Do you think angels will go after large cardinals?

[Dave]

I'm thinking of putting in 4-5 angelfish into my 90 gallon planted tank. It currently has about 15-20 fairly large cardinal tetras.

Thoughts?

[spcy]

I have angels in my com. tank with neons in there and all are just fine. Angels are 1.5" to 3". 7 months later still have all my neons.

[Sam Chicklets]

I have angels in with glowlights, no problem.

[Toirtis]

Let me know how that works out for you....I would like to see those angels in a few weeks after they settle in...they are really nice fish.

[Dave]

So far, they are doing well.

One seems to have a swimbladder issue. He remains towards the bottom, and is laboriously using his pectoral fins. There isn't a whole lot of current in my tank, and the water is ok. I hope it was just some stress from travel and will correct itself by the time I get home this afternoon. The others seem to have coloured up nicely and are doing well.

Thanks for the input. I was going to wait for some more responses, but after seeing these angels down at Riverfront, I figured it was worth the risk :P

Edited December 29, 2006 by Dave

[HmgBrd]

For what its worth, I've got about 40 large-ish cardinals in a 240 gal planted along with 12, 4-5" Discus, without issue.

I've also kept cardinals with a about 8 breeding-sized angels in a planted 75 without problems.

They make a really nice combination in my opinion.

[Dave]

Update:

I came home early today, as the office was completely dead. Found all 4 angels doing well, sitting happily in the middle of the water column. I tried that NLS, and they weren't too interested, but took flakes readily. I'll try switching them over in the coming weeks.