Siamese Algae Eater...

[Mort]

I once found a link in this NG about the S.A.E.

It was at
http://www.bettastarz.com/sae.htm

Anybody know of a similar article.

It discussed how to tell a TRUE SAE apart from many other fish that are
similar.

TIA

~Mort

[pausto]

Mort wrote:
>
> I once found a link in this NG about the S.A.E.
>
> It was at
> http://www.bettastarz.com/sae.htm
>
> Anybody know of a similar article.
>
> It discussed how to tell a TRUE SAE apart from many other fish that are
> similar.
>
> TIA
>
> ~Mort

http://www.thekrib.com/Fish/Algae-Eaters/
I found the table info in the section titled "Distinguishing
features", to be pretty helpful.

Kind of the same info, but with good pic's
http://www.malawicichlidhomepage.com/other/crossocheilous_siamensis.htm

My LFS sells SAE's labeled as Flying Foxes.
I guess the females would be flying Vixen :)

bettastarz.com home page indicates the page is "temporarily
disabled".
Hope it's nothing serious.

Paul

[Mort]

Thank you pausto, I have seen "flying foxes" before and even have two of
them but they are not touching the beard algae =(

I'll keep looking, thanks!

~Mort

"pausto" > wrote in message
...
> Mort wrote:
> >
> > I once found a link in this NG about the S.A.E.
> >
> > It was at
> > http://www.bettastarz.com/sae.htm
> >
> > Anybody know of a similar article.
> >
> > It discussed how to tell a TRUE SAE apart from many other fish that are
> > similar.
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > ~Mort
>
> http://www.thekrib.com/Fish/Algae-Eaters/
> I found the table info in the section titled "Distinguishing
> features", to be pretty helpful.
>
> Kind of the same info, but with good pic's
> http://www.malawicichlidhomepage.com/other/crossocheilous_siamensis.htm
>
> My LFS sells SAE's labeled as Flying Foxes.
> I guess the females would be flying Vixen :)
>
> bettastarz.com home page indicates the page is "temporarily
> disabled".
> Hope it's nothing serious.
>
> Paul

[Djay]

Fortunately I have both Flying Fox and SAE in my tank and now I can tell
them apart very easily. The two things that are the easiest to spot are the
dark stripe down the side of both fish. The line stops on the body of the
FF before the tail and in the SAE the stripe goes all the way through to the
end of the tail. Also the SAEs have a barble on each side of their head
above the corners of their mouths. FF does not have barbles.


HTH?

DJay

"Mort" > wrote in message
.. .
> Thank you pausto, I have seen "flying foxes" before and even have two of
> them but they are not touching the beard algae =(
>
> I'll keep looking, thanks!
>
> ~Mort
>
> "pausto" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Mort wrote:
> > >
> > > I once found a link in this NG about the S.A.E.
> > >
> > > It was at
> > > http://www.bettastarz.com/sae.htm
> > >
> > > Anybody know of a similar article.
> > >
> > > It discussed how to tell a TRUE SAE apart from many other fish that
are
> > > similar.
> > >
> > > TIA
> > >
> > > ~Mort
> >
> > http://www.thekrib.com/Fish/Algae-Eaters/
> > I found the table info in the section titled "Distinguishing
> > features", to be pretty helpful.
> >
> > Kind of the same info, but with good pic's
> > http://www.malawicichlidhomepage.com/other/crossocheilous_siamensis.htm
> >
> > My LFS sells SAE's labeled as Flying Foxes.
> > I guess the females would be flying Vixen :)
> >
> > bettastarz.com home page indicates the page is "temporarily
> > disabled".
> > Hope it's nothing serious.
> >
> > Paul
>
>

[Lord Mort]

I'm still having difficulty finding these guys.

Any other suggestions?

TIA

~Mort

"Mort" > wrote in message
m...
> I once found a link in this NG about the S.A.E.
>
> It was at
> http://www.bettastarz.com/sae.htm
>
> Anybody know of a similar article.
>
> It discussed how to tell a TRUE SAE apart from many other fish that are
> similar.
>
> TIA
>
> ~Mort
>
>
>
>

[~*~ Vosklady ~*~]

On Tue, 02 Mar 2004 23:43:32 GMT, "Lord Mort" >
wrote:

:I'm still having difficulty finding these guys.
:
:Any other suggestions?
:
:TIA
:
:~Mort
:

Hi Mort . . . :)

You can get true SAE's at: www.aquariumfish.net. I bought four about a
month ago and they are doing well in my tank. AquariumFish Net is based
out of San Diego, and they got my order to me all the way to Ohio. I
also ordered seven panda cory cats at the same time and they made the
journey as well. :)

Their SAE page:

http://aquariumfish.net/catalog_pages/wild/algae_eater_siamese.htm#top2

Hope this Helps! :)

Regards,

~*~ Vosklady ~*~

Be exceedingly humble, for the fate of man is but the worm.

[Lord Mort]

That looks good...

Anybody near chicago want to split an order???

~Mort


"~*~ Vosklady ~*~" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 02 Mar 2004 23:43:32 GMT, "Lord Mort" >
> wrote:
>
> :I'm still having difficulty finding these guys.
> :
> :Any other suggestions?
> :
> :TIA
> :
> :~Mort
> :
>
> Hi Mort . . . :)
>
> You can get true SAE's at: www.aquariumfish.net. I bought four about a
> month ago and they are doing well in my tank. AquariumFish Net is based
> out of San Diego, and they got my order to me all the way to Ohio. I
> also ordered seven panda cory cats at the same time and they made the
> journey as well. :)
>
> Their SAE page:
>
> http://aquariumfish.net/catalog_pages/wild/algae_eater_siamese.htm#top2
>
> Hope this Helps! :)
>
> Regards,
>
> ~*~ Vosklady ~*~
>
> Be exceedingly humble, for the fate of man is but the worm.

[Dave Engle]

"Lord Mort" > wrote in message
om...
> I'm still having difficulty finding these guys.
>
> Any other suggestions?

My local PetSmart has SAEs labeled as flying foxes for $2.99 each!
My tank isn't set up yet, so I asked how long they would be in stock.
The lady said that they can be ordered at that price any time between
January and May. Now, I don't know if this salesperson had any clue
at all or if she was just giving me an answer to get me to go away.

At any rate, you may want to check out your local PetSmart.
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dave Engle

DFW, TX USA
Independent Associate
Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc.
http://www.prepaidlegal.com/go/dengle

[Mort]

Thanks Dave, I'll try that.

~Mort



"Dave Engle" > wrote in
message ...
> "Lord Mort" > wrote in message
> om...
> > I'm still having difficulty finding these guys.
> >
> > Any other suggestions?
>
> My local PetSmart has SAEs labeled as flying foxes for $2.99 each!
> My tank isn't set up yet, so I asked how long they would be in stock.
> The lady said that they can be ordered at that price any time between
> January and May. Now, I don't know if this salesperson had any clue
> at all or if she was just giving me an answer to get me to go away.
>
> At any rate, you may want to check out your local PetSmart.
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Dave Engle
>
> DFW, TX USA
> Independent Associate
> Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc.
> http://www.prepaidlegal.com/go/dengle
>
>
>
>