Agressive Sucker fish

[Dudzy]

I have two Sucker fish right, all I know is people call them Sucking catfish or Chinese algae eaters.
They are really cool I want to buy more, but since I have had my three Barramundi they are really aggressive, they chase my barramundi's around the tank when ever I put the feeder fish in for my barras.

Any ideas as to why? I'm not worried about my barras because the suckerfish could never hurt them.

Here is an old picture of one of them.

 

[Lupin]

CAE's are naturally nasty as they mature. They get nastier as they grow.

 

[Dudzy]

CAE's are naturally nasty as they mature. They get nastier as they grow.

They have a really slow growth rate right?

 

[jayclarke]

They have a really slow growth rate right?

As far as i know yes!

I tried keeping some a few yrs ago an they were more trouble than there worth!

 

[dragonfish]

Definitely more trouble than they are worth.

 

[Lupin]

They have a really slow growth rate right?

Yes. Adults are hard to come by. Most we see are juveniles only.

 

[Dudzy]

They are in my 55gal at the moment and that's the tank I use to grow out my younger fish, but if the suckers get any worse then I'm just gonna put them in the pond.

 

[Lupin]

If you have koi and goldfish in the pond, then they're the next victims of harassments. The only tankmates that would easily get along with these fish are the aggressive loaches such as the tiger loaches (Syncrossus sp.) and Yasuhikotakia modesta.

 

[duke33]

I have had one for 3 yrs. He's still only 3" and he is a mean little guy. I've tried introducing 2 others at different times with no luck.

 

[Bethany]

mine chases almost anything, even my synodontis, who's several times his size. he is mostly just territorial though, because he'll only feed from the bottom and shoves my synodontis and corys around. he's about 3.5 inches, and hasn't grown much, just a little jerk of a fish