My Freshwater tank

[Chad]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Ok, my curiousity is piqued. How can you tell the difference between a "real" Siamese algae eater and a ... um .. a "fake" Siamese algae eater (is the other kind called Chinese algae eaters?) Sorry I'm not really all that "up" on my freshwater knowledge..

Chinese algae eaters you never want to get. I have one and regret it. I had two actualy but I managed to give the other one away to a LFS. The reason being is they will attack other fish and sometimes will attach themselves to the fish and basicly suck on em. Not a good thing. You can tell a real Siamesis by the black line that runs down the side. If it goes all the way through the tail fin. Its good. and if its a golden colour.. its good. Otherwise its a fake.