Chinese alge eater fish

[wwestar2000]

I keep seeing bad things posted about them. They look really cool whats so bad about them?

 

[terrorist_124]

they can and will attack any fish in their way.
they grow to be very big.
extremely aggresive,i've heard cases of CAE's sucking out the scales of another fish.

 

[-*-MicHAeL-*-]

ive had an experience with one latching on to another fish and succking the coat off the fish and exposing under the scales

 

[The-Wolf]

IME
the aggressiveness problem is only apparent if the CAE is the largest fish in the tank.
I have a 6"one (golden) with two 8+" yoyo loaches and two 6" clown loaches. he is no where near as aggressive as he was when he was in my danio tank.

 

[terrorist_124]

the aggressiveness problem is only apparent if the CAE is the largest fish in the tank.

not entierly true,it may increase it's aggresiveness but it's not the cause.
i used to have 1 which was the smallest fish in the tank(not including fry)and it was still very aggressive even to the biggest fish in the tank(BGK)

 

[The-Wolf]

as I said that is IME (in my experiance)

 

[F 1]

Well, I know that even a large CAE won't stand up to breeding convicts.

F1

 

[yvez9]

F1, that isn't saying much...