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But i ended up buying a true SAE... I was SOOOOOO close to dishing out the 12.99 each for the 3 Sids they had in the tank. The chain pattern they have is so cool and they were constantly together searching through the substrate. I am very pleased with my "True" SAE though but i'm still wondering if i should have scooped up those "monkeys"!!! So should i: A) Go back tommorrow morning when the store opens and snatch them up? or B) Just forget about them and enjoy my SAE?

Right now my 29 gallon tank holds: 1 Bolivian Ram, 4 Black Ruby Barbs, 1 Dwarf Flame Gourami, 1 SAE, 5 Tiger Barbs and 2 Cherry Barbs. Any way i could return my Gourami and Ram and get the Loaches? Would love to hear your responses on this ASAP. Thanks!!!

$12.99 is actually a pretty good price. You should snatch them up while you can - they are becoming increasingly rare.

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

Personally, I'd get the loaches. They are indeed tough to find, and they're endearing little things. Loaches are usually very interesting fish, and I don't think that these are any different. On top of all that, they have cooler patterning than the SAE.

You don't know if you'll ever see the loaches again, so you may as well buy them.

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You might not have room for more fish...

I wouldn´t exchange my six sids for a fullgrown stingray with appropriately sized tank!!!

I guess you can interprate that into a response for your question.

On the other hand I can´t agree that they are getting increasingly rare. My impression is that they are getting more available witch would mean that they are beeing commercialy breed somewhere. I know for a fact that they have been breed i captivity so this was only a matter of time. In a few years they will hopefully be as cheap as their larger cousin - the clown.

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So here I am once more...

$12.99 each? Cheap. BUY THEM!

They're £10 each here in the UK minimum (that's around $16 US) so you'll be getting a bargain. And perfect snail eaters for the more modest sized aquarium. Lovely little guys, wish I could [1] find them, and [2] afford them ...


Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002

They just recently became available here in Australia, so there are heaps of them in LFS now, selling for around AU$15 (the same price I paid for my SAE actually ). I got 3 of them a few weeks ago and they're really crazy, hyper little guys. They just can't sit still. Can't vouch for their snail-eating ability though, the my ramshorn snails are still proliferating in my tank. Perhaps when they're bigger?

Anyways, get them if you need some serious entertainment in your tank.

Last edited by upikabu at 23-Oct-2005 21:44

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Actually they just recently got legal in Australia and thats why they show up now. All the rest of us can do about that is to congratulate. Another great species has become available for great fishpeople.

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Oh you have to go get them And if you don't have room for them, send them my way and i'll make room for them They are adorable and I've been looking for them, great little snail eaters heidi

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