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	just bought some adorable SAE's
greenfootball Fish Addict Posts: 613 Kudos: 360 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Jul-2001	hey just thought id share my joy. i just went and bought 2 SAE's from a fish shop about 15 miles away from my home. i was worried they would be shocked for the long trip home, but i spent more time to acclimate them, and they didnt show any signs of stress, and went straight to some algae the price is good too, small ones are 2.99 US dollar, and bigger are 3.99. i enjoy watching them eat algae and try to clean the glass too they are so cute all i need to do now is to trade in my common pleco and maybe get 1 more SAE or 2 ottos
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
illustrae Fish Addict Posts: 820 Kudos: 876 Registered: 04-May-2005	I recently bought 9 of them through an online fish supplier, and all 9 of them traveled through the mail just fine. They are tough little buggers. They really are fun to watch. How big is your tank? If you do get rid of your pleco, get at least one more if not more, as they are incredibly schooly fishes and will follow each other everywhere. Hoping that there must be a word for everything I mean...
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	SAEs are great fish. They are one of the very few Cyprinids I don't find extremely boring. I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
greenfootball Fish Addict Posts: 613 Kudos: 360 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Jul-2001	my tank is only 29, so if i get more then i will start getting into the over stocking problems since i already have 4 angels, 1 clown pleco, 1 common pleco, and now 2 SAE, so maybe trade the common pleco for ottos?? how many? 3? but ottos are so fragile, i hate it when they just die the next day, no luck with them.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
Hoa dude_dude Mega Fish Posts: 957 Kudos: 888 Votes: 72 Registered: 28-Dec-2004	id get rid of two of your angels if I was you, just make sure you have enough algea good luck
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	In a twenty nine, one can only, at most, keep a pair of angels.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
greenfootball Fish Addict Posts: 613 Kudos: 360 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Jul-2001	yeah the angels are still small, so i am not worried about them yet, waiting to see which ones turn out prettier
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06
friedrice Hobbyist Posts: 87 Kudos: 72 Votes: 3 Registered: 14-Aug-2004	Me too, I just bought 4 for $10, three days ago and they have removed most of the algae on my anubias. These fish are awesome they are so fun to watch!@
Posted 24-Aug-2007 15:39
keithgh Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 6371 Kudos: 6918 Votes: 1542 Registered: 26-Apr-2003	SAE and Angels do not go together, the reason being the SAEs will actually clean the natural slime off them and kill them, it took a long time to find this out. Another thing about them is as they get older and larger they can actually become lazy and will prefer fish food rather than their natural algae. You can see by My Profile I have them in both tanks and at the moment I am on the lok out for a small one to go into the Betta tank a take the existing one out and place him into the 5ft tank. They are fantastic at cleaning algae *Have a look in [link=My Profile] http://www.fishprofiles.com/forums/member.aspx?id=1935[/link] for my tank info* Look here for my Betta 11Gal Desktop & Placidity 5ft Community Tank Photos Keith Near enough is not good enough, therefore good enough is not near enough, and only your best will do. I VOTE DO YOU if not WHY NOT? VOTE NOW VOTE NOW
Posted 25-Aug-2007 11:32
RickyM Enthusiast Posts: 175 Kudos: 101 Votes: 62 Registered: 12-Oct-2006	I agree that SAEs tend to get "lazy" as they grow bigger. They'll go for the fish food and show less interest in algae. But I've never seen them sucking on the Angels. Will watch closely for any sign of trouble...
Posted 26-Aug-2007 02:09
friedrice Hobbyist Posts: 87 Kudos: 72 Votes: 3 Registered: 14-Aug-2004	"I am on the lok out for a small one to go into the Betta tank" Go to Trans aquarium in Canley Vale, they are selling small SAE's. The have a deal there, for $10 you can get four. cheers
Posted 26-Aug-2007 16:49


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