donttaptheglass
Aquarium Advice Freak
I have a single Black Lace Angel that I've had for about 3 months now. I bought him(?) with two other Angels so that I had a set of 3 in case a couple of them wanted to pair up. Well, after two weeks, two of them died from a water quality issue brought about from my own lack of experience, and until I had things settled I wasn't going to put any more Angels in there.
So now, my tank is happy, water params are very nice and everyone in the tank seems quite healthy and happy. My Angel eats when its feeding time and moves around the tank every now and again, but largely he just sits in an out of the way place and hangs out. He doesn't really "hide" since he doesn't try to make himself invisible by hiding behind ornaments or plants, he just kind of finds a place where nobody else is and hangs out there.
Off an on he has some bickering issues with the Dwarf Gourami, but in those cases, he tends to give as well as he gets back to the Gourami, so the sessions are usually pretty short lived and neither one is damaging the other. He'll even come to my hand when I'm feeding or when I need to reach in the tank for something. He's pretty friendly towards me and usually puts himself at center stage when people are looking into the tank.
I'm just wondering if this "wallflower" behavior is typical of an Angel that would like some companionship of its own kind?
Now that I've gotten a little better with the tank and its maintenance procedures, and I've kept him alive and kicking for 3 months now, I would feel better about putting a couple of friends in for him.
So now, my tank is happy, water params are very nice and everyone in the tank seems quite healthy and happy. My Angel eats when its feeding time and moves around the tank every now and again, but largely he just sits in an out of the way place and hangs out. He doesn't really "hide" since he doesn't try to make himself invisible by hiding behind ornaments or plants, he just kind of finds a place where nobody else is and hangs out there.
Off an on he has some bickering issues with the Dwarf Gourami, but in those cases, he tends to give as well as he gets back to the Gourami, so the sessions are usually pretty short lived and neither one is damaging the other. He'll even come to my hand when I'm feeding or when I need to reach in the tank for something. He's pretty friendly towards me and usually puts himself at center stage when people are looking into the tank.
I'm just wondering if this "wallflower" behavior is typical of an Angel that would like some companionship of its own kind?
Now that I've gotten a little better with the tank and its maintenance procedures, and I've kept him alive and kicking for 3 months now, I would feel better about putting a couple of friends in for him.