3 Angels in a tank

"bassett" wrote in message
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Having three of anything is bad news, Angles are anything but angles when
it
comes to sorting out the interloper. They normaly starve the 3rd fish,
if
there not talking turns to attack it. While one feeds the other attacks
the
3rd fish and stops it eating, then the 2nd swaps round , and the 1st
repeats the process.
After a couple of days, the fish is that weak, with lack of food and no
time to rest, that it just dies.
Four are the go, and you will find that two will take over each end
of
the tank. resulting in a Peacefull tank.
bassett

It was just a little surprising with such small angels in such a relatively
large tank.

thanks,
dwhite


"Justin Boucher" wrote in message
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Angelfish are quite aggresive when the pair up. Those more familiar
with
breeding these wonderful fish can give you better accounts. I had three
angles in a 100 once. Two paired up and beat the third so much that I
moved
that one to the 20.

I was quite excited to see egg deposits on the Amazon Sword leaves, but
due
to the other fish in the tank (community), the male angelfish, Clyde,
ate
all the eggs and pressed the female to another location. I think that
the
fish destroyed the nest because it was not a secure location. A few
days
later, I found the female literally shoved up between the powerhead and
the
tank. Dead. I can only assume that Clyde pressed her up there because
of
the environmental threat to the nest anywhere in that tank.

Although I never intended to breed the angels, it was exciting to watch
the
action and perhaps some time in the future, I will attempt it.

Justin

"Dan White" wrote in message
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Hi. I put 3 nickel-ish sized angels in a 55g tank a couple of months
ago,
and now they are about quarter sized. Just the other day I noticed
that
one
of the angels had a large eye, almost like popeye, and it was red on
one
side. The fish also had some red markings around the mouth. I also
did
see
him get attacked by one of the angels, but I think this was near
feeding
time. The other two angels hang out together (all three used to) and
seem
very energetic. Is it likely under these conditions that the two have
paired up already, and beaten up on the third, or am I more likely
looking
at a diseased fish?

I still don't have a quarantine tank, so i'm at a bit of a loss to do
much
when a fish gets into trouble like this.

thanks for any comments,
dwhite