Compatibility Question

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i agree that a red tail shark wouldnt really clear out an algea problem, they nibble here and there but its not their main goal i guess you would say. SAE are hard to find but ive seen flying foxes often in petsupermakets here though. I dont recommend chinese algea eaters, ive seen them do horrors to angels.
 
i agree that a red tail shark wouldnt really clear out an algea problem, they nibble here and there but its not their main goal i guess you would say. SAE are hard to find but ive seen flying foxes often in petsupermakets here though. I dont recommend chinese algea eaters, ive seen them do horrors to angels.
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I've heard stories that RTBS and SAE/flying foxes won't get along. I personally haven't seen this but just wondering if anyone can back this up?
 
@smithj427 this iz nt true i kept both in my 119g tank n there is no problem i always had 1 individual of these 2 species in my tank 4 3years!!
 
@smithj427 this iz nt true i kept both in my 119g tank n there is no problem i always had 1 individual of these 2 species in my tank 4 3years!!
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K, sweet thanks for clearing that up
 
Well thank you for all your responces. The shark will be the last fish o enter the tnk. This way all the other ones can get usd to their home first. I'm going to be addinhg some corydoras as a bottom lurking fish. Since the shark doesn't help algae, I might just need to go with one of the pleco's mentioned here or a bristlenose. I will still keep my eye open for the SAE thought.
 
Nutish;3681291; said:
the red tail will do good with angels provided u put only one in ur tank!!;):)
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1 shark or 1 angel? I know these sharks don't like each other, but the people here told me to have atleast 2 angels.

From what I understand, these sharks don't like anything black. Well I owned one before with a Black moore and it never left the BM alone. (this was a long time ago when I was young, I now know that this should never be done)
 
Just a side note, I never saw my RTBS eat anything but algae off the tank, he never eat pellets, or wafers, or anything else I feed, yet he was big and fat. Dang now I am sad my guy was so awesome I loved him.
 
Make sure that you are getting an SAE and not a Chinese algae eater, they like to attack the slime coats of other fish. I would not recommend them for a tank with any fish that have nice broad sides for feeding on (for example angel fish). Sometimes I have seen CAE mislabeled as SAE's so be careful. Also my SAE's don't eat any algae besides the green hair algae, though that is fine by me.
 
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