Hi All,

Has anyone here had any luck with Fancy Guppies and Angelfish in the same tank? Do they get on alright together?

I've got 2 Angelfish which have been bought up with Neon Tetras their whole life, and I'm quite keen to move them to my Guppy tank as I'm going to attempt a Marine setup and 3 fish tanks will be too many to look after. I'm quite aware they will probably eat anything that will fit inside their mouth, but I'm not so concerned about this as they will provide a good form of fry control, but apart from this, is there any other reasons not to put them in the same tank?

BTW, they would be moving from a Jewel Rekord 80 to a tall 80L tank.

CHeers

They are fine until the angles mouths get big enough to fit around the guppies heads... then guppies start to dissapear. Males first as they are generally smaller.

You may find that the long tails of the male guppies are just too tempting for some Angels :roll:

Not all of them are fin nippers, but some are, and male guppies aren't fast enough to get out of the way like neons and female guppies. Fast short finned fish you can generally use the 'fit in mouth' rule.

Cheers

Ian

as above, angels mostly love the flashing tails of the guppies.

Hi All

Well I'm going to say different.

I have a PAIR of Golden Angels and the male is a big beastie, ( the size of a saucer and 1.5cm through) and anyone who has seem them will atest to their size.

I have them in a tank with Guppies that are only 1 cm long, juvenile Checker Barbs and swordtails (Various) and all sizes.

These angel's make NO ATTEMPT to even chase the baby fish.

I believe it is down to "Good Breeding and Rearing".

All my fish at a very early stage in their lives are mixed in with other fish and reared with them, and that's what I think makes for good community fish when you take them home and put them into a tank full of Cardinals.

But hey, I'm an old fool according to some but "IF IT WORKS, DO IT" and I do get the results.

Good Luck with your endevours.

Yes.. sometimes they are fine.. and others will eat anything they can catch :-?

Depends on the individual fish I think.

Cheers

Ian

Oh I agree with you, if it works, do it. I had a Male Betta in with my Guppies and he was fine with them, but I had alot of people tell me I was stupid for doing so.

Might give them a try, i'm hoping because they've lived with little fish all their life that they may not attempt anything. They're not quite big enough to eat the adult guppies yet.

no harm in trying, if you lose a few guppies you will know its not a good idea

Every individual fish writes it's own set of rules. You just have to work out what they are. I have two male siamese fighting fish living happily together in a 2 & 1/2 x 1 x 1 foot tank. Never had any problems. No nipped tails or anything.