Reply With QuoteIt does look like a Siamese Algae Eater to me. Cheers
ID: What fish is this? - Gyrinocheilus aymonieri
Hi, can anyone help me to identify this fish?
Many appreciations...
Last edited by Quixotic; 27th May 2008 at 16:21. Reason: Fix image link
It does look like a Siamese Algae Eater to me. Cheers
Never create what you can't control
Not SAE. It's Gyrinocheilus aymonieri (Chinese algae eater).
Hi Quixotic, thanks for the confirmation...was trying to catch the SAE in the C328... don't know why caught this fish instead...
Very active fish but a little shy sometime.
Hi Koolman... thanks too
Last edited by Quixotic; 27th May 2008 at 17:25. Reason: Remove immediate quote
bro, CAEs can be quite aggressive. they caused my 2 peppered cories to be overly stressed out because it is very territorial by nature.
it chases every single fish that swims into the lower areas of the tank.. they are also faster than most fish. they're like the superhero 'Flash' of fish. i had a hard time getting it out from my main tank..... almost too fast for human hands.......
oh and they poo alot. its in my QT tank now because its too aggressive and in one day it shat about 1.5 50 cent coins worth of poo!
Last edited by Quixotic; 27th May 2008 at 17:26. Reason: SMS lingo: 'cos'
It's a very effective algae eater, unfortunately it is also aggressive to other tankmates especially larger or slower fish whom it attacks to eat their slime. I would keep it with small fish like tetras and rasboras.
Thanks guys... can't agree more on the "speed" part... it's constantly dashing around the tank and elusive at time too
The tankmates are 9 cardinals and 1 bubblebee snail... so far it's quite discipline (keeping fingers X).
Anyone can enligthen me the max size of this fellow...
oops sorry!
CAE
untill today i still don't know why this fish is called CAE but its not found in China.
Never create what you can't control
28 cm standard length.Originally Posted by TTS
Anyone can enligthen me the max size of this fellow...
What!! 28cm??
That's huge... only 2cm short of my nano...
But I don't think it can achieve even half of that length in my nano... as space is a premium and I didn't feed anything to it
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You may find you have to upgrade tank size, or give it a new tank in a few years when its grown up then. Stunting its growth by keeping it in there is not advisable!
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That's subject to my wife's approval... sign
Well... certainly will upgrade when the time is right...
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