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[Suzie-Q]

Here are five small photos of my extremely efficient
algae eater. Can anyone tell me what kind of algae eater
it is? Wal-Mart is selling them as plecos.
http://www.suzanne-eckhardt.com/algae_eater/

Thanks!
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[Victor Martinez]

Suzie-Q wrote:
> http://www.suzanne-eckhardt.com/algae_eater/

Looks like a chinese algae eater.

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[CanadianCray]

Yup everyday run of the mill algae eater. They do a great job & usually run
out of algae fast & die unless you put veggies in for them.


"Suzie-Q" > wrote in message
...
> Here are five small photos of my extremely efficient
> algae eater. Can anyone tell me what kind of algae eater
> it is? Wal-Mart is selling them as plecos.
> http://www.suzanne-eckhardt.com/algae_eater/
>
> Thanks!
> --
> 8^)~~~ Sue (remove the x to e-mail)
> ~~~~~~
> "I reserve the absolute right to be smarter
> today than I was yesterday." -Adlai Stevenson
>
> http://www.suzanne-eckhardt.com/
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[Suzie-Q]

In article >,
"CanadianCray" > wrote:

-> Yup everyday run of the mill algae eater. They do a great job & usually run
-> out of algae fast & die unless you put veggies in for them.

I'm feeding it algae disks.
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[Elaine T]

Suzie-Q wrote:
> Here are five small photos of my extremely efficient
> algae eater. Can anyone tell me what kind of algae eater
> it is? Wal-Mart is selling them as plecos.
> http://www.suzanne-eckhardt.com/algae_eater/
>
> Thanks!

Chinese algae eater. G. aymonieri, gold color variant. Check out
http://www.thekrib.com/Fish/Algae-Eaters/. That is a *VERY* poor choice
of algae eater for your tank. First, they grow to at least 6" so they
need at least a 20 gallon tank. Second, they get aggressive as they age
and could attack your betta. I'd return it to Wal-Mart, tell a manager
that the tank is mislabeled, and ask for my money back if I were you.
BTW, be glad it's not a pleco. Common plecs grow to 20" adult size.

Good algae eaters for betta tanks are mystery snails, red ramshorn
snails, otocinclus ("otos"), or algae shrimp. I like ramshorns because
they're efficient, hardy, and my betta eats the babies and keeps the
population in check. Algae shrimp are cool too, if your betta doesn't
regard them as expensive, exotic food. You should be able to find many
of those critters along with much better advice at a tropical fish store.

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[rsb21]

"Elaine T" > wrote :
> Suzie-Q wrote:
> > Here are five small photos of my extremely efficient
> > algae eater. Can anyone tell me what kind of algae eater
> > it is? Wal-Mart is selling them as plecos.
> > http://www.suzanne-eckhardt.com/algae_eater/
> >
> > Thanks!
>
> Chinese algae eater. G. aymonieri, gold color variant. Check out
> http://www.thekrib.com/Fish/Algae-Eaters/. That is a *VERY* poor choice
> of algae eater for your tank. First, they grow to at least 6" so they
> need at least a 20 gallon tank. Second, they get aggressive as they age
> and could attack your betta. I'd return it to Wal-Mart, tell a manager
> that the tank is mislabeled, and ask for my money back if I were you.
> BTW, be glad it's not a pleco. Common plecs grow to 20" adult size.
>
> Good algae eaters for betta tanks are mystery snails, red ramshorn
> snails, otocinclus ("otos"), or algae shrimp. I like ramshorns because
> they're efficient, hardy, and my betta eats the babies and keeps the
> population in check. Algae shrimp are cool too, if your betta doesn't
> regard them as expensive, exotic food. You should be able to find many
> of those critters along with much better advice at a tropical fish store.

We have two fish that look exactly like this in a 180l community tank, and
we are a little worried by what you have just said. They don't seem to be
doing a great job of the algae.

Occasionally we have seen them swim after the tuxedo platies, however the
platies always seem to be able to swim a lot faster and so we've never
witnessed any fighting. They also seem to ignore the cory and the
bristlenose pleco (who is only 1" long at the moment) and the male betta.

Any comments?
Cheers, Rachel

www.jammeh.com/fishblog

[Elaine T]

rsb21 wrote:
> "Elaine T" > wrote :
>
>>Suzie-Q wrote:
>>
>>>Here are five small photos of my extremely efficient
>>>algae eater. Can anyone tell me what kind of algae eater
>>>it is? Wal-Mart is selling them as plecos.
>>>http://www.suzanne-eckhardt.com/algae_eater/
>>>
>>>Thanks!
>>
>>Chinese algae eater. G. aymonieri, gold color variant. Check out
>>http://www.thekrib.com/Fish/Algae-Eaters/. That is a *VERY* poor choice
>>of algae eater for your tank. First, they grow to at least 6" so they
>>need at least a 20 gallon tank. Second, they get aggressive as they age
>>and could attack your betta. I'd return it to Wal-Mart, tell a manager
>>that the tank is mislabeled, and ask for my money back if I were you.
>>BTW, be glad it's not a pleco. Common plecs grow to 20" adult size.
>>
>>Good algae eaters for betta tanks are mystery snails, red ramshorn
>>snails, otocinclus ("otos"), or algae shrimp. I like ramshorns because
>>they're efficient, hardy, and my betta eats the babies and keeps the
>>population in check. Algae shrimp are cool too, if your betta doesn't
>>regard them as expensive, exotic food. You should be able to find many
>>of those critters along with much better advice at a tropical fish store.
>
>
> We have two fish that look exactly like this in a 180l community tank, and
> we are a little worried by what you have just said. They don't seem to be
> doing a great job of the algae.
>
> Occasionally we have seen them swim after the tuxedo platies, however the
> platies always seem to be able to swim a lot faster and so we've never
> witnessed any fighting. They also seem to ignore the cory and the
> bristlenose pleco (who is only 1" long at the moment) and the male betta.
>
> Any comments?
> Cheers, Rachel
>
> www.jammeh.com/fishblog
>
>
I've never kept CAE because of the bad reputation of the fish. We used
to get big ones returned to the store where I worked sometimes with the
customer saying the fish had gotten aggressive and stopped eating algae.
I'm sure there are peaceful CAE out there. Every time a CAE thread
starts, someone chimes in about their big, peaceful CAE in a community
tank. However, I suspect that the peaceful fish are in the minority.

Here are some comments from folks about the fish.
http://badmanstropicalfish.com/profiles/profile47.html

Sizewise, your 180l is adequate. There's room for 6" fish and some
space for a little chasing. The main thing to watch for is
territorialism. You're already seeing some of it with the platy
chasing, so keep a lookout for signs of stress in the chasees. Provide
plenty of cover like big plants (real or silk) reaching to the surface
so that chased fish have a way to hide. The extreme of CAE bad behavior
is latching onto slow fish and damaging their sides and if that happens
you'll have to remove the CAE (or the other fish) from the tank.

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[lgb]

In article >, eetmail-
says...
> The extreme of CAE bad behavior
> is latching onto slow fish and damaging their sides and if that happens
> you'll have to remove the CAE (or the other fish) from the tank.
>
I don't know if it's typical or not, but mine started wildly digging
holes in the substrate. After he'd dug up my plants one too many times,
he went.

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[Logic316]

rsb21 wrote:
>> I like ramshorns because
>>they're efficient, hardy

Yeah, but they eat all your plants and poop too much :-/

- Logic316



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