Golden Chinese Algae Eater questions

[kathleen55]

have some few questions about my golden chinese algae eater:
- what do i feed it? besides algae..
- minimum tank size? currently have a 10g
- could i add a catfish?
anything else i need to know?

 

[Rosenweiss]

A good algae supplement is hikari algae wafers. As for the other questions I'm not an expert on the subject, but 10g is much too few.

 

[joy13]

They are good fish while small but when they get larger they tend to suck the slime coat off other fish also as they get older they get mean. They get around 12 inches so you will need a much larger tank, sometimes the foot print will make a tank unacceptable to keep larger fish since they need space to turn.

 

[DiscusDennis]

have some few questions about my golden chinese algae eater:
- what do i feed it? besides algae..
- minimum tank size? currently have a 10g
- could i add a catfish?
anything else i need to know?

kathleen55,
Here's some links you might find useful:
http://aqualandpetsplus.com/Oddball,%20Chinese%20Algae%20Eater.htm

http://www.aquariumdomain.com/viewSpeciesFreshwater.php?id=128

http://www.petsgallery.info/531/fish/Algae%20Eater%20-%20Golden.html

http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Gyrinocheilus_aymonieri

http://www.freshwater-tropical-fish-care.com/chinese-algae-eater.html


Hope this helps,
Dennis

 

[kathleen55]

okay i will get a larger tank for him but good to know about the slime coat thing dont want him bothering my other fish