Keeping Angelfish?

Thusly (Jack B.) Spake Unto All:

Cardinals grow to almost twice the size of neons.
I, personally, wouldn't mix angelfish and neons, IMO it's mainly a
question of WHEN the angelfish will kill and eat the neons. I've seen
angelfish bite neons in half because they were too big to swallow
whole.

Subject: Keeping Angelfish?
From: Mean_Chlorine
Date: 10/11/2004 7:05 PM Central Daylight Time
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Thusly (Jack B.) Spake Unto All:

Cardinals grow to almost twice the size of neons.
I, personally, wouldn't mix angelfish and neons, IMO it's mainly a
question of WHEN the angelfish will kill and eat the neons. I've seen
angelfish bite neons in half because they were too big to swallow
whole.


I can honestly say that I have kept several batches of Angelfish with full
gorwn Neon schools many times over the years.
I'm talking about quarter body size Angels till they were good sized breeders.
It's all a matter of how you raise them.
It actually makes for quite a gorgeous tank.
Picture in your head....
Black gravel...
Bright green Amazon Sword plants drifting in the current.....
Reddish brown driftwood poking through.
A few stately Angelfish and a school of brightly colored Neons or Cardinals
swimming across the tank.
I've seen this many times, and never get sick of it.