Miss- ID'd fish? Chinese algae eater or Gold algae eater? - Aquarium Advice

sudz · 12-06-2005, 11:14 AM

Hey!

My fish can be located here:

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/photop...ese_Sucker.jpg

This is a picture i took a month ago (or so)

I look online for chinese algae eaters and lo and behold... they're brown. So i finally found a fish that resembles mine:

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...cfm?pCatId=938

Is this REALLY what my "chinese algae eater" is? Did Big AL's screw up? Its sad that its taken me almost a year to notice... and it WOULD explain why it attacked my cherry barbs almost regularly (i moved them to my 44 gallon when i got it) Now its just the frog, My "chinese algae eater" and 6 neon tetra's.

Crusis · 12-06-2005, 11:46 AM

It's not bothering the tetras, but it attacked the cherry barbs?

sudz · 12-06-2005, 11:58 AM

Yeah, it's quite weird. I've NEVER seen it even notice the tetra's. But it would regularly chase the cherries across the tank 3 or 4 times before it gave up. It stressed one out (the smaller of the 2 barbs) and eventually it went belly up, i had one for a while then bought 2 more smaller guys.

It also doesn't care about my frog. Nor did it care about my clown loach when it was in there. Odd eh?

sudz · 12-06-2005, 11:59 AM

Quote:

1 x 10G Spawning <chica boom chica boom boom>

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Xzap · 12-06-2005, 02:23 PM

This is a [acronym:1892eeca4f="Chinese Algae Eater"]CAE[/acronym:1892eeca4f]

dave

sudz · 12-06-2005, 03:21 PM

Bah. I'll have to wait until i get home. The proxy at my work blocked that image because its from "girlnextdoor.tv" ...

[does double-take]

(from the popular movie starring elisa cuthbert!!!!)

lol

Zezmo · 12-06-2005, 04:07 PM

a Golden Algae Eater is the albino form of a Chinese Algae Eater... they are the same fish.
Thier aggression, which increases with age, is usually against "flat" sided fish.

sudz · 12-06-2005, 04:29 PM

So they will both eat BBA?

Simpte · 12-06-2005, 06:07 PM

They do not eat bba. SAEs do (Siamese Algae Eater).
Florida Flagfish will also eat bba. These are the only 2 known species that do to my knowledge.

**Zagz** · 12-06-2005, 07:52 PM

I have a [acronym:7bd4b3c88c="Chinese Algae Eater"]CAE[/acronym:7bd4b3c88c] that is gold. The gold is a variant.

12-06-2005, 11:14 AM	#1
sudz Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 765 Images: 27	Miss- ID'd fish? Chinese algae eater or Gold algae eater? Hey! My fish can be located here: http://www.aquariumadvice.com/photop...ese_Sucker.jpg This is a picture i took a month ago (or so) I look online for chinese algae eaters and lo and behold... they're brown. So i finally found a fish that resembles mine: http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...cfm?pCatId=938 Is this REALLY what my "chinese algae eater" is? Did Big AL's screw up? Its sad that its taken me almost a year to notice... and it WOULD explain why it attacked my cherry barbs almost regularly (i moved them to my 44 gallon when i got it) Now its just the frog, My "chinese algae eater" and 6 neon tetra's. __________________ Sudz "Mommy... That fish looks funny swimming upside down!" [size=2] 44 Gal, 2.2WPG10 Cardinal Tetra's 2 Clown Loach, 4 Black Phantom Tetra's, 1 Millenium Rainbow, 4 Congo Tetra's, 1 Simease Algae Eater, 2 Mollies

12-06-2005, 11:46 AM	#2
Crusis Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Indiana Posts: 152	It's not bothering the tetras, but it attacked the cherry barbs? __________________ Crusis ________________ 2 x 75G Freshwater 1 African Cichlids 1 planted community 3 x 20G Freshwater Barbs, Mollies, and Platys 1 x 10G Spawning <chica boom chica boom boom>

12-06-2005, 11:58 AM	#3
sudz Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 765 Images: 27	Yeah, it's quite weird. I've NEVER seen it even notice the tetra's. But it would regularly chase the cherries across the tank 3 or 4 times before it gave up. It stressed one out (the smaller of the 2 barbs) and eventually it went belly up, i had one for a while then bought 2 more smaller guys. It also doesn't care about my frog. Nor did it care about my clown loach when it was in there. Odd eh? __________________ Sudz "Mommy... That fish looks funny swimming upside down!" [size=2] 44 Gal, 2.2WPG10 Cardinal Tetra's 2 Clown Loach, 4 Black Phantom Tetra's, 1 Millenium Rainbow, 4 Congo Tetra's, 1 Simease Algae Eater, 2 Mollies

12-06-2005, 02:23 PM	#5
Xzap Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Triad, North Carolina Posts: 577 Images: 45	This is a [acronym:1892eeca4f="Chinese Algae Eater"]CAE[/acronym:1892eeca4f] dave __________________ 10 [acronym:78f832904f="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:78f832904f] planted with 1 male betta. Mostly anacharis. 29 [acronym:78f832904f="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:78f832904f] planted community 1.9 [acronym:78f832904f="Watts Per Gallon"]wpg[/acronym:78f832904f] 90 [acronym:78f832904f="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:78f832904f] planted community 2.9 [acronym:78f832904f="Watts Per Gallon"]wpg[/acronym:78f832904f]

12-06-2005, 03:21 PM	#6
sudz Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 765 Images: 27	Bah. I'll have to wait until i get home. The proxy at my work blocked that image because its from "girlnextdoor.tv" ... [does double-take] (from the popular movie starring elisa cuthbert!!!!) lol __________________ Sudz "Mommy... That fish looks funny swimming upside down!" [size=2] 44 Gal, 2.2WPG10 Cardinal Tetra's 2 Clown Loach, 4 Black Phantom Tetra's, 1 Millenium Rainbow, 4 Congo Tetra's, 1 Simease Algae Eater, 2 Mollies

12-06-2005, 04:07 PM	#7
Zezmo Aquarium Advice Addict Community Mentor Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Northern California Posts: 1,112 Images: 14	a Golden Algae Eater is the albino form of a Chinese Algae Eater... they are the same fish. Thier aggression, which increases with age, is usually against "flat" sided fish.

12-06-2005, 04:29 PM	#8
sudz Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 765 Images: 27	So they will both eat BBA? __________________ Sudz "Mommy... That fish looks funny swimming upside down!" [size=2] 44 Gal, 2.2WPG10 Cardinal Tetra's 2 Clown Loach, 4 Black Phantom Tetra's, 1 Millenium Rainbow, 4 Congo Tetra's, 1 Simease Algae Eater, 2 Mollies

12-06-2005, 06:07 PM	#9
Simpte Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 436	They do not eat bba. SAEs do (Siamese Algae Eater). Florida Flagfish will also eat bba. These are the only 2 known species that do to my knowledge. __________________ For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...oapebanner.jpg

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