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	Algae Eater
ironloach Small Fry Posts: 2 Votes: 0 Registered: 13-Oct-2004	Got this fish off my LFS which they say is an albino algae eater. ... i'm having second thoughts right now since it doesn't have the 2 barbels everyone seems to be using to identify SAE's ... can anyone confirm this? [/font]
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:52
Corydoran Enthusiast Posts: 269 Kudos: 370 Votes: 1217 Registered: 27-Sep-2004	It's a golden algae eater. Visit http://www.centralpets.com/pages/critterpages/fish/freshwater_fish/FWF4475.shtml for more information.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:52
Babelfish Administrator Small Fry with Ketchup Posts: 6833 Kudos: 8324 Votes: 1570 Registered: 17-Apr-2003	Thats the albino or golden versian of the chinese algae eater. IME they get large and will suck the slime coat off of fish and stop eating algae after about a month...IME anyway . If you have a large tank (55 gallons+) you might do okay...otherwise you might want to consider exchanging it. ^_^ *Proud member of the Committee for Sig Line Restoration* Last edited by Babelfish at 13-Oct-2004 12:01
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:52
dextroze Hobbyist Posts: 69 Kudos: 86 Votes: 21 Registered: 07-Sep-2004	You can always have a peek at the FP profile too: http://www.fishprofiles.com/profiles/fw/profile.asp?id=Gyrinocheilus+aymonieri (the Gold Algae Eater is just a color morph of the Chinese Algae Eater). For future reference: http://www.thekrib.com/Fish/Algae-Eaters/ is a great guide for identifying similar types of fish. Dex
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:52


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