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[SereneReyn]

i'm still cycling my tank... /sniffle... but ofcourse i've gone over the future list of residents like... a thousand times. here are the current potentials:

2-5 angels (may weed down from 5 to 2 if they pair up and no longer get along, LFS will take oddballs)

3 bonsai rams (2f, 1m - a smaller, long finned, pot-bellied version of german blue)

2 butterfly plecos (they stay pretty small - not the smooshed looking ones, the striped ones)

2 synodontis ocellifer catfish (these get bigger, about 5" - but are reputed to be quite peaceful)

and if, like i said the angels wind up being only 2, then i may add some kuhli's... i'd love some shrimp, but i heard angels might eat them.

i hope to have lots of live plants and some driftwood for plenty of hiding places... and some malaysian trumpet snails to keep things tidy.

ironically i could get discus cheaper than the angels that i want... but i'm too scared to try them.

so... feedback?

[BoSox Fan7]

You could put in a school of tetras or cherry barbs in with those.

[SereneReyn]

yeah, i thought about some neons, but everyone says they'll get eaten (i wouldn't mind that so much, if it were sporadic... but if they disappeared in a day, that'd suck)... i also don't want things too crowded... i'll check into the cherry barbs, or maybe some larger tetras. thanks.

[angelfish220]

zebra danios can be kept with angels sucessfully. They are fast little buggers and angelfish can rarely catch them.

[Barbrella]

Personally, I wouldn't put two kinds of cichlids in there although I'm sure many people do it successfully.

If you want a peaceful and pretty schooling fish, you might want to look at Harlequin Rasboras! IF you want tetras, Bleeding Hearts get quite large, are very beautiful and quite peaceful, for tetras.

i could get discus cheaper than the angels that i want

How big are they? If they're the tiny, silver dollar-sized babies, they are difficult to keep alive. Discus need a very well-established and stable tank, with soft acid water that must be kept super clean.

[MissMTS]

I have some pristellas in with my angels and they work well together. Pristella tetras are a really cute little fish, and they get 2 inches, so the Angels won't eat them

[Narcicius]

Hope it all works out, post any progress on the stock options as you learn more.

[SereneReyn]

How big are they? If they're the tiny, silver dollar-sized babies, they are difficult to keep alive. Discus need a very well-established and stable tank, with soft acid water that must be kept super clean.

i know they're difficult, that's why i said i won't be keeping them.

thanks for the helpful suggestions - i'll look into them further. i've kept angels in the past... a lot actually... and the only time i saw them display serious attitude was when they were guarding their eggs. and veils tend to be slightly awkward swimmers too, which is part of the reason i thought a smaller fish, kept in a school might be ok, with lots of hiding places/plants.