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I've used cardinals as dithers for angels for about 25 years on and off (beggars never getting to be choosers). Fully grown I've never seen a P Scalare go for a cardinal, neons however seem just about the right size for a big one. Can't vouch for the others in the family though. As for...

Clean water, by the gallon, otherwise, to be honest, my cupboard is bare (actually my cupboard is a mess, I'm a hoarder of things that may be useful, but they're not medications).

Is your water particularly soft? A sudden change in regime could have represented quite a percentage change I suppose.

If you're lacking sparkle and flash, how about the diamond tetra?

Reliably? No, not really. There are ways, but they're probably not practical for your purposes. There is sometimes success with males being larger, but less plump, and having more pronounced foreheads, but to be honest with scalare it's not generally so simple. If you want to breed them you'll...

Not the SAE ideally. They're not a brilliant mix with flat sided fish.

Anything that's not going to nip at long, flowing fins and is big enough to not fall foul of a good sized mouth. Generally people have said that neons are too small for them when they're grown as they would be a natural foodstuff for them.

I too would advise against trying for more than one pair of angels in a tank that size. It'll seem remarkably small when some pair off and there are others around. I've kept, and bred, angels in much smaller spaces before but that was on a more commercial type set up where the tank was really...