Who Said Chinese Algae Eaters Are Aggressive?

[Ilya]

I'm thinking of getting two Siamese algae eaters to replace the two.

 

[SJ2K]

What? Getting 2 more of the same fish to replace the current 2?

 

[cheesy feet]

They may be lazy and not eat algae, but they are most certainly not aggressive.


And yes. The Cory still has all of his eyes.

For now.

To answer the title, Me lol-ditto
worst fish ever imo

 

[Ilya]

What? Getting 2 more of the same fish to replace the current 2?

I currently have 2 Chinese algae eaters.

I want 2 Siamese algae eaters.

CAS < SAE. The SAE is friendly and actually eats algae .

I want some cory cats too. Do you think peppered will shaol with my green cory?

 

[SJ2K]

Ahhh haha sorry mate miss-read that thas cool and to get the most out of the cories they should all really be the same species, thats not to say they wont group but they wouldnt do as well

 

[Ilya]

Yeah, well these cory's are like $5 a piece .

 

[SJ2K]

Bargain.

 

[Ilya]

How can I at Petsmart/Petco?

 

[SJ2K]

Lol sorry I ment $5 for a cory is a bargain (great deal).

 

[*Fishkies*]

Yours also is not 5inches big, once they start getting bigger and older is when they start to get aggressive. My friend has one now who is 5 inches and it started attacking his cories after he had him for about 6 months. So he had to separate him and put him in a different tank.

They can easily grow up to 8 inches, so they require plenty of space. They are great alage eaters for the most part in my opinion I just wish they wouldn't get so tempremental!

 

[luque]

I'm thinking of getting two Siamese algae eaters to replace the two.

just found this it says that SAE is just another name for the CAE

 

[Ilya]

I'm thinking of getting two Siamese algae eaters to replace the two.

just found this it says that SAE is just another name for the CAE

Not true. Look at the species list on these forums .

I'm hoping on getting some money for Christmas to spend on Corry's.

Here is another photograph of my cory. What sex is it by the way?

 

[chibi]

I have a chinese algae eater that I've had for over 2 years. 6 inches long. Doesn't hurt any of my fish, and never has. He even chills under the little bogwood cave I made with my 20 other cories; 6 panda, 7 pygmy and 7 habrosus, the two latter one of if the not smallest cories in the entire species list. Maybe I just got lucky. I personally think it's a generalization... one person hears they're aggressive, says so, others feel the same way, and it continues. I've had one more with my 6 incher right now and they didn't fight (he got parasites after my tank conditions went haywire), and I had 3 in a ten gallon for over a year and no aggression. They died out when my younger brother poured food coloring in the tank on April Fools Day...

To those of you who say they are aggressive, please only say that if you've actually kept them for a long period of time. Otherwise, I think it would be better to say "I've heard they're aggressive." It's best not to make a broad generalization simply on the fact that others say so.

 

[PlecMama]

Yeah but one day that CAE will eat your world. On the pinned topic about them is my casualty list.

I had an unfortunate experience with them anyway, I moved them out to another tank when I realised they were eating their tank mates, and that night the heater failed and they all were dead the next day. Not an ideal solution

If you move him out, make sure your heater's good. Nothing like a tank full of dead fish to make you feel like a mass murdered.

 

[Ilya]

I think it depends on what diet they're on. If they're well fed then they might not attack.

But I think it's bologna. My CAE doesn't own any territory. All it does is chill. 8)