SAE vs Cherry

[richietay]

Qns: Isit safe for cherry fries with SAE around?

[chinsm]

Don't think so.

I had 2 full grown SAEs in my 4 ft tank that included Chrries as well. Whilst the cherries didn't die off entirely, I thought the reproduction rate was very slow given that chrries are known to breed easily.

Since I removed my SAEs, I've seen the population of cherries expanding rapidly including many small fries around. This is something which did not exist previously.

BTW, all this time I also had cardinals and rummy nose so I can more or less conclude that SAEs are not good mix with Cherries.

[richietay]

hmm.....most likely will take ur advice into consideration.

My SAE is abt an adult size, realise it has stop feeding on algae which initially i bought it for. will kinda fight for its share, when i feed my cherries with algae wafers.

will remove them