Its bothered me to the point of signing up and starting a thread >_< I bought three of these cute little buggers from a local pet store that assured me they were, and I quote. "Considered true Flying Foxes", when I asked about their behavior they said they schooled and were completely non-aggressive. So naturally I asked if they were SAE's then, since Flying foxes don't eat much bearded algae and become very aggressive... At this point I was looked at like an idiot and had the same line parroted back to me. But since they had so many of them in other tanks to try and eliminate their algae problem, plus how well they schooled, I decided they probably just didn't know the real name for them and took them at their word. However I noticed these guys turn very pale when stressed and sometimes pick at each other, though they usually stay peaceful and school around the tank in a group of two and occasionally all 3, or at night, (and or) when seemingly tired, rest propped up at a 30 or so degree angle on their fins. (If it is important they rotate who is the oddball out, its actually pretty fun to watch) And honestly I have tried for a few days now to attempt to identify whether they are real SAE's, or Flying foxes/falsies, but I am just not experienced enough by a long shot and simply cannot, for the life of me, tell!
As far as I can tell they only have two mouth Barbel-Things, I can't really see any color in their fins, and the black stripe appears jagged and is somewhat opaque in their tails (although one guy has very little black in his tail and looks somewhat different). The stripe continues rather prominently into their face to the end of their mouth. They are rather zippy and sometimes chase each other or kind of hover close to each other and bump their heads-and mouths into each other. (once again they sometimes get kind of pale when they do this or when they get stressed)
Any Advice or Help is greatly appreciated, thanks for your time!
As far as I can tell they only have two mouth Barbel-Things, I can't really see any color in their fins, and the black stripe appears jagged and is somewhat opaque in their tails (although one guy has very little black in his tail and looks somewhat different). The stripe continues rather prominently into their face to the end of their mouth. They are rather zippy and sometimes chase each other or kind of hover close to each other and bump their heads-and mouths into each other. (once again they sometimes get kind of pale when they do this or when they get stressed)
Any Advice or Help is greatly appreciated, thanks for your time!