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My Angelfish more of a Devilfish

Discussion in 'Cichlids' started by fordfreak67, Feb 12, 2009.

  1. fordfreak67

    fordfreak67 Thread Starter New Member

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    Just wanted to share this ,I have two Angelfish in my tank along with a few other nonaggressive fish. Well today I added 5 neon tetras and within 5 minutes one of my angelfish gulped down two of them. throught they were not aggressive like that but i guess not
     
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    stevenrox New Member

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    yea how big are the angels and the neons because angels will eat guppy fry and and eggs and any other fry most of them will but rember angels are part ciclids eating cardinals are their diet in the wild
     
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    fordfreak67 Thread Starter New Member

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    They are about silver dollar size
     
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    well they eat it if it can fit in their mouth
     
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  5. LemonDiscus

    LemonDiscus Active Member

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    Angelfish are Cichlids.... Cichlids are omnivorous/carnivorous... Angels are NOT non-aggressive. They are actually highly aggressive... wait til you have a spawning pair! They will attack fish larger than them.
     
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    yup they will rip up other angels fins sometimes
     
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    fordfreak67 Thread Starter New Member

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    Well sofar the other neons are hanging in there, I guess the little devil did not like there taste
     
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    They are maybe not trying to eat them as much as defending a territory! When I had the pair in my display tank they attacked EVERYTHING and if were dumb enough to stay there they would try to beat it to a pulp.
     
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  9. stevenrox

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    lol i love feeding my pair guppy fry at one time i threw in 10 guppies and they were feed live food from them every once in a while lol
     
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    fordfreak67 Thread Starter New Member

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    Here is a pic of one of my angels aimg297.imageshack.us_img297_6682_pict0294mn1.jpg
     
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    fordfreak67 Thread Starter New Member

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    Did my post get moved because i could not find it at first
     
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    haha he looks mean mines are guarding eggs right now
     
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    fordfreak67 Thread Starter New Member

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    I have two the other one is black and hard to get a pic of, I dont know if they are male or female
     
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    well maybe if you lucky youll get a pair theres not real way to sex them but for me if its same bactch malea are bigger and they seem to have a small hump wich get bigger as they age
     
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    thats a nice pic of ur angel
     
    jygnash, Feb 14, 2009
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  16. LemonDiscus

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    That is just a coincidence.... My females larger and has more black on her.... again that IS NOT a way to sex them. It just happens I know my 2 females by their coloration and the male from his. (the one female in my downstairs tank looks almost exactly like the male, I had to watch her spawn to distinguish between them)
     
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  17. stevenrox

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    haha thats werid because out of my 7 pairs all the females are smaller maybes its the water :) :) :)
     
    stevenrox, Feb 14, 2009
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