Can Anyone Identify Him For Me?

[28erl]

great! think they will be going back then, they served their purpose of getting rid of the algae, the shimps can just keep ontop of it after they have gone!

 

[beany_bot]

so cute!!

 

[loachman]

you mentioned that golden loaches are a problem, can you expand on that.... i have four of them so you have put the fear of god in me!

A "golden loach" is a color morph of the chinese algae eater. They (chinese algae eaters) go by a bunch of different names and are mislabeled as better algae eaters often. The aren't so great at eating algae, and are territorial as hell.

 

[RedeyesUK]

On the other hand, I've had a CAE (bought it before I knew about the temperament thing!) for about 3 years now, it's never given me any problems - in fact, unless it gets up to no good while I'm not around, I'd say it's one of my more placid tankmates.
The only time I've seen agression is when my red-tailed shark decides to have a go at it - it'll defend itself vigorously until the shark slinks off, then retreats back to its little cave.
I guess I got lucky with this one, but it goes to show - fish don't always necessarily act like they're supposed to!

 

[rdd1952]

I added the bracket back to your images so that they show.

The CAEs present the biggest thread to slow moving, flat-bodied fish like angels and gouramis and also to corys. As mentioned, they develop a taste for the slime coat of other fish and the aforementioned fish are prime targets. They have also been know to suck the eyes out of corys.