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Just wondering how muchs should i be expecting these guys to cost in the shops...
Location: Sydney
Preferably ones around 5-7cm

Thanks,
FriedRice

Not sure about Sydney but in Brisbane they would be around $6. Although I have paid $12 for one at another store a few months before.

-P

Here in Perth i've paid around $6.00 as well.

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In the UK they are about £2.00
Not sure what that is in $

Indeed, thats seems about right, get nice young specimens because the survival rate is usually good, they are quite a tough fish. Unfortunately there isnt widespread captive breeding of these fish, so they will all be wild caught. Make sure you quarantine them well, and acclimate them nice and gently , and they will be superb fish. At least feeding them is no problem. They officially eat pretty much anything as long as its dead or plant related. Mine even eat baby snails, all algae including brown and thread algae,all flakes, all granulated, all frozen foods, and even cockle meats etc, although they wont bother with scale algae unless starving. Try to give them a decent balance though, perhaps aiming for about 40% algae and some reasonable variety other than that. They also get on with just about any fish, they only ever fight amongst their own kind, and even then nothing serious. They dont usually eat aquarium plants but mine did eat java moss once.

In Melbourne they are being labeled as Flying Foxes, they are however SAE's. Cost being $3.95

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Before you criticize someone walk a mile in their shoes. That way you're a mile away and you have their shoes.

I saw them at this shop in "auburn-sydney" for 12 each...
but they offer 32 for 4 sae's, do u think this is worth it or should i shop around?

How big are they? I wouldn't pay $12 again for them. They're actually better algae eaters when they're small. Once they get big and fat, they're just lazy.

Oh, and make sure they're the real SAEs (horizontal black band goes all the way to the tip of tail in a point), not the false ones (yellow above the black horizontal stripe). LFS usually put them together. Here's an article that tells you how to distinguish them:
http://www.thekrib.com/Fish/Algae-Eaters/

-P

As you can see the prices can vary from state to state and even in your local area some times they could be on a special and that is why they can be cheaper.
It also depends on their sizes as well

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Dont underestimate tanksize either, mine are starting to get really big, 5 - 6 inches for all 12! Only around a year and a half old.Some of the size estimates in old literature are way off, and before you ask, yes they are the correct species . In case you were wondering about the algae eating ability - I havent scrubbed that mopani for at least 6 months, and its spotless.

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