Can Freshwater angelfish Live With Elephantnose fish?

The elephant nose's own profile names angelfish among the species it is kept with successfully, alongside other African tankmates and peaceful cichlids. It is quiet and territorial with its own kind but peaceful toward other species, and an angelfish holding the middle water leaves the floor to it.

Both take 24 to 28 °C and pH 6 to 7.5, soft and dim, which is the tank each wants anyway.

The warning on the elephant nose is about feeding rather than fighting: it is outcompeted at feeding time by very active fish, and it hunts after dark by probing the substrate with its trunk. Offer bloodworm and other frozen food once the lights are out so it gets a real meal, and keep the angelfish group modest so the tank stays calm. Soft sand is essential, since sharp gravel damages the mouthparts it feeds with, and the fish wants a 243 litre tank with dim light and cover. Keep one elephant nose, or at least five, never two, because the stronger of a pair bullies the weaker relentlessly.