Angel fish are beautiful, and one is tempted to want to include them in their home aquarium, but you must be committed to care for their special needs.

Angel Fish occupy almost any position in the aquarium, yet they seem to enjoy standing still for quite a while defying gravity, but can dart away from the stance with very great speed if aroused. While they eat flakes easily, you must provide a mixture of diet including live food. Please note that these fish will keep on eating until they start suffering from being overfed, then they go off food, (hunger strike) and its difficult to get them eating again , example,they starve themselves to death.

Water temperature is also important, because they are tropical fish from South America, and should not be mixed with cold water fish. Angels love to be in schools, and are very unhappy being alone; they do not mix with cold water fish such as Kois, and aggressive fish like Gouramis, as these fish loves to nip the Angels tail, this leads to various forms of disease resulting in death.

Suitable fish that are compatible for your aquarium are Silver Dollars, Silver Tips, Rainbows and Clown Loaches. With proper tank maintenance,Angels will live for years. In the rivers Angels hide between broad leaves and twigs and it is a good idea to include live plants in the aquarium for they comfort, also include a piece of slate or broad log for breeding if required. Breeding is reasonably easy in the aquarium, providing other fish don’t eat the eggs, or finally the young fries.

The female choose her mate who accompanies her for a while, and when she is ready to lay her eggs she cleans the area, deposit the eggs, and both parents fan the water around them to ensure proper circulation. After about two days the little ones are hatched, and they survive by eating the remainder of their yoke sac. After one week they will be swimming about and can be fed with Brine Shrimp.

It’s best to remove them from the tank at this time unless you have enough plants in the aquarium for the young to hide, as other fish in the aquarium will eat them. Finally, Angel Fish are very popular in home aquariums and public display tanks, and these fish will live for years if desired conditions are met.