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Aquarist Forums => 911 Emergency!!! => Topic started by: H2O on May 06, 2015, 10:13:58 PM

Title: Angel fish and algae eaters problems
Post by: H2O on May 06, 2015, 10:13:58 PM
I have a 90 gallon planted tank. Lately I've been noticing my plants being uprooted and something is killing my guppies. I have 4 beautiful angel fish that have started to get aggressive with each other and two algae eaters. In the last three days I've lost three guppies and a plattie. Are the Angel fish turning on my other fish? Is it the algae eaters eating my plants? I'm not sure because I also have a lot of small trumpet snails, an apple snail and Congo Apple snail.

If it is my angel fish and algae eaters I'd like to sell them so I can get more planted tank friendly fish.
Title: Re: Angel fish and algae eaters problems
Post by: dpatte on May 06, 2015, 10:22:08 PM
Angelfish seldom eat plants. Algae eaters might, depending what kind they are, and whether they are hungry. I would suspect your snails more than anything.
Title: Re: Angel fish and algae eaters problems
Post by: Mike L on May 06, 2015, 11:34:25 PM
 Can't comment on which is eating the plants but if those are your angels in the pic I would be thinking long and hard about selling them. They are gorgeous.
Mike
Title: Re: Angel fish and algae eaters problems
Post by: exv152 on May 07, 2015, 09:18:57 AM
You more than likely have a pair of adult angels that want to spawn, and they get really aggressive at this stage. I doubt they'd go as far as killing other fish, they usually only tend to get aggressive with their own kind. What kind of algae eaters do you have, and what are the other fish in your tank?