Do you think that if a Chinese Algae eater grows up living with other fish, it..?HELP

ILOVEBETTAS

ILOVEBETTAS

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I know that Chinese Algae eaters can become aggressive, but do you think that if I get one when it is small and keep it with other fish from the time it was a baby, do you think it might not be too aggressive? Are there any ways I can possibly... KEEP one from being aggressive? I REALLY want one for the 30-40 gallon I'm getting for Christmas... Please help?
 
Hi,

I've kept my CAE for four years and he has been pretty peaceful (I know that is not what most of them are like). If you get it as a baby and it grows up living with the other fish it should be less aggressive as you thought. Another thing to make them a little less aggressive is to give them many hiding places.

I hope it works out so you can get one for your tank, because in my opinion they are one of the best fish out there!

Cory Lover
 
If you are really excited about a CAE then by all means get one. But as with any other fish do all the research about them first.

And don't assume that any fish in a tank will react a certain way. Most fish, even though captive bred, are still wild animals and can often be unpredictable.
 
I've always loved Sam, my CAE. I was very saddened when I first came online and found out how much other people hated them and the problems they had with them. It could just the temperment of the individual fish - like some bettas can be kept in a community tank and others can not. Also read up on the sticky at the top of this forum on pleco's dietary needs. A CAE also needs food of his own, just like a pleco or an otocinclus or a cory, and shouldn't be expected just to live off algae.
 
kveeti said:
I've always loved Sam, my CAE. I was very saddened when I first came online and found out how much other people hated them and the problems they had with them. It could just the temperment of the individual fish - like some bettas can be kept in a community tank and others can not. Also read up on the sticky at the top of this forum on pleco's dietary needs. A CAE also needs food of his own, just like a pleco or an otocinclus or a cory, and shouldn't be expected just to live off algae.
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Hi,

I was really sad too to see almost everbody saying that CAEs are killers and aggressive fish. But my CAE named Icicle is a very peaceful individaul.

Cory Lover
 
I suppose if you put a 2" oscar in a tank with a dozen 2" platies, he might not eat them when he got big enough. But I wouldn't bet a quarter on it, and I wouldn't bet a plug nickel on a CAE growing up to be a sweetheart.
 
CAE, friend's sad experience

a friend of mine had a baby CAE that grew up in his 75 gal tank.

In two years it went from 2 inches to nearly 8 inches of thick bodied nastiness. It has killed most of his tetras, uproots plants, has completely bared parts of his ugf and tosses the decorative rocks around. He doesn't know what to do with it. He's fond of it, but can't keep anything else.

It was a good lesson for me to see before I started stocking my tank.
 
my friend had a CAE that attacked and killed his prized angelfish (i mean this fish had parents that got first prize in fish shows).

i will never get one after hearing about that from him, and besides, there are plenty of algea eater that are way better, like ottos, plecos, and our good friends, the snails.
 
Hi,

One thing that we should all remember it's not the fishe's fault for being 'mean'. It's just their normal behaviour and it's are fault for putting incompatible fish with them that they may kill or attack.

Cory Lover
 
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