreciate this video because I have been trying to figure out what to keep with my angel tank that I am setting up. I ended up losing all of my entire 90 gal tank to a bacteria and fungus that affected their slime coat. It killed off my African cichlids and clown loaches. I have to start all over again with my Tank. Deep cleaning it all to kill that bacteria uggh it was terrible. I was able to save my turquoise severum out of the 90 gal by moving him into my 55 gal temporarily. He is going to move back into my 90 gal once I get it up and running again. I was thinking of adding the turquoise severum a gold severum and maybe a red shouldered severum. A electric blue acara or 2. Definitely some bottom feeders. And angels not sure how many I can keep in a 90 gal. I don't want to overstock like you do for African cichlids. I am going to look for those Denison barbs and how many can I put in a tank of all these species? 90 gals is big but I want to be cautious of course. Thanks appreciate the video Bro.
My Engels have two virus and a Siamese Alga eater and they get along pretty well
Doing good with an Angel fish and some Neon Tetras.
Hi, I have a 450 lt aquarium and I put 425 lt water into it. I've 4 pairs of angelfish, platinum panda black-marble and blue all around 6". I've 2 gold severum with 1 white severum all around 7" . I've 3 dwarf gourami, 4 yo-yo loaches, 2 badis badis and a bunch of danios ( green, blue, grey, pink and gold ) . All are greatly living together. I've had great success in keeping angelfish in Betta sorority. I've Zoro success in keeping angelfish with molly and polar parrot. My mollies always used to chase angels and severums, even nipped fins . Only reason I put mollies is to eat algae. Polar parrots are even worse, they harrased everyone. Those 2 inches chased 6 and 7 inches fishes , uprooted plants , tore apart my sponge filter. My Oscar took care of them . I'm planning to get some pearl gourami for my angels
I just moved my pair of German blue rams & red eye tetra to a 75g. I’m planning on also adding a small group of rummy nose in from another tank. After that I was thinking of maybe a pair of angels and a small group of cories to complete the community?
@CichlidBros
Жыл бұрын
Sounds like a great setup
I'm loving your videos, getting back into fish keeping after an accident prevented me from the hobby. I've got a couple of tanks running at the moment and 1 of them I have Angelfish, bristlenose and a pleco, all small at the moment and I was wondering if you could give me some advice on some other fish I would like but want to know for sure if they would be compatible, I see that Rams are ok but what about; Clown loach Blood parrot cichlid Corydoras Severum would these guys be ok too. Would look forward to your input, cheers Jac
angelfish are great
@CichlidBros
Жыл бұрын
Agreed!
I have 4 Angeles ,4 keyhole chichlids swordtail,platy and kuhli loaches and they gry well
Hello, thank you for this amazing video. I have a question 🙋🏻♀️. I own a 29 Gallon fish tank , what kind of fish would you recommend me to put in it. Thanks 🙏🏻 and have a great day.
I keep angels with tiger barb rosy barb neon tetras and golden algea eater and threadfin rainbow
Great video. Where do you buy geophagus from?
@CichlidBros
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! I’ve ordered mine from Imperial Tropicals and Global Fish co
I have powder blue dwarf gourami,flame gourami and otto catfish in with my angelfish for about 6 months now and they give no problems at all the gouramis love the angels. But i will say ive had a pleco in there with my angels and it tore up 3 angels i had. 😢
I have 2 dwarf petricola cats. Cld i do 6-7ish corys too?
Great vid! I don't refute anything you're saying here. 😊 If I might add 2 to that list speaking from experience: pearl gouramis and opaline gouramis. I started with those as a beginner; they coexist well. The other thing I'll mention to augment something you hinted at is biotopes. The fish I mentioned have a similar biotope so that works well. I do recommend the higher range of water temp provided you've got around 10 tanks per hour for flow. 82-84 at the most works well. I also recommend RODI water! 1 tbsp of Epsom salts per 5 gallons works well. I had a densely planted 30 later on only because I had no choice at the time. No CO2 and aluminum foil reflectors for strip lights. 👍 I've heard from others discus and angels work and upon research, they coexist naturally in places like the Amazon and places in South America.
been considering adding one to my 72 gallon with various catfish, an electric blue acara, a gold gourami and a female jack dempsey. everyone in their gets along great but that gourami is a terror and nonstop chases any new fish so i have held off doing
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@CichlidBros
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
would an angel fish, severum, EBA, and geo red tapajos mix work in a 125gal?
I have a couple of angels & bolivian rams with a small school of brilliant rasboras & rummy nose tetras with corys doing the dirty work. They all get along swimmingly 😂
Awesome. I need help with filtering. I am going thru 2 filters per week. Wearing me out
@jackiemiller733
Ай бұрын
I can't tell which are male mollies and female. Want to make a tank for breeding so they quit eating them
@jackiemiller733
Ай бұрын
Help
I had goldfish and angels together they get along very well!
From last 2 years. I have full size Angel with small danios tetras,,( almost all kind ) and and i have no issue never seen fighting them in the same tank i have pollar parrots also tiger barbs giant danios also gourami (small)
I would use German blue ram and corridores and Severum with the angels
I've got 5 angelfish, and they started out at nickel size. They all ended up being female. I've had to separate them in my tanks. I bought 75 gallon tank recently, hoping they would get along. My local fish store told me that I should be able to put 4 together in the 75-gallon ? I bought another 75 gallon. Also, I've not set up . Do you think they will ever get along?
Okay, I have a 55-gallon aquarium with a few pieces of driftwood. I'm gonna add a bunch of live plants and currently have around 30-35 tetras (black neon, neon, flame, rummy nose, yellow phantom). Do you think I could add about 8 panda Cory's and maybe 2 or 3 angels? I know you did mention that mabey neon tetras and angels might not be the best idea, but i do have a lot of cover.
@CichlidBros
Жыл бұрын
Should work fine if the tetras have grown some and you get smaller angels to start
@carlwagers9829
Жыл бұрын
@Cichlid Bros thank you troy!
Are these all compatible with the others listed?
You showed beuones Aries tetras what is your opinion on keeping with geophagus
@CichlidBros
Жыл бұрын
They’ll usually be good together
What kind of ram is that at 10:19 with the blue and black ? Its beautiful!
@CichlidBros
7 ай бұрын
German Blue Ram
I actually tried something and after 3 months so far so good but I have two angel fish in a 75 gallon tank with a platinum betta male and a baby painters turtle the turtle is 2.5 inches maybe 3 inches. He completely ignores the fish and all of them utilize the whole tank.
What are yr thoughts, I currently have 3 Abnio Hecklers about a quarter size. Would Congo', Angles and Green Cories be a good fit? If so, how many? Tank size 75 gallon.
@CichlidBros
Жыл бұрын
Yep, those would likely work. Id limit the cichlids to a handful
@joanvirgil6299
Жыл бұрын
@@CichlidBros Thank you!
Sorry. Not related to this video. But I really want to get some blue acara. And I was wondering if they would get allong well with my common/sailfin pleco.. He is about 12cm. And what's the minimum tank size to keep them together and happy? Thank you
@itsthecorbinshow
Жыл бұрын
Hey mate, your Sailfin will be about 30 centimetres at the end of the year. Blue acaras and plecos get along great, I'd definitely look at getting at least a 4ft/120cm 75g tank so that they have some space to move and at least turn around. Bigger is always better though!
@Solace7madmax
Жыл бұрын
@@itsthecorbinshow thanks for the advice. I have had this pleco for 10 years now. He was about 2cm when I got him.. He is currently in a 140litre aquarium. I am looking for a bigger one for him but struggle to find In my area. But for now he is happy. Swims around just fine
My angel fish are attacking newly added rams is that a problem now the rams are sitting in the corner
I have Angels with geos, severums, chocolate cichlid and heckelii in one tank and with tetras, corys, small barbs and rasboras in another. The Angels only fight with other Angels.
@CichlidCharmer
Жыл бұрын
Where did you get your geos from?
@Gilsfishroom
Жыл бұрын
@@CichlidCharmer I'm in Australia mate, so that probably won't help you very much.
I just changed my 75 gallon over to Angel fish and was looking for a few ideas on tank mates. What are your thoughts on Red tail sharks or Rainbow sharks with Angelfish?
@CichlidBros
Жыл бұрын
Can probably work but both can be aggressive and not ideal
@zacharymerrill6031
Жыл бұрын
@@CichlidBros thanks for the feedback. It’s an experiment I’m interested in trying. I can always move the shark.
@Gilsfishroom
Жыл бұрын
I kept a single Red tail shark with Angels with no problems.
@deathcaster3006
Жыл бұрын
Mine was a jumping champion, jumped from angel tank to Oscar tank and that was the last hump of his life
What about silver dollars with angelfish?
Can we keep bigger Angel fish with Glow widow tetras and Bala shark ?
@CichlidBros
Жыл бұрын
Should be fine. Balas are a little too active for some angels though
Could the Angle fish also work with Silver dollars?
@irisgomez9684
Жыл бұрын
I have about 16 angels with silver dollars. The silver dollars think they’re angels lol it’s funny and cute
What about All Single Angel Fish , Apistogramma , Rams together in 29Gallon Tank
You guys are awesome you inspired me to get fish please give me a shoutout
what plants (long grass) are those at the back?
@CichlidBros
Жыл бұрын
Jungle val
Would 450l be fine for couple angels and clown loaches? Like 8 + 6? I know clowns grow huuuge.
Troy is the sexiest one of them bros.
It's funny my angel is bullying my electric blue acaras. I think when the blues grow to full size that might change.
What kind of angelfish is that?
Please, please, please keep in mind that plecos can outgrow the aquarium real quick - even much so that they could grow faster than the angels 2x thier size... This usually refers to the common plecos.
Angelfish + Rainbow Shark or Red tail shark stay together??
@CichlidBros
Жыл бұрын
It would probably work, but they may be aggressive towards the angels
I have my angels with A Oscar, Texas, venetua mbuna
do you think i can keep a angel with my betta. the betta is realy chill and stays in a small group of gupys the tank is 20 gal long
What was the yellow Geophagus?
@CichlidBros
Жыл бұрын
Albino heckili
@carloreubenvongerkin9760
Жыл бұрын
@@CichlidBros Thank you!
My tank Angel's have finished some 60 columbian tettras.....really sad
Chester looks to be polydactyl 😀
@CichlidBros
Ай бұрын
Haha yes he is!
Can a angelfish live with a yellow lab cichlid , a peacock cichlids and a Demasoni cichlid and a flower horn cichlid
@SnarkyRC
24 күн бұрын
Nope.
Tried platty and mollie they r totally not tank mate for angels. Bully them to one corner
I keep a neon tetra in my piranha tank, no issues thus far 😊
My Angel fish keep attacking and killing other fish I have, eating the tales and eyes from my gold fish.
@CichlidBros
Жыл бұрын
I wouldn’t recommend them with goldfish
Angelfish can often out compete discus. Discus work best as the dominant fish in a tank.
@CichlidBros
Жыл бұрын
Maybe, but they work just fine together
@jeremycover
Жыл бұрын
@@CichlidBros I would say “maybe” at best. For most people, not going to work.
@CichlidBros
Жыл бұрын
@@jeremycover would work just fine in the right setup. People make keeping discus too complicated and I guess this is another instance
@jeremycover
Жыл бұрын
@@CichlidBros sure, in the right set up. Not likely for most people. Discus aren’t that complicated to keep, nor did I suggest that, so don’t put words in my mouth.
@CichlidBros
Жыл бұрын
@@jeremycover lol alright man. Have a good one
I just got 6 angels with 12 tiger barbs and two gourami