Snooze. I have a few fairly large chinese algae eaters in some
preforms outside which we put tropicals in as wel as some ornamental
goldies and small koi during the warmer months and they do fine. Even
when we move tropicals indoors along with the CAE they have not been a
proble, We did find out that there is a fish that looks just about
like the CAE and is commonly called the flying fox (its from India
IIRC) that eats algae and does a good job of it, and gets along with
everything that they have shared a tank or preform with. Never seen em
on or try to get on another fish.

On Thu, 02 Mar 2006 05:26:17 GMT, "Snooze" wrote:
Has anyone ever introduced a Chinese Algae Eater (Gyrinocheilus aymonieri)
into a pond? with koi and goldfish? According to a few websites, they are
herbivores, but apparently develop a taste for small fish as they grow
larger and are fairly territorial.

I'm curious develop a taste for the slime coating of the their tank/pond
mates the way plecos (Hypostomus plecostomus) do? Koi-lo don't bother
responding, I can google just as well as you can.

References:
http://species.fishindex.com/species...e_eater.ht ml


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