Hey all!! It's been a while, but I'm concerned for my neighbors fish. It's a full grown marlbed angelfish in a 25 gallon tank. And note that this tank is regular, not tall. I was wondering if she's ok because she's acting fine, but I'm just wondering if she feels a bit cramped. My friend wants me to take her and I'm fine with that. I just want to know if I might have to get a new tank. Sorry, but I don't have pictures.
Angelfish in a 25 gallon tank
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First of all, what do you consider full grown size-wise? Also what else is in the tank? I have two angels in a 30g regular tank with smaller fish. Their bodies (without considering any fins) are at least 3 - 3.5 inches in diameter) They seem to have plenty of room. Secondly, you don't really have a place for it unless you convert your 55g to a tropical tank or get another tank and that would mean you have to also having a place for a large, heavier tank - things to consider.
Hey Laura!! Hey Thyra!! How are you guys!? I would buy her another tank because my birthday was on September 23rd, (I'm 16 now yay!!) and I got $100 in birthday money. My parents wouldn't be too happy with it, but hey, it's MY money!! lol The body of the fish (Nyra) is fine in the tank, her fins however are somewhat cramped and dragging on the tank bottom. I want to take this fish, give it a new tank and decorate it. Do you think that this would work?? I just dont want her to be cramped in the tank with her long, gorgeous, flawless fins. It's like having a 12 inch oscar in an 18 inch tank only flipped. I just dont want her fins to get ruined or for her to feel cramped. Also, there are no other fish and no decorations. It's just a bare tank with a filter and a heater and the angelfish. It's quite sad really.
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Charity case fish should be free!!!! I do not pay for any fish I rescue, PERIOD!!!! Besides, its going to cost you at least $100.00 for the tank it needs and the stuff to run it with. I have left some fish at the demise of the owners greed because they wanted money for something they could not keep right or afford to keep right. Be sure you can support a new fish, also its not your parents money but they do pay for the ELECTRIC bill to keep that fish.
I think you are talking about spending a lot more than $100 unless you find something on Craigs List. You can't put a 40 -55 g tank just anyplace and it is also all the extras that add up - substrate, hood, filter, heater and decor/plants, etc. And you are probably doing this for one fish. It may be hard to add any tank mates with a fish that large unless you spend the money on another the same size and then it might not work.
Yeah, I'm not gonna get a big 55 gallon tank again. I was maybe thinking about getting a 29 gallon tall or something like that. I heard that angelfish like higher tanks rather then longer ones. I might be able to put her in with my goldfish, but i don't know. They seem like fin nippers and the tank is already in the mid to high sixties. I have the heater from the tank, but I'm not using it currently.