Anyone have a Siamese Algae Eater??? - Aquarium Advice

Lance M. · 08-29-2004, 10:06 PM

I just got one yesterday and I put some algae tablets in there but he won't eat them. What should I feed him? Or is he just getting use to the tank?

Mr Burns · 08-29-2004, 10:19 PM

give it a few days for the fish to acclimate... most fish are under enormous amounts of stress due to harvesting and shipping.

krap101 · 08-29-2004, 10:52 PM

yeah that... mine just eat anything lol. i never see them eating the algae tabs but im pretty sure they do when im not looking.

mitche8359 · 08-29-2004, 11:16 PM

I think at one time my SAEs used to eat algae. Now they pretty much eat flakes. Wish they'd eat algae.

nsx · 08-30-2004, 04:14 AM

Give them a week or 2. When I first got mine, they didn't seem to eat much of anything. Now, they eat anything and everything (except algae

)

I used to give them Algae Pellets at first also, but the Tiger Barbs seemed a lot more interested in those than the SAEs did.

Mr Burns · 08-30-2004, 04:30 AM

they will eat algae, but you can't spoil their appetites with flakes and tabs... make them earn their keep!

also note that they will not eat -all- types of algae...

08-30-2004, 11:59 AM

I bet if you don't feed the tank for two or three days they'll remember how to eat algae again. As Burns said, stop spoiling them.

Lance M. · 08-30-2004, 01:53 PM

He's eating shrimp pellets now...

Canuckfan · 08-30-2004, 07:24 PM

A lot of the time new fish won't eat for a few days , so I wouldn't worry about it . I had one & it ate everything : flakes , spirulina & other tablet food , frozen blood worms , you name it . It only grazed on algae if it didn't get enough of the other food .

krap101 · 08-31-2004, 09:54 PM

yeah. one of my plants in the 10 gallon had hair algae. so i just plopped it in the 29 gallon and went to bed. i went to school. when i got home i sawthem finishing off the algae

. and mine were really fat after that. and their growing up.

i dont wanna let em go (wont have to) but still ya know the parent thingy with kids going to collage?

08-29-2004, 10:06 PM	#1
Lance M. Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: May 2004 Location: South Carolina Posts: 1,186	Anyone have a Siamese Algae Eater??? I just got one yesterday and I put some algae tablets in there but he won't eat them. What should I feed him? Or is he just getting use to the tank?

08-29-2004, 10:19 PM	#2
Mr Burns Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: cincinnati Posts: 784	give it a few days for the fish to acclimate... most fish are under enormous amounts of stress due to harvesting and shipping. __________________ "If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier...just as long as I'm the dictator..." --George W. Bush, Washington, [acronym:3a5f9f69f4="Direct current"]DC[/acronym:3a5f9f69f4], Dec 18, 2000

08-29-2004, 10:52 PM	#3
krap101 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Roscoe, IL Posts: 3,824 Images: 12	yeah that... mine just eat anything lol. i never see them eating the algae tabs but im pretty sure they do when im not looking. __________________ Wizards first rule-People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true. Wizards second rule-The greatest harm can result from the best intentions. Wizards third rule-Passion rules reason. Wizards fourth rule-There is magic in forgiveness the magic to heal! In the forgiveness you grant, and more so in the forgiveness you receive. Wizards fifth rule-Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie. Wizards sixth rule-The only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason. Wizards seventh rule-Life is the future, not the past Wizards eighth rule-Deserve victory. Wizards ninth rule-Contradictions don't exist, in whole or in part.

08-29-2004, 11:16 PM	#4
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08-30-2004, 04:30 AM	#6
Mr Burns Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: cincinnati Posts: 784	they will eat algae, but you can't spoil their appetites with flakes and tabs... make them earn their keep! also note that they will not eat -all- types of algae... __________________ "If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier...just as long as I'm the dictator..." --George W. Bush, Washington, [acronym:3a5f9f69f4="Direct current"]DC[/acronym:3a5f9f69f4], Dec 18, 2000

08-30-2004, 04:14 AM	#5
nsx Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 68	Give them a week or 2. When I first got mine, they didn't seem to eat much of anything. Now, they eat anything and everything (except algae ) I used to give them Algae Pellets at first also, but the Tiger Barbs seemed a lot more interested in those than the SAEs did.

08-30-2004, 11:59 AM	#7
Guest Posts: n/a	I bet if you don't feed the tank for two or three days they'll remember how to eat algae again. As Burns said, stop spoiling them.

08-30-2004, 01:53 PM	#8
Lance M. Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: May 2004 Location: South Carolina Posts: 1,186	He's eating shrimp pellets now...

08-30-2004, 07:24 PM	#9
Canuckfan Aquarium Advice Apprentice Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: BC Posts: 43	A lot of the time new fish won't eat for a few days , so I wouldn't worry about it . I had one & it ate everything : flakes , spirulina & other tablet food , frozen blood worms , you name it . It only grazed on algae if it didn't get enough of the other food .

08-31-2004, 09:54 PM	#10
krap101 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Roscoe, IL Posts: 3,824 Images: 12	yeah. one of my plants in the 10 gallon had hair algae. so i just plopped it in the 29 gallon and went to bed. i went to school. when i got home i sawthem finishing off the algae . and mine were really fat after that. and their growing up. i dont wanna let em go (wont have to) but still ya know the parent thingy with kids going to collage? __________________ Wizards first rule-People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true. Wizards second rule-The greatest harm can result from the best intentions. Wizards third rule-Passion rules reason. Wizards fourth rule-There is magic in forgiveness the magic to heal! In the forgiveness you grant, and more so in the forgiveness you receive. Wizards fifth rule-Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie. Wizards sixth rule-The only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason. Wizards seventh rule-Life is the future, not the past Wizards eighth rule-Deserve victory. Wizards ninth rule-Contradictions don't exist, in whole or in part.

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