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Classifieds => Want to Buy/Trade => Topic started by: greg y on November 12, 2013, 05:18:29 PM

Title: WTB SAE
Post by: greg y on November 12, 2013, 05:18:29 PM
Siamese algae eater
Scientific name: Crossocheilus siamensis

Where can I find these guys? I want young ones
Title: Re: WTB SAE
Post by: djlamonica on November 12, 2013, 05:33:32 PM
They carry them at petsmart I'm pretty sure.
Title: Re: WTB SAE
Post by: greg y on November 12, 2013, 07:11:16 PM
I was reading that they're usually mislabeled,
true SAE's are harder to find, the ones at most stores are usually Chinese Algae eaters and those don't eat black hair algae as well 
Title: Re: WTB SAE
Post by: djlamonica on November 12, 2013, 07:54:23 PM
Ah so it seems after a quick Google search looks like these are only breed through hormone injections so you won't be finding any small ones threw local breeders.  Call fantastic fins I'm sure they could bring in the real deal for you. 
Title: Re: WTB SAE
Post by: greg y on November 12, 2013, 10:08:46 PM
(http://i761.photobucket.com/albums/xx260/gy561/sae_zps9164db59.png)
Title: Re: WTB SAE
Post by: Sean on November 12, 2013, 10:36:10 PM
We had flying foxes at the store I work at a couple weeks ago. I'm not sure if they're still there. I'll check on Saturday
Title: Re: WTB SAE
Post by: greg y on November 12, 2013, 11:17:19 PM
I dont want flying foxes, I want SAE's
Title: Re: WTB SAE
Post by: PowerCerg One on November 12, 2013, 11:21:49 PM
I dont want flying foxes, I want SAE's

It says in your picture that its common name is Flying Fox.
Title: Re: WTB SAE
Post by: greg y on November 12, 2013, 11:25:25 PM
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?132241-Siamese-Algae-Eater-(SAE)-questions
Title: Re: WTB SAE
Post by: greg y on November 12, 2013, 11:45:09 PM
[ING]http://imageshack.us/a/img842/7418/dfr4.jpg[/ING]
Title: Re: WTB SAE
Post by: greg y on November 12, 2013, 11:55:35 PM
(http://imageshack.us/a/img842/7418/dfr4.jpg)
Title: Re: WTB SAE
Post by: Cat(fish)lady on November 13, 2013, 12:34:31 AM
Hair algae?? Buy a couple American flag fish. Problem solved!  ;)
Title: Re: WTB SAE
Post by: greg y on November 13, 2013, 12:02:52 PM
Hair algae?? Buy a couple American flag fish. Problem solved!  ;)
Those look cool, but reading they are agressive and nippy, kill tankmates etc.. have you had any?
Title: Re: WTB SAE
Post by: Cat(fish)lady on November 13, 2013, 01:04:57 PM
Have 3 in a tank with electric yellows and Kribs. Along with a few other schooling fish. I've never seen any aggression with them. They are very peaceful in my tank.
Title: Re: WTB SAE
Post by: Johnnyhigh5 on November 16, 2013, 12:02:33 PM
Are those the same kind that eat the slim coat off fish at night? I've heard they are bad news.
Title: Re: WTB SAE
Post by: Cat(fish)lady on November 16, 2013, 12:12:20 PM
Are those the same kind that eat the slim coat off fish at night? I've heard they are bad news.

That's got to be one of the weirdest things I've heard.
I've never heard that about them. The only aggression issues I've heard was in regards to spawning and I think that fairly general to just about any species.
Title: Re: WTB SAE
Post by: Ogre44 on November 16, 2013, 12:47:41 PM
I have heard all kinds of bad things regarding the commonly available Chinese Algae Eaters.
The Siamese Algae Eaters are supposed to be quite peaceful and nice additions to a community
Title: Re: WTB SAE
Post by: Cat(fish)lady on November 16, 2013, 01:46:16 PM
I have heard all kinds of bad things regarding the commonly available Chinese Algae Eaters.
The Siamese Algae Eaters are supposed to be quite peaceful and nice additions to a community

I'm not talking about "algae eaters" I'm talking about American Flag Fish.
Title: Re: WTB SAE
Post by: greg y on November 16, 2013, 06:01:40 PM
Was just at petsmart and they have the chinese kind, not siamese
Title: Re: WTB SAE
Post by: African cichlid Keeper on November 16, 2013, 06:39:41 PM
Was just at petsmart and they have the chinese kind, not siamese

fantastic fins in  Livonia has one for 9.99
Title: Re: WTB SAE
Post by: TrailerParkFishTanks on November 16, 2013, 09:05:25 PM
Highland tropical usually has some.there awesome community fish, they don't bother anybody no matter how big or small and they keep hair algae in check.
Title: Re: WTB SAE
Post by: greg y on November 17, 2013, 08:46:26 PM
http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?fw&1384798255

sorry for bringing this thread back from the dead but what about these:

are these the great planted community , peaceful black beard algae eating friends I seek or nasty Chinese slime coat sucking enemies?
Title: Re: WTB SAE
Post by: Sean on November 17, 2013, 10:17:05 PM
These are the ones that I said we had at the store, they look similar to the sae, and keep the algae on the tank walls in check. we don't have very much hair algae, so I can't comment on that but they do a good job with the regular green and brown algae
Title: Re: WTB SAE
Post by: greg y on November 18, 2013, 11:11:31 AM
"Siamensis, the confusions comes form the fish retailers, they called them flying foxes so we are covering our bases."


That was her response to my email asking her if they were foxes or SAE

Fantastic fins does have a couple and I'll have to check with Highland tropical.

Thanks for the tip