SAE ???

[CBWMN]

A coupla months ago I bought two 1 1/4" fish that Petsmart ID'd as SAE's. I put them in an 18 gal tall tank with three Sunset Honey Gourami's. They both looked identical at the time, kinda grey in color with a horizontal dark gray stripe.
Now one has turned a cream color w/no stripe and is larger than the other. The other one is still the original color and about 1 1/2" long.
I thoght I had a pair, but obviously I don't.
Can anyone make a guess at what the light yellowish one is?
I don't need an algae eater that is going to be large.

Thank you
Charles

 

[Dangerdoll]

I am suspecting you have CAE's.... especially the light one.... are the stripes flat or clean lines or are they kinda uneven?

here's a good thread on the difference, look at the 4th post down from the top.
http://aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1154636#post1154636

 

[CBWMN]

The small one has uneven stripes, the yellowish one has a darkened area on the back 1/3 of his body. It's not balck - sorta cream gray.

Thank you for replying

 

[Dangerdoll]

it's a pretty common call for the Pet store to call them SAE's when they are in fact CAE's.... if you don't want them as CAE's though, I would return them.... it sounds to me like you are already aware of their aggression factor as well as size as they mature.

 

[CBWMN]

Dangerdoll

Thanks for the info.
You're right.
I googled Chanies algae eater and found this site:
http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_Gyrinocheilus_aymonieri.php
The smaller looks like the dark one, the large is the same color as the golden one, but doesn' have the dark fins.

Thanks from El Paso, TX

 

[TwoTankAmin]

Sorry to say, but neither of those fish belong in 18 gal tank for any amount of time.

 

[CBWMN]

As with all of my fish, I have a much larger tank to move them to if they get too large.
Thank you