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Siamese Algae Eater Compatibility


randomsam1001

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I have kept them together as well. the scraped all the time but was nothing more than I get from africans. the tank was plenty big enough for heaps of caves so there was always a place to retreat. I used to love watching the Algae eater get ready to pounce, reminded me of a cat hunting a bird :slfg:

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I have a SAE (8cm?) in my 5ft and added a red tailed black shark (4cm) about 5 weeks ago. No attention has been paid by the SAE to the shark - on the other hand the SAE insists that all the food in the tank belongs to it and chases all the other fish away from the food area. Tank floor is pretty full of plants though.

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" They should not be kept with Red-tailed Sharks (Epalzeorhynchus bicolor) unless the aquarium is large and well planted, because that species is very aggressive towards all its relatives. "

http://www.thekrib.com/Fish/Algae-Eaters/

Reading some of the comments above was a bit of a surprise, as the four I have in my 450 community are very placid fish. They are active, but don't go looking for trouble.

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