Kromlech54
Aquarium Advice Regular
May also look into a koi angel or also known as a tri color angel. They can get pretty colorful at times especially if you can find a blushing koi angel mix.
IMO, I wouldn't stock BP's and angels together, they can easily kill angels if you get a short tempered one. Plus they have a huge bipolar and get quite large, and I'm not sure if your tank would work well with that...but if you just get one and re-home it when it gets big (and they do get big-about the size of a football) and just keep an eye on them it should work out fine. But I think one more angel would be a better route, either way would work, but you won't have to re-home the angel unles it's mean. I got all my angels from Mellow Aquatics | The Best Freshwater Angelfish For Sale ... The blue one is in my avatar but if you want a stand out and colorful fish, the blood parrot is a good choice.
A Blood Parrot can't kill an Angel, they are hybrids so they cannot close their mouths. They are also pretty slow swimmers. Mine do fight occasionally but nothing more than lip locking with my Male Angel and I find it interesting to watch. And they grow extremely slow compared to most cichlids and a football?? That's monster! More like a softball.
So can I put a bp in there? Or not?
So can I put a bp in there? Or not?
So what is the biggest colorful fish you would recommend?
How many gallons?
55 gallons
A 55 would be plenty of room for a Blood Parrot and Angel. My sister actually has 2 Angels and 1 BP in her 55 with no issues.
A 55 would be plenty of room for a Blood Parrot and Angel. My sister actually has 2 Angels and 1 BP in her 55 with no issues.
55 and 3 angels and 2 otos 10 ghost shrimp
Agreed if he wants to add something it should be a nice group of schoolers.