Large Angel tanks...

from everything i've read about this (i'm also interested in it) its a matter of what will work short term (some say weeks-months) compared to long term (consensus of 3+yrs) once all the fish have fully matured it is quite different to when they are younger.

However this is just what i have read in articles written by others, not from personal experience.
 
I keep a Queen, Blue face, Blue Ring, Emp, Scribbled, Blueline, Magestic and French in a 350g with very little aggression issues. They have been together mor the most part for 4 years. Once you get past three adding more is easy. I find my tangs to be much meaner and territorial. (yellow, powder Blue, atlantic blue and blonde naso)

The only angel problem I really have is that the Queen really does not like the Blue Face.

Stay aware of the angels potential maximum sizes. They really do get large. My Queen was just a few inches in '07 and is now a 14" beast. The others are not far behind.
 
Hey cool, the video is of my tank. So I'll tell you my experiences and opinions so far of keeping multiple angels in one tank.

As for this tank (80x20x24), honestly aggression is very low, nothing that would do serious damage or make the fish become ill. Many of the fish such as the Rainfords Butterfly, Venustus Angelfish, Multi- Barred Angelfish, Regal Angelfish etc. would not thrive if aggression was a problem. But those mentioned fishes have been with me for nearly a year and are all doing great.

It has been an active effort to arrive at this point. For example I really like Blueface angels and have tried two, but both when they reached about 5 inches became aggressive. And from the video above I have since removed the flame x rusty angel because it kept chasing my Venustus, and replaced with a smaller true Sheppards Angelfish.

As for Angelfish getting more aggressive as they get larger, i'd agree with that, but I have not noticed that with my current group of fish. The scribbled is close to 10 inches, the Conspic now about 6 inches and the Goldflake is now about 6 inches, the Chrysurus about 7. So although they may get more aggressive in the future, at present they are fine, especially the Scribbled and Chrysurus which are very chilled out fish.

I believe I have found a good mix of species of Angelfish for mixing in this size tanks. None of these fish grow more than 12" most of mine such as blue-spotted, blueline, flagfin, goldflake, regal stay smaller at around 8 inches and grow slowly. And none are as aggressive as Queen's, Bluefaces etc.

The most aggressive fish in my tank are the Achilles and Powder Blue Tangs, followed by the Moorish Idol. Of the Angelfishes the Goldflake is the most assertive. I am confident that if I added a new Angelfish or Butterfly now, with the exception of the tangs and Idol, the Angelfishes would not even take notice.

Hope this gives an idea of my thinking behind my Angelfish tank, and thanks for posting.

Rahul
 
I appreciate the feedback and Rahul, a pretty breathtaking tank in all honesty... you have some beautiful specimens there. Must cost a pretty penny to stock some of those more rare guys like the Conspic, etc :). Do you QT each fish before introduction and how has it been with issues with parasites?
 
Was there a trick you used to introduce the angels? Or did you introduce a few angels in all at once? I'm particularly curious about the regal angel, emp angel, and queen angel.
 
Awesome tank Rahul. Ive watched most of your videos.. I currently have a blueface, emperor and a personifer . I Would love to add a scribbled, blueline and a queen. Can't seem to find a nice srcibbled in the NY/Nj area recently!!
 
I've had luck adding small angels 2-3" with larger ones 6+" with no problems at all. They start to fight a little when two angels are about the same size but nothing nearly as bad as my tangs. They can be real terrors.
 
Changing 100 gallons today & making the glass look nice & pretty for its new movie. :)


My angel collection consists of:

African Flameback- 1 1/2"
Potters- 2 1/2"
Blueface- 5 1/2"
Asfur- 6" with out streamers
Venustus- 3"
Regal- 4"
Flagfin- 5"
Bluespot- 5"
Blueline- 7 1/2"
Queen- 4"

They share the tank with an adult Moorish Idol, trio of green Chromis, Kole tang, & two sand sifting gobies.
 
is this the same fish, a Rainford's butterflyfish? thanks!
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edit: just read Rahul's post again. It is a Rainford's. I just dont think I've ever seen them in anyones tank before or even for sale online.
 
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Changing 100 gallons today & making the glass look nice & pretty for its new movie. :)


My angel collection consists of:

African Flameback- 1 1/2"
Potters- 2 1/2"
Blueface- 5 1/2"
Asfur- 6" with out streamers
Venustus- 3"
Regal- 4"
Flagfin- 5"
Bluespot- 5"
Blueline- 7 1/2"
Queen- 4"

They share the tank with an adult Moorish Idol, trio of green Chromis, Kole tang, & two sand sifting gobies.
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We are very comparable in number of angels and size. I got my 6.5" blueline back in 2009 when he was 4.75" and now is the boss of the tank. How long have you had your blueline now and how big when you got it? I haven't had luck with the larger bluelines (6"+) and most cases they don't eat or by the time they start to eat its too late. So far I only know of LargeAngel with receiving a large specimen make it. I'm sure there're other success story with larger specimens but far and few.
 
I purchased my Blueline from NYA around December of this past year. It was already a good 7". It ate spirulina brine the 2nd day I had it in QT. It now eats everything except for pellets. I wanted a large one so the others wouldn't bully it. The MI is the boss of my tank.
 
Glad to see another success story with a large blueline.

My angels eat all various brand small pellets but the blueline will also eat OSI Spirulina and OSI Marine medium pellets. I've found some finicky fish will eat OSI Marine Flakes first so give OSI pellets a try.
 
I've tried that brand of pellets also but the blueline won't touch them. It will eat flakes with gusto but ignores pellets. You would think it would follow the other fishes & eat them.
 
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