Angels

[Sky Devil]

Will angels destroy plants?

[PeterGwee]

Don't think so...Sherchoo has some altums...(I think about the same lah)...Might want to ask him how they behave.

[vinz]

No... lots of people keep them with plants.

[sherchoo]

Angels are not known to destroy plants. In fact, they are carnivourous. Whacked my shrimps left, right and center. My wife told me my Altum gulp down a yamato whole. Very ex meal.....

[timebomb]

Angels are not known to destroy plants. In fact, they are carnivourous. Whacked my shrimps left, right and center.
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Sherchoo, actually almost every fish is carnivourous. I've seen many times people asking in this forum if this fish will eat this and that. As sure as death and taxes, big fish will always eat small fish. Some people say their Aworanas won't eat their SAEs; still some others say their Discus won't eat shrimps. As far as I know, fish will eat anything that can fit into their mouths. Even a small Cardinal Tetra will try to eat a shrimp if it's small enough.

However, many small fish don't get eaten by bigger fish for the simple reason they know how to "siam". I'm sure most of you would have experienced this before - You introduce some small fish or some shrimps into your tank and immediately the other inhabitants of the tank will start biting at them. New fish or shrimps caught in the open are very likely to be eaten or bitten to death. "Who was there first" is the key in the cycle of life and death in our fish tanks. If you introduce an Angelfish into a tank full of shrimps, chances are almost all the shrimps will not be eaten. But if you do it the other way round, no shrimp will survive in a tank already inhabited by Angelfish.

Loh K L

[elmike]

I am a lover of angels. Rest assured that angels they are... and they won't harm your plts. Only when you don't feed them for days will they start nibbling at plts w fine leaves (such as cabomba) and even so they may just be nibbling on algae or some micro flora growing on the leaves.

mike

[Simon]

there is a famous saying for Altums.. "as long as it fits the mouth, it prolly end up in it"

angel dun naturally eat plants, but they do occasionally nibble on new leaves, but that is uncommon for them.

my altums have an appetite for different fishes/species.

1) 1-lined pencilfish
2) 1 striped pencil
3) 3 lined pencil
4) cardinal tetra
5) rummynose tetra
6) oto
7) varies species of apistogramma (mostly young fishes, never adult)
yamato & malayan shrimps

[nostalgia]

Angels love plants~
mine does~