missgingersnap

Hi everyone. I just got a 48 gallon tall tank(h31 w20 d18)
So I was want fish that swim at all different levels. I plan to have angels and gouramis and then not sure what else. I'd like something that hangs at the top all the time, something that stays towards the middle and bottom and then I'll have a few bottom dwellers. Any ideas for colourful nice looking fish at all different areas of the tank? Thanks!

Amanda

Angels, yay!
Some kind of tetra, maybe cardinal would look nice.

agabr123

hi and welcome to fishlore

for that tank i would go with a pair of angels for the middle/top, a school of praecox rainbows for the middle/top OR a school of hatchets for the top, and then either 6 corys, 5 ottos, 6 kuhli loaches or a bristlenose pleco for the bottom.

AlyeskaGirl

Angels deff!!! With a nice school of Corys for bottom dwellers and a Pearl Gourmai.

http://www.elmersaquarium.com/c106community4angels.htm

missgingersnap

Thanks! I love those rainbow fish.
Won't my angels eat small tetras and ottos once they get big though?

Nick G

Angels should be fine with Cardinals, and even Neons if they're raised together from a young age.

Stradius011

Yeah angels are a very good choice.

missgingersnap

What about guppies? I keep reading that they'll eat those too. The two angels I have now are fine with the guppies and neons but I keep reading that when they get big they'll eat them. I have a ghost shrimp in there too and the angels peck at it any chance they get.

agabr123

the ghost shrimp will probably get eaten, especially when they're molting. generally you have a pretty good chance of your angels leaving your guppies and neons alone if you have had them in the same tank since the angels were juveniles