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    SAE?

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

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    yup no pics leh []
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    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.

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    Frankly speaking, when they are very young, quite hard to distinguish between real one and "fake" one [:0]
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    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
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    they looks like flying foxes to me..
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    The pic is blurry, but they look like SAEs to me.
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    young saes definitely. flying foxes have coloured fins.

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

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

    Definitely SAE.
    I have dwarf cichlids in my tanks! Do you?

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

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    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.
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    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...
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    hmmm...platys.... any particular breed in mind?
    Whats the full name of it so I could go catch a glimspe of it.
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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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    i've seen one of my bigger SAE lawn mowing over a patch of BBA. The area was cleaned after the SAE passed.
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    On 2/24/2003 1:34:55 PM

    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?
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    No... platys are not swordtails. Platys look like super deformed swordtails, minus the sword. Hint: go search the web for a picture.
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