BFFs!

[Foxjxa]

Just the other day I decided to take home a particularly large GAE (about 15cm - about the same size as my Sen now!) and 'test it out' in my oddball tank as I've just gone through a bit of an algae bloom. Luckily for me and my fish, after deciding that he/she is the biggest fish in the tank, the GAE settled down and almost instantly gained a friend.

Turns out my Albino Senegal is either a) REALLY poor-sighted and thinks the GAE looks like a Senegal or b) just a very friendly fish, because after about 10mins of having met the new arrival he 'cuddled' up beside the GAE, much like he does with the Choc Talking Catfish and the Pleco I've got in there. Surprisingly, the GAE didn't take off in a cloud of sand, and since then I've often seen the two resting side by side just like they're gonna be... Best Friends Forever!! :lol:

Although when the GAE isn't in the mood for a fishy cuddle, it'll cruise off to a different part of the tank for some alone-time, leaving poor Bubba Sen lying their looking bewildered! :roll: Hopefully there won't be any problems in the future, but I've got a tank on standby just in case.

I'll try take some pics, but the GAE still isn't used to me and zooms away anytime I come close.

[Dixon1990]

GAE?

[Foxjxa]

Golden Algae Eater. Sorry, I should've written that somewhere. >.

[Silvia-15]

just keep an eye out for the plec and your sen, might gain the habit of sucking the slime coat off the sen. show some pics!!