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I went to a lfs and saw these guys "gold alge eaters" for 4us$ each.
I dont know very much about them..i think they are semi-aggressive.
But will 2-4 of this be ok with some zebra plecos?

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These are color variants of Chinese Algae Eaters. While I've never kept them I have heard numerous horror stories about them. They can be very aggressive to other fish and don't like their own kind that much either.

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They are in a tank around 50g and it was around 20-25 of them.and in the same tank they also had rainbowfish(boesemani)4 of them and some glassfish aswell.
The 4 boesemanis i have told the owner to sell it to me,so tomorrow i will pick them up
I thought they are not that bad(gold algea eaters)since they are in the same tank as those fish i mentioned above
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Last edited by robby1619 at 21-Apr-2005 04:25

Last edited by robby1619 at 21-Apr-2005 04:26

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hmm cae.xml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">have you had a look at their profile? they dont seem like the nicest fish, if you want some nice algea eater go with ottos or some shrimp or pleco

When Chinese Algae Eaters get larger, they no longer eat algae. They are really not a good algae eater. They also get aggressive, and have been known to suck onto fish and kill them.
I wouldnt get those fish, and if you did get your money back. I can recommend some interesting algae eaters for you that would be fine in your tank:
Farlowella Catfish (also known as twig cat)
BN Catfish
Ottos
Siamese Algae Eaters



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I did not look at that profile because i thaught it was not the same fish...well then i just take the boesemani rainbow fish in stead then..
They had some corydoras there aswell..but i will go there tomorrow to pick up my fish and then i will see what kind of other fish they got too.they ordered some new fish and the fish will come today or to morrow.
Hope they got some very nice fish.
If they have some fish i don't know about i will certenly post it here to ask...since lot of you people seems to know a lot of the fish species:88)

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Hey sneaky_pete...
I think they have the catfish you mentioned "twig cat"
Not sure..i will go to lfs tomorrow as i said and see what they got.
If i have any questions i will post it here to get some help

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Farowellas generally fare poorly outside of a species tank. Suitable tankmates are somewhat limited to small, schooling, and larger, slow moving fish. They also tend to be somewhat short lived in the home aquaria. You are much better off adding the zebras first, as it does take some time before they become established and commence feeding.
Gyrinocheilus sp. are great algae eaters and detritus clearing fish in general. Despite previous assertions, they will continue to consume algae throughout their entire lives. However, they are quite quarrelsome, large (7" in the home aquaria, usually) and will not appreciate your hypancistri.

Last edited by Cup_of_Lifenoodles at 24-Apr-2005 11:58

I had 2 golden algae eaters and at first when they were little they were really cool, but as they got bigger they were really aggressive and just stressed out my cories so they went back to the fish shop, and I was actually glad to get rid of them, they were right little buggers lol :%)