SAE or oto?

guppygirl · Apr 4, 2004

Hi all,
Can anyone identify this fish? Either it's the dreaded SAE or an oto, I don't remember.
all help appruciated!!
Robin

HeatherSweetness · Apr 4, 2004

Um,that looks more like a chinese algae eater...Here's mine..Does he look like this?

AquaSeaFoam · Apr 4, 2004

Compared to that guppy, i'd have to say its not an oto. looks like a chinese algae eater to me too.

ryan · Apr 5, 2004

Yep you've got a CAE.

Annastasia · Apr 5, 2004

Definitely a CAE

guppygirl · Apr 5, 2004

Ok, so these aren't the ones that grow really big and start eating other fish's eyes and scales?? PHEW!!!!
Thanks all!
Robin

ryan · Apr 5, 2004

CAE are the aggressive ones that will grow large give up eating algae and become aggressive. The otos and SAE are the nice ones.

modernhamlet · Apr 5, 2004

And once again, my beloved SAEs get a bad rap!

guppygirl: Here's a good article on the difference between CAEs, SAEs, and other similar fish...

http

/www.thekrib.com/Fish/Algae-Eaters/

HTH! :thumbs:

HeatherSweetness · Apr 5, 2004

My chinese algae eater isn't aggressive at all...As long as mine is well fed and has places to hide he doesn't bother anyone. He is about half grown and I have never seen him chase a fish. I'm lucky. :dunno:

(He still eats algae and joins the crowd for shrimp pellets and algae wafers.

)

ryan · Apr 5, 2004

HeatherSweetness said:
My chinese algae eater isn't aggressive at all...As long as mine is well fed and has places to hide he doesn't bother anyone. He is about half grown and I have never seen him chase a fish. I'm lucky.

(He still eats algae and joins the crowd for shrimp pellets and algae wafers. )

How big is he? They tend to have a pretty sudden change of character when they reach a certain size.

HeatherSweetness · Apr 5, 2004

He's five inches long now.

ryan · Apr 5, 2004

They will get bigger, you seem to have been lucky though if it isn't showing any signs of aggression yet. The ones I kept I while back all went mental at about 4-6". Attacked loads of fish so I got rid of them ASAP, up until then they were good algae eaters that I used to keep some tanks algae down.

myenigmaself · Apr 5, 2004

I have a golden chinese algae eater who is about 3". The "weakest" fish in the tank with him are my plecos. Should I be worried?

HeatherSweetness · Apr 5, 2004

Well I'm not worried about mine. He's allright.

guppygirl · Apr 5, 2004

Uh oh. Cause my 2 CAE are like 5 inches!!! I don't know if they are eating algae anymore either, because I see little black tufts of algae on the side of the glass. (and yes it's algae, I have it in my other tanks too) Plus one of my really old pristella tetras has a big wound in his side, apparently it punctured (or whatever) his swim bladder, because he looks like a bottom feeder trying to swim on the top. But I'm not sure this is because of the CAE, it's basically a slit.
Well, gotta go,
Robin

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