?? Anti SAE ??

[hirowen]

Hi forumers,

Juz curious that is juvenile SAE is much more difficult to keep alive? Don't know why i juz cant keep my SAE alive in my 2ft tank. Other fauna are perfectly alright. Even my shrimps are ok. Had been adding 3 juvenile SAE, turn by turn died. Nitrate level too high? haha.. please help..

[Phillipians]

It cant be the nitrate level, cos the shrimps will then be the first to go, no joke. Hmmm what i can gather is that prob, some virus or bacteria that is specificallly attacking the SAE is present in your tank. Hmmm any other tank spec? If really got virus, dont get any SAE for a while first leave for a few months later

[hirowen]

It cant be the nitrate level, cos the shrimps will then be the first to go, no joke. Hmmm what i can gather is that prob, some virus or bacteria that is specificallly attacking the SAE is present in your tank. Hmmm any other tank spec? If really got virus, dont get any SAE for a while first leave for a few months later

Virus? If really is virus, i think i cant keep SAE in my tank forever. Unless i manage to kill this virus. What i worried is that is the SAE prefer different water spec compare with the other fauna. Sorry, I do not have measuring kit, so I cant provide u guys any other tank spec.

[Phillipians]

the virus thingy is just a postulation on my part i m not sure man. But even if virus along as no host for a while it would all die off, thats why suggest you stop for a while buy them a few weeks later

[Johnc]

Hi forumers,

Juz curious that is juvenile SAE is much more difficult to keep alive? Don't know why i juz cant keep my SAE alive in my 2ft tank. Other fauna are perfectly alright. Even my shrimps are ok. Had been adding 3 juvenile SAE, turn by turn died. Nitrate level too high? haha.. please help..

How long did they take to die? How do they look when they die? Did they take pellets? Is there enough algae for it to eat? Did you condition the fish (young fish are very sensitive to changes in water parameters)?

There can be many factors.

/John

[hirowen]

the virus thingy is just a postulation on my part i m not sure man. But even if virus along as no host for a while it would all die off, thats why suggest you stop for a while buy them a few weeks later

the first time i bought was 1-2 months back...after few days, the 2 SAE turn by turn died. then a week ago i bought 2 again. these 2 lasted for 3-4 days. my yamato nvr seems to eat hair algae. thats y i decided to buy SAE.

How long did they take to die? How do they look when they die? Did they take pellets? Is there enough algae for it to eat? Did you condition the fish (young fish are very sensitive to changes in water parameters)?

There can be many factors.

/John

3-5days. Well when i found their bodies, it already turn white pale and stiff. 1 of it the stomach is opened. dont know whether it is rotten or been biten by other fish. nvr see they take pellet food. hair algae is definitely enuff for them. yup i did condition the fish, left the bag floated in my tank for 20 mins, then i slowly add in water into the bag to make it 50-50.

i keeping...
-lamp eyes
-oto
-malayan n yamato
-cardinal
-black neon
-harlequin
-golden algae eater
-chinese algae eater

if its really been biten or stressed to death, probably is the golden n chinese algae eater. but even my shrimps are ok..so i ruled this out.

[Justikanz]

Ah... I would suspect the Golden and Chinese algae eaters... These fellas are very territorial and agressive to fish that look alike... Your SAEs very small? They sure kena bully... 2ft tank not very big for the SAEs to keep away from them...

Personally, I find the so called algae eaters that you have now are not true algae eaters... They prefer the body slime of other fish and can be very rowdy and agressive in sucking off the sides of their tankmates...

[hirowen]

Ah... I would suspect the Golden and Chinese algae eaters... These fellas are very territorial and agressive to fish that look alike... Your SAEs very small? They sure kena bully... 2ft tank not very big for the SAEs to keep away from them...

Personally, I find the so called algae eaters that you have now are not true algae eaters... They prefer the body slime of other fish and can be very rowdy and agressive in sucking off the sides of their tankmates...

yup, juvenile one which i bought from NA. Haha. but i m quite surprise that my oto can survive cuz it also quite pretty small.

[Justikanz]

The Algae eaters would probably have ignored the otos cos they looked different... The next time you introduce the SAEs, observe the reactions of the algae eaters to confirm whether they are harrassing the SAEs...