best cleaning fish iv ever had

[ewurm]

I like Oto's too. And be sure and feed your plecs some healthy vegetable matter as well as some high protein foods.

 

[ChileRelleno]

wait,Im slightly confused on one thing.Are CAE and SAE not the same thing?Im not sure which one I have now.

Ive really never even noticed the switching of the c and the s.Ive probably been talking about them in threads like their the same fish,LOL

SAE = Siamese algae eater
CAE = Chinese alagae eater
Yes, two species, very different fish yet often confused for some strange reason
Talk of SAE's often leads to questions as to whether or not it is a TRUE SAE, they are often mis-ID'd with CAE's, Flying Fox and others...
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/FWSubWebIndex/saes.htm
http://www.petresources.net/fish/article/sae.html
http://users.tkk.fi/~lsarakon/akva.html

So which do you have?

 

[dragonfish]

For a planted tank nothing beats a group of oto cats for cleaning. Always working, and will clean the plants off without eating or uprooting them. Just don't expect to see them that much.

 

[atomic]

I thought SAE's were flying foxes...

 

[AtomixIGN]

I don't have any heavily planted tanks. But I keep grass and moss in all my tanks to give my fishies something to graze on and help balance out my nitrates.

 

[ChileRelleno]

I thought SAE's were flying foxes...

Nope, ya thought wrong, check the links I posted.
Don't feel bad there is a well regarded fish/aquaria book which misID'd this fish.