Siamese Flying Fox Care
Ensure to give it sufficient space to grow and also make provision for adequate nutrition supply.
Siamese flying fox care. Siamese flying fox tropical fish learn all about the siamese flying fox s feeding habits and food types its behaviour its origins its natural habitats is it male or female breeding advice and information suitable tank mates its sizing and growth range minimum tank size water ph and more. Siamese algae eater has a pair of thin forward barbels but they may rest on the cheeks when it swims or relaxes. False flying fox garra cambodgiensis.
In the flying fox the thickness of this stripe is constant. 2020 is finally here we hope you are enjoying it. For today s video we wanted to talk about the flying fox siamese algae eater.
True siamese algae eater sae flying fox siamese algae eater. The flying fox fish is often a victim of stunting within an aquarium setup that would result in impaired growth. 5 to 6 inches in length.
Be sure to check that stripe to verify you won t be needing a siamese flying fox care guide instead. This fish will have a black stripe that tends to decrease in thickness as the stripe approaches the fin. Specifically consumes hair thread and black beard red algae.
All upper side of the body has brown tint and each scale has dark edges which makes its body pattern look reticulate. It s a really awesome fish and it will. The easiest way to work out which species you are looking at is to check for flaps in the corner of the mouth.
The siamese flying fox is a very aggressive fish that tends to lone and control the bottom of the aquarium. Flying foxes have them but algae eaters don t. True siamese algae eaters are far from the most common choice you ll find in stores.
They both have a bold black stripe running down their body. Use our fish community creator tool to plan your tank set up and ensure that the siamese flying. As for flying fox its black stripe ends on its body where the tail fin starts the fin is transparent.
Prefers live foods but will readily eat commercial diets plants and algae. The siamese flying fox epalzeorhynchos kalopterus often gets mistaken for the algae eater because they look so similar. Sae fish are arguably the absolute best algae cleaner for any aquarium.