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Old 05-10-2008, 07:24 PM   #10 (permalink)
BritishBookBug
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Maine
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I would agree with everyone about bigger tanks for angels. I would also add that how many you have in a tank depends on their personalities. I had 4 angels in a 46 gal tank. They fought all the time. My gold/silver angel had its dorsal fin completely broken off. I had to hospitalize him in a 10 gal for a few weeks to help him recover. Then he had to go in the 75 community tank. We couldn't put him back in the 46 gal. I eventually gave the 2 aggressive angels to the lfs and kept a black veil female. I now have the male silver/gold with the black veil female in the 29 gal tank. They have bonded and are spawning, so there are no territory issues. The silver/gold angel's dorsal fin grew back. That was amazing to see. I used Melafix in the hospital tank to help him heal. I also added a little salt to the water as he had a wound on his back too. Angels can be brutal. I am careful not to put any fish in their tank that they might see as a threat. I think my problem was that I had 3 males and 1 female, which of course I didn't realize when I first bought them. Good luck with your angels. They really are worth the effort.
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Planted tanks: 10 gal: 2 German Blue Rams, and 1 otto and fry
29 gal: 1 angel fish, 1 flying fox, 2 ottos, 10 neon tetras, and 4 harlequin rasboras, and 2 emerald cories.
46 gal: 2 bronze cories, 1 pleco, 2 severum, and 3 firemouths, 2 ottos, 1 flying fox
70 gal: 2 blue gouramis, 2 bala sharks, 4 black skirt tetras, 3 swordtail, 4 bloodfin tetra, and 4 silver dollars, 1 pleco, 2 flying foxes, and 2 ottos.

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