Species profile
Angelfish
Pterophyllum scalare
ai-generated confidence: high
AI-generated aquarium-care values from common hobby consensus; expert review is recommended before launch-quality advice.
Care table
| Water type | freshwater |
|---|---|
| Care level | moderate |
| Minimum tank | 40 US gal / 151 L |
| Minimum group size | 1 |
| Adult size | 15 cm |
| Temperature | 24-29 C |
| pH | 6-7.5 |
| Hardness | 1-12 dGH |
| Salinity | 0-0 ppt |
| Temperament | semi-aggressive cichlid |
| Aggression notes | Adult angelfish may eat very small fish and shrimp, and breeding pairs can become territorial. |
| Diet | omnivore |
| Swim zone | middle |
| Activity level | moderate |
| Bioload | medium |
| Reef safe | Not applicable or not reviewed |
| Plant safe | Yes |
| Invert safe | No |
| Compatibility tags | freshwater, cichlid, semi-aggressive, large-predator, tall-bodied, long-finned |
| Avoid with tags | tiny-fish, shrimp, fin-nipper, aggressive-fish |
Tank mate compatibility
Generated same-water-type pair checks for Angelfish.
- Can Angelfish and Betta live together? compatible
- Can Angelfish and Bristlenose pleco live together? compatible
- Can Angelfish and Bronze cory live together? not recommended
- Can Angelfish and Cardinal tetra live together? not recommended
- Can Angelfish and Cherry shrimp live together? not recommended
- Can Angelfish and Chili rasbora live together? not recommended
- Can Angelfish and Ember tetra live together? not recommended
- Can Angelfish and Harlequin rasbora live together? not recommended
- Can Angelfish and Guppy live together? not recommended
- Can Angelfish and Honey gourami live together? caution
- Can Angelfish and Molly live together? not recommended
- Can Angelfish and Kuhli loach live together? not recommended
- Can Angelfish and Neon tetra live together? not recommended
- Can Angelfish and Otocinclus live together? not recommended
- Can Angelfish and Pearl gourami live together? compatible
- Can Angelfish and Peppered cory live together? not recommended
- Can Angelfish and Platy live together? not recommended
- Can Angelfish and Pygmy cory live together? not recommended
- Can Angelfish and Swordtail live together? not recommended
- Can Angelfish and Tiger barb live together? not recommended
- Can Angelfish and Zebra danio live together? caution
Sources and attribution
Source links are verification references for taxonomy and identifiers. Aquarium-care values are AI-generated from common hobby consensus and need expert review before launch-quality advice.
- Wikidata search - Taxonomy/identifier verification lead only.
- GBIF species search - Taxonomy verification lead only.