real siamese algae eater

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I am trying to find these guys but all i seem to find are flying foxes , chinese algae eater and false ones, Has anybody had any experience with these guys and are they really that good of an aglae eater. I thought i found some but it turned out the are flying foxes
 
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Read all the information you can find here.
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132241

Many members of AC keep plenty of SAE's. I keep some myself. They do eat BBA but lose this taste as they mature. I wouldn't rely on fish too heavily to consume algae if I were you. They grow to 5-6 inches and are fairly peaceful. They're best kept in groups with gentle to powerful flows.
 
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I had one from tiny and it was an amazing algae cleaner - totally stripped my leaves and glass etc. Unfortunately they get incredibly narky when they get bigger so after a year I had to give mine up to the lfs after it started going for my Pearl Gouramis. Mine was around the 4" mark by then but when I bought it was no bigger than an ottocinclus.

They're not difficult to find - loads of em about, well round my neck of the woods anyway...
 
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HAHA - just realised your talking about a completely different fish. NUMPTY THAT I AM. I was talking about the Chinese algae eater.

I had a siamese algae eater for a few years - incredibly good at cleaning algae. No bother at all. It died one day after a 48hr power cut :(
 
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Lupin;1981466; said:
Read all the information you can find here.
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132241

Many members of AC keep plenty of SAE's. I keep some myself. They do eat BBA but lose this taste as they mature. I wouldn't rely on fish too heavily to consume algae if I were you. They grow to 5-6 inches and are fairly peaceful. They're best kept in groups with gentle to powerful flows.
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you sure that a true siamese algae eater and not a flying fox or a false one the all look the same but are different
 
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cornbread_5;1981779; said:
you sure that a true siamese algae eater and not a flying fox or a false one the all look the same but are different
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You need to observe closely the color patterns and mouth shape. Actually, they're not difficult to distinguish at all.
 
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Lupin;1984321; said:
You need to observe closely the color patterns and mouth shape. Actually, they're not difficult to distinguish at all.
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yeah i know how to distinguish them its just not as easy in the store as a settled tank
 
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