Can I get a discus?!

[DesignsOnYou]

No problem, just the only other thing I could come up with. I've kept a single angel in a 10 gallon and then upgraded to a 55 gallon and not had any problems. I think it does probably just depend on the fish. I would think that you would be ok with 1 angel in the 29 gallon, just be prepared to do something else if he/she gets huge. I'm looking at getting a dwarf gourami for the first time, so I'm interested in this too.

[Krisstenn]

Thanks for all the help! Now my only question is, should I get a male or female angel? Which ones are less aggressive? And which ones will do better w/o other angels?

[skratikans]

Its hard to tell when they are young

[roark fishies]

My answer on angels outgrowing a 29 is based strictly on what I've heard others say. I've actually never owned an angel so take what I said with a grain of salt.
BTW, I've never seen a female gourami for sale. Let us know if you find some!

[brian1973]

if you want a female gourami you are probably going to have to order it online...if you have searched other posts here or researched gouramis you will find that males are the most coloful so they are what is sold in most LFS. You will probably have found websites say "keep gouramis in pairs" what they dont tell you is that they mean a m/f pair. I learned this the hard way and so have many others here.

[Fishmonger70]

I have 4 angels in my 46 gal tank. I've had one for almost 2 years and the other 3 for a little over a year. They are still nice sized and get along with each other very well.

[Krisstenn]

Hey everyone, just thought I'd let you guys know what I decided to do.

I ended up buying an angelfish...from the fourth pet store I went to. The first three were out of stock when I went. And I shouldn't have bought from the fourth store either b/c the fish looked like they were dying. But I went against my better judgment and he/she died 3 days later I'm taking my bad luck as a sign and staying away from angels for now.

Just before the angel died, I spotted male dwarf gouramis at the pet store I usually buy from and brought home two. This was before reading what you guys said about putting male gouramis together. So far, the two don't seem to bully each other. They get along pretty well. But if I see any rude behavior I'll have to move one into another tank.

[Fuzz16]

angels are inbred pretty bad anymore so their survival rate is iffy
specially if the other fish in the store looked sick too

dwarf gouramis seem to do much better than the larger ones when two males are put together. they should be fine IMHO

[Pure]

Don't through in the towel on angels just yet. You just need to be more selective over the fish you purchase. Like fuzz said they can be seriously inbred causing a weak fish. A general rule with any fish but even more so for angels is if it doesn't look good in the shop it will most likely parish once you get it home. Normally when they are that bad looking the stress alone from moving them to a new tank can do them in. Hell I've lost healthy angels just by moving them to another tank in my fish room.

[Surprise_Clown_Loach]

Pictures!!