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aggressive aquariums
By josh from the josh department, Section Ask Guppylog Posted on Wed Aug 29, 2007 at 12:16:40 PM PST Tags: (all tags)

Hello Everyone! I have a twenty gallon aquarium with guppies, platys, Corys, blood-fin tetras, and a pleco which is a non-aggressive aquarium. It hasn't run into any major problems for the past two years and its looking great right now. I am thinking about getting a second aquarium size: 33gal. I want to put more aggressive fish in such as gouramis, angel fish,...etc etc. To my question... is a aggressive aquarium harder to care for? josh

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aggressive aquariums | 9 comments (7 topical, 2 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: aggressive aquariums (none / 0) (#3)
by gupppies on Tue Nov 02, 2004 at 11:20:38 PM PST

I have a tank filled with aggressive fish, and I have never had a single health problem like I do with my guppy tanks. They just seem to be thriving.

The only problem I have is three of my four tiger barbs have been picking on my fourth one and chewing its tail and fins off.

the others, a large angelfish, a large shark and a couple of zebra danios get on fine.

Hey Gupppies! You are unusual in that you (none / 0) (#4)
by unclescott on Wed Nov 03, 2004 at 08:56:09 AM PST

seem to be successfully keeping tiger barbs and angelfish together. Those barbs see the angel's finage as a swimming snack bar.

What do you do so they don't snack on the angel-fins?

By the way, while angels, who can make an absolutely stunning display in something like a 55 or 125 gallon tank and can be tough on smaller fish, are about the shyest of cichlids, with the exception of discus and Apistogramma (Apistos). I wouldn't call them especially aggressive. Their aggrandizement is nothing compared to that of most cichlids!

All the best!
u.s.

PS: don't show this post to the barbs. ;)

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Re: Hey Gupppies! You are unusual in that you (none / 0) (#6)
by gupppies on Thu Nov 04, 2004 at 11:40:51 PM PST

The angelfish is quite large and is the boss in the tank. Nothing goes near it. I added the barbs quite some time later, and have never had a problem. They have never shown the slightest interest in the angel. All they do is chase each other around, and a rosy barb as well which I forgot to mention. I also keep a bristlenose catfish in the same tank. Everyone gets on fine, except the one barb which keeps getting picked on.

I have thought about moving the angel to my much larger guppy tank, but have been hesitant to do it. Any thoughts on that? I know that any loose fry would be history, but that would be no different to my guppies devouring them now. Do you think the angel would pick on my guppies? At a nearby shop they keep mollies and angels in the same tank, and they seem to be getting on ok, would guppies be any different?

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Angels and Guppies (none / 0) (#9)
by everb on Thu Nov 18, 2004 at 11:46:10 AM PST

The angelfish and the guppies should get along fine. My main show tank has a large angel and several guppies and I've never had a problem with them. This is of course assuming that the guppies are relatively large. A full grown guppy is probably a bit too large to be eaten by anything other than the largest of angelfish. Also I've never had my guppies bother anything but other guppies so I doubt they would harrass the angelfish. Good Luck!
"Man hates those to whom he feels the need to lie."
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Re: Hey Gupppies! You are unusual in that you (none / 0) (#7)
by guppygirl on Sun Nov 14, 2004 at 03:54:32 AM PST

That's a good question. I'm really not sure. My thought would be that if the barbs that you have school together nicely, that may be why they leave
the angel alone.

On the other hand, as you know, guppies like to try to mate with anything that swims.

I could be wrong but I think they would pester the life out of your angelfish.

Let me know what you think, sorry so long in replying.

gg
:o)

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Re: Hey Gupppies! You are unusual in that you (none / 0) (#8)
by gupppies on Wed Nov 17, 2004 at 01:07:20 PM PST

I think you may be right. I might just leave it where it is, although it's getting a bit crowded in the angel's tank. The shark and the angel are getting pretty big, and I want to make more room without buying yet another aquarium.

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Re: Hey Gupppies! You are unusual in that you (none / 0) (#5)
by guppygirl on Thu Nov 04, 2004 at 05:10:37 AM PST

I would be really interested in the answer to this one. I have a semi-aggressive aquarium, that has a redtailed black shark (not a rainbow) angel fish, and swordtails.

I've wanted to add barbs, however I've been afraid of what they may do to my angels. In an attempt to add more colorful fish I did purchase two gold gouramis and one killed the other in two days in the quaranteen tank.

I took the mean nasty bugger back to the store where I bought him.

I'm thinking about sticking with angelfish for they are a beautiful fish in my book.

So, Guppies, how do you keep the barbs from attacking???

gg
:o)

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