I think I was a little too far into my bourbon-drinkin session last night & got them confused with chinese algae eaters. I'm not even sure there's a difference between the species, but I know CAE's are slime-coat eaters... Sorry bout that!
yeah, huge difference betweeen Siamese Algae Eaters and Chinese Algae Eaters . . . not the same at all
for one thing, my SAEs ate algea pretty much their whole lives, while CAEs supposedly stop once they get past juvenile stage . . . and, more importantly, SAEs are calm and peaceful fish, while CAEs have reputation of becoming nasty as they get older . . .