Click here to read about Angels and scroll down to the paragraph titled Compatibility, which lists compatible tank mates for your Angel. Then click here to read about compatible tank mates for your Silver Dollar.

I just clicked on those pages and read that Silver Dollars are listed as good tank mates for Angels, and Angels are listed as good tank mates for Silver Dollars. So your Angel and your Silver Dollar are compatible, which you already knew.

I also read that Bigger Tetras such as Black Skirts, Serpaes, and Silver Tips, Corydoras Catfish, and Livebearers such as Platies, Swordtails, and Mollies are compatible with your fish.

I also read that Gouramis, Giant Danios, Rainbows, a group of Bala Sharks, and a group of Clown Loaches are also listed as compatible with both Angels and Silver Dollars.

Incidentally, the page about Angel Fish recommends keeping one or several Angels, but not just a few. The page about Silver Dollars recommends keeping a group of at least six Silver Dollars, because they are schooling fish.

This should give you quite a few choices for your aquarium. I hope this has helped you.

Many aquarists think that Plecostomus, or SAE, or Otocinclus or some other fish will solve their algae problem. This is usually not true. Click here to read more about how to get rid of all types of algae. Click here to read more about aquarium maintenance.

Whenever you try something new, such as mixing SAE and Otos in the same aquarium, there is a chance some unexpected problem or benefit will occur. So watch the fish carefully to see how they interact, and let me know what you see.

I have gradually stopped mixing fish from different continents in my aquariums. The SAE are from Asia, and Otos are from South America, so I would not mix them in my aquariums for purely esthetic reasons.

I occasionally visit Seaworld's Freshwater Aquarium here in San Diego, and they keep fish from different continents and different habitats in different aquariums. I liked the look, but this is just a personal choice.

I like your idea about having a page showing some of the submitted feedback comments. I do sprinkle a few of them about here and there, but it would be nice to have a page with a whole bunch of them.

We get many feedback comments each day, and in the last year we've gotten a total of only a dozen or so negative comments. In particular we've gotten three or four saying no fish should be kept in captivity, and three or four comments criticizing us for mentioning specific brand name manufacturers and retailers.

Reply. Either a male or female Betta fish would be fine. Click here for more information about Male Bettas, and here for more about female Bettas.

While many adults seem to prefer an aquarium with a few large fish, children prefer several different types of small animals such as a small fish like White Clouds, a freshwater Crab, a dwarf Frog, a Tadpole, a few Ghost Shrimp, a freshwater Clam, and an Aquatic Snail. Keep this in mind when you shop for a child. Click here for more about Fish for Kids.

Be sure to help your son learn how to feed the fish. Click here for more information about feeding fish and a picture of Catherine, when she was 5 and just starting to feed fish.