Thanks Fwprawn,
I know that.......
I was responding to the entry I quoted...by Mygiants......
Steve
I know that.......
I was responding to the entry I quoted...by Mygiants......
Steve
Well I guess your the first one in the whole world to have FF that eat BBA. Never heard of it and I belong to all the Plant forums never have I heard someone say get some FF they'll eat your BBA. I've never seen anyone recommend Redtail sharks or Rainbow sharks or Flying Foxes as good algae eating fish. I'll stick with the SAEYou have no idea what your talking about!
after 30 years in this hobby I think I know what a SFF is and how to tell them apart from an SAE.
I don't know if the rest of the family eat algae but SFF do...............
Steve
There easy to tell apart when you have them together. By themselfs they are so many times mixed up. Even reputable fish store owners get confused. Flying Foxes are so often sold to them as Siamese Algae eaters and visa versa. I myself have purchased SAE labeled as FF in LFS. I never heard of FF eating algae or have never heard anyone recommend them as a algae eating fish.No matter which fish you have, or what you are talking about, they ALL enjoy algae.
SAE's also have a sucker mouth, whereas the foxes do not. If you have seen both, they are immediately recognizable.
Yes exactly plus FF have dark markings in there fins SAE do not. Really small FF are harder to see these marking..The easy way to ID the two is the black stripe on the SAE runs all the way through to the fork in the caudal fin where in the Flying Fox it stops at the end of the body and never goes onto the caudal fin.