Otto, Flying Fox, SAE or something else?View attachment 248796View attachment 248797View attachment 248798
3 photos same fish
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It's a Chinese Algae Eater (Gyrinochelios aymonieri).
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So either way it's good I didn't chance it. I would not be happy with these killers. I assume SAE are just as mean as CAE. The SAE, Oto and FF all look the same to me. Idk maybe I'm missing something.
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Oh really? I've heard they are hard to find too. Should I get some?
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Siamese Algae Eaters and Ottos prefer to be in groups of 3 or more. Haven't kept Flying Foxes, but I would guess they'd prefer a small school as well. SAEs and Ottos are both amazingly industrious algae eaters that pretty much ignore their tankmates, but there have been reports of SAEs nibbling on long fins. It's possible the long fin nibbles happen when they don't have enough food and/or aren't kept in a group, as I haven't seen my 4 going after my angels or threadfins at all yet.
As a side note, SAEs seem to get along very well with loaches. I have my 4 with a school of 11 Dwarf Chain Loaches and they're constantly schooling and playing with each other. Although how much the SAEs are actually playing back or just calmly ignoring and tolerating their boisterous self-announced friends is still unclear at this point
Actually I'm pretty sure Flying Foxes are like Rainbow Sharks. They need to be kept alone and are fairly territorial, that's what I've heard however.
Ahh, that makes sense then. I just know a lot of people mistake them for SAEs, so I thought they had similar behavior... I know they won't eat algae as much though.