There are veil tail and regular tail Angel Fish
varieties and an assortment of different color varieties. All Angels
are wonderful aquarium fish. Although they are a little delicate
when small, they grow fast and get stronger. They are not difficult
to breed and many aquarists enjoy raising the babies.
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FACT: Appropriate Home. A large tall aquarium with at least 29 gallons of water, an exterior power filter with a BIO-Wheel, a maximum of 1/4 inch of gravel, and an aquarium heater adjusted to so the water temperature is between 78 and 82 degrees F.
Diet
Floating flake food and freeze dried blood worms,
which are actually mosquito larvae. Both of these foods are
available in most stores that sell pet fish.
Feed Angel Fish an occasional treat of live Black Worms and live or
frozen brine shrimp.
You can feed your Angel Fish a few live Black Worms. The ideal
amount seems to be three or four Black Worms every other day.
Be sure the worms are very clean and in good
condition.
Never feed questionable worms to any fish.
Do not feed worms to Mbunas, Haplochromis, Tropheus, or Frontosa
Cichlids.
Compatibility
You should keep either one Angel to an aquarium
or more than 3.
Angels are Cichlids and like most Cichlids, if
you keep just 2 or 3 in the same aquarium, the strongest one will
make the others miserable.
Angels do very well in a group with 6 or more
Angels in a large aquarium with at least 50 gallons of water that is
at least 18" deep.
Here is a list of tropical fish that are usually compatible with
Angel Fish:
Silver Dollars,
Bigger Tetras such as Black Skirts,
Serpaes, and Silver Tips,
Corydoras Catfish,
Livebearers such as Platies,
Swordtails,
and Mollies, but not Guppies which may be eaten
by Angels,
and one Plecostomus Catfish.
Angel Fish are often seen in aquariums with Gouramis, Giant Danios,
Rainbows, a group of Bala Sharks, and a group of Clown Loaches.
As Angel Fish grow larger, they become very efficient at stalking
and eating small fish like Guppies and Neon Tetras. So they are not
compatible tank mates for these fish.
Angels are susceptible to a disease called Hole in the Head.
Life Span
Angel Fish have a life expectancy of several
years, sometimes up to 10 years if they are looked after well.
Size
Angel Fish can grow to be 12 inches tall and
maybe taller
