Pictus cat and angel 75 gallon tank?

[tomasm87]

I have a 75 gallon tank that wont be set up for a while but stocking ideas are driving me crazy. I want angels and pictus catfish. Tell me about the pictus are they active during the day and will 4-5 be fine in the 75? And as for the angels should i do a pair or should i go single or 3 or more? I like the angels but have no experience with them. is less easier to care for or is more, to spread out aggression? I dont know what else to add to the tank neither. rainbows, tertras, barbs. Im leaning towards the cats and angels but all advise and suggestions are welcome.

 

[Laser]

I have pictus and angels together. There's no problem with them but at first I was afraid the pictus would hurt the angel because he gets over excited when it's feeding time.

 

[tomasm87]

yeah i heard they go crazy when they smell food. what else do you keep with your angels?

 

[Laser]

Harlequins, corys, ottos, blue rams, and a couple of pearl gourami. I thought the angels and the pearl wouldn't get along but they seem to care nothing for each other.

 

[josh7]

I think you could definitley do the pictus and angels. I would do 4 pictus cats and get 4 2-3 inch angels. When 2 of them pair off you could rehome the other 2.

 

[tomasm87]

I might get 4 and keep a pair. is there any problem with keeping a pair of angels and two unpaired angels in the same tank?

 

[josh7]

There kind of is since in most cases the pair will just beat up on the other angels you could just rehome the other 2 and I would replace them with a nice school of turquoise or bosemani rainbow fish.