Chinese Algae Eater

[blueflash]

I have a chinese algae eater with 4 neon tetras and 3 cardinal tetras. They seem to shoal together so that is good news. I also have a dwarf gourami. They are all in the same 10 gallon tank. What I'm asking is that will the algae eater be aggressive to my tetras? And if there is a lot of algae, will it overeat and die?

 

[Fishrule]

The thing with algae eaters is they start off small an are very nicely tempered however from what I've heard once they get bigger ( and the do get big) they begin to be quite aggressive to other fish especially gouramis by sucking the scales off their sides. Having said this tough I have a Chinese algae eater who is large, in large tank ( probe around 120 gallons

 

[tenohfive]

Get rid of the CAE:

http/www.seriouslyfish.com/profile.php?genus=Gyrinocheilus&species=aymonieri&id=789

 

[fluttermoth]

Yeah, I agree with tenohfive, get rid of it. They're one of the very few fish that I actually actively dislike; I've known loads of people have terrible problems with the little b******s.

 

[blueflash]

Ugh! My mom won't let me get rid of it even after I showed her the info here. What should I do now?

 

[tenohfive]

Wait until your other fish get ripped apart, then tell your Mum that you told her so.

Unfortunately that's all you can do - why won't she take it back? Most LFS' will take fish back for credit, and you can get something more suitable.

 

[minnnt]

I have had to move mine as it was starting to harrass one of my Firemouths. Wish i had never bought him but he has only just started being like this after about 6 months.