SAE?

**Goondoo** · 23rd Feb 2003, 19:31

I had seen pictures of it and had read so much of how to identify it. Got 4 of this from Petmart I assume is SAE, please help me confirm as they doesn't seems interested in algaes at all.

**hoppinghippo** · 23rd Feb 2003, 20:02

goondo why don't you post your pics of them then we can see?

**joe** · 24th Feb 2003, 00:27

yup no pics leh

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**vinz** · 24th Feb 2003, 00:35

Goondoo, what algae do you want it to eat? Algae eaters do not eat all algae, they specialise in different types.

This is a SAE...

Clear fins, black line through the tail fin, edges of black line is jagged and non-existant or very faint gold line above the black line.

**joe** · 24th Feb 2003, 00:37

Frankly speaking, when they are very young, quite hard to distinguish between real one and &quot;fake&quot; one [:0]

**Goondoo** · 24th Feb 2003, 11:31

HAHA.... simply goondoo... forgot even to link my pics after chasing them with a digital cam for about an hour... finally got them after ambushing at the favourite spot....

heres the link

**joopsg** · 24th Feb 2003, 11:35

they looks like flying foxes to me..

**vinz** · 24th Feb 2003, 12:01

The pic is blurry, but they look like SAEs to me.

**budak** · 24th Feb 2003, 12:06

young saes definitely. flying foxes have coloured fins.

**Simon** · 24th Feb 2003, 12:07

i agree, they r SAE...

**benny** · 24th Feb 2003, 12:14

Clear dorsal fins...no extra band above the black stripe...

And the black stripe extends to the end of the tail..

Definitely SAE.

**Goondoo** · 24th Feb 2003, 12:17

Felt assured now... cheers guys...

Vinz...
I already have a whole series of algaes for them to consume but they hardly work... they prefer to play about where my rain bar outlet is....

Guessed they will never be as hard working as my Otos...

**Simon** · 24th Feb 2003, 12:19

Billy, u can try an array of diff algae eaters, rather than relying on 1/2 species

**Goondoo** · 24th Feb 2003, 12:25

I had
about 100 Malayan shrimps,
15 Cherry Shimps,
5 Yamatoes,
left 2 Otos,
4 Sae (bought for hair algae removal after reading those articles)

So far, all except SAE is busy

PS: I didn't feed anything at all.

**vinz** · 24th Feb 2003, 12:35

I've never seen mine whack long hair algae... I've only seen them busy among the plants nibbling at stuff I can't see with my naked eye. Give them a few days/weeks... if they don't starve, they must be eating something right? And if you're not feeding them, what else can they be eating...

If you want something that clears long thread algae, try platys... 20 of them cleared out an infestation in a 2.5 foot tank overnight. Dwarf gouramis cleared up short furry algae in my newt tank overnight. Not sure if any of these will eat long hair algae that forms a ball of threads...

**Goondoo** · 24th Feb 2003, 12:53

hmmm...platys.... any particular breed in mind?
Whats the full name of it so I could go catch a glimspe of it.

**joe** · 24th Feb 2003, 13:34

Get those swordtail platies. They're like bloated swordtails. I have 2 and they're extremely cute to watch!!! So fat till they rest on their bellies

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**lorba** · 24th Feb 2003, 14:07

i've seen one of my bigger SAE lawn mowing over a patch of BBA. The area was cleaned after the SAE passed.

**Goondoo** · 24th Feb 2003, 14:39

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Get those swordtail platies. They're like bloated swordtails. I have 2 and they're extremely cute to watch!!! So fat till they rest on their bellies

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hmmm... let me get this straight, swordtail=platies?