SAE agression

[Jeff Lowe]

Two of my 7 S.A.E.s have taken to taken to chasing each other around.They
appear to be sucking the stripes off of each other. After a bout of chase
and nip their stripes are barely discernable, but come back overnight. Am I
right in assuming this is a territorial dispute between them? What are their
reproductive habits and how does one sex them? These are about 2.75" long
( my original is now about 4.5") I am thinking about making one of the
aggressive pair go live with the guppies, but I wonder if they will eat the
fry.

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Jeff Lowe
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[RedForeman]

Sounds like normal SAE agression... they aren't the best fish to have,
they tend to end up doing that to every other fish too... eventually, you'll
find them sucking off the other fish, then that fish will be dead, and all
of the SAE's will be dining on it...

I tend to opt for lower aggression algae eaters, pl*cos and Otos...


"Jeff Lowe" > wrote in message
...
> Two of my 7 S.A.E.s have taken to taken to chasing each other around.They
> appear to be sucking the stripes off of each other. After a bout of chase
> and nip their stripes are barely discernable, but come back overnight. Am
I
> right in assuming this is a territorial dispute between them? What are
their
> reproductive habits and how does one sex them? These are about 2.75" long
> ( my original is now about 4.5") I am thinking about making one of the
> aggressive pair go live with the guppies, but I wonder if they will eat
the
> fry.
>
> --
> Jeff Lowe
> reply to: j a l o w e 10 @ h o t m a i l dot c o m
>
>

[Gimpy]

I hate those dam things.. I have 2 that are about 4 inches long and had to
separate them into 2 tanks. They were eating the root's off my little sword
plant's runner. they nip at my plants, and boy do they crap alot.. Since
they are separte, there is no more agression, and I'm happy..

"RedForeman" > wrote in message
...
> Sounds like normal SAE agression... they aren't the best fish to have,
> they tend to end up doing that to every other fish too... eventually,
you'll
> find them sucking off the other fish, then that fish will be dead, and all
> of the SAE's will be dining on it...
>
> I tend to opt for lower aggression algae eaters, pl*cos and Otos...
>
>
> "Jeff Lowe" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Two of my 7 S.A.E.s have taken to taken to chasing each other
around.They
> > appear to be sucking the stripes off of each other. After a bout of
chase
> > and nip their stripes are barely discernable, but come back overnight.
Am
> I
> > right in assuming this is a territorial dispute between them? What are
> their
> > reproductive habits and how does one sex them? These are about 2.75"
long
> > ( my original is now about 4.5") I am thinking about making one of the
> > aggressive pair go live with the guppies, but I wonder if they will eat
> the
> > fry.
> >
> > --
> > Jeff Lowe
> > reply to: j a l o w e 10 @ h o t m a i l dot c o m
> >
> >
>
>

[WD]

"Gimpy" > wrote in message
le.rogers.com...
> I hate those dam things.. I have 2 that are about 4 inches long and had to
> separate them into 2 tanks. They were eating the root's off my little
sword
> plant's runner. they nip at my plants, and boy do they crap alot.. Since
> they are separte, there is no more agression, and I'm happy..
>

Odd. I have SAE's, all full size, (4 inches +) in 4 different tanks, bought
at different times, and have never had any aggression issues. They
occasionally chase each other around, but there's no real heat in the
chasing. Is it possible that you have false SAE's, or flying foxes, which
*do* get aggressive? Just a thought.

billy

[willis stanley]

In article >,
says...
>
>
>
>
> "Gimpy" > wrote in message
> le.rogers.com...
> > I hate those dam things.. I have 2 that are about 4 inches long and had to
> > separate them into 2 tanks. They were eating the root's off my little
> sword
> > plant's runner. they nip at my plants, and boy do they crap alot.. Since
> > they are separte, there is no more agression, and I'm happy..
> >
>
> Odd. I have SAE's, all full size, (4 inches +) in 4 different tanks, bought
> at different times, and have never had any aggression issues. They
> occasionally chase each other around, but there's no real heat in the
> chasing. Is it possible that you have false SAE's, or flying foxes, which
> *do* get aggressive? Just a thought.
>
> billy
>
>
>
I've got two 3" SAEs in a 55 and all they've done is a masterful job on
my black brush algae--the only "aggressive" behavior they've shown is
trying to school with the rainbows (who find the attempts most
disconcerting). Check and make sure the black stripe on the side runs
all the way THROUGH the tail fin. If it stops with the body, you have
the wrong fish.