Everyone time I walk in the room he’s moving around but never sucking of algae of the the wall. I know i have plenty of algae.

I have 2 chinese algae eaters in my goldfish tank. I fed them 2 algae wafers but the goldfish keep eating it and the chinese algae eaters ignore it. I’m feeding them lettuce right now but there not eating that either. What am I suppose to feed them? Or how can I make them eat it? I have no algae in my tank so I need to feed them.

I just bought a Chinese Algae Eater and I wanted to know if it would do good with two Hypostomus Plecostomus (the common ones, they’re black). Are they going to fight or get along?
Extra Info: The CAE is about 3 inches big, one of the Plecos is about 2 inches and the other is about 4 1/2 inches.
(I still have like 12 days to return the Chinese Algae Eater to the store)
what’s the difference between a cold water aquarium and a tropical aquarium? (the temp. is always aroun 80F …

I have a 5 inch chinese algae eater sucking loach in my small coldwater tank. I am moving the coldwaters to my larger tank that has just a ‘L’ plec in it (4inches). Will they get on? Or will the algae eater just pester the Plec.
Please dont advise on water temperature, just the community side of things. THANKS!
Please dont offer advice on the temperature. I will be keeping the temperature at 20 degrees C for the benefit of the L Plec. The Goldfish/Carp/Tench will live in up to 23 degrees …

I have a Chinese algae eater in a tank with 5 glowlight tetras and all the CAE does is chase and harass the tetras. I would hate to have to get rid of him (or kill him) but that seems to be what it is coming to. Is there a way to keep the CAE from chasing its tankmates? I tried dividing the tank a little more with plants, but that didn’t work. Any tips?

the goldfish are nothin special and i want to know if it is safe

I recently purchased a Chinese Algae Eater, along with a Black Ghost Knife fish. They have only been in the take for about 3 weeks, but I have started to notice that the CAE will not leave my Ghost alone. I have had other small community fish in the take for months now, (don’t know what they are) and I have already found two dead since introducing the CAE. He is very aggressive towards other fish in the tank. I’m not necessarly saying he is responsible, but I would not …

I got 2 algae eater’s for my 5 gallon fish tank. I need to know what type of fish they are because if it is a chinese algae eater I heard they can grow up for 6" and suck on your other fish. The lady at the pet store said it might be a chinese algae eater but she said she wasnt sure. I’ve looked at a chinese algae eater and I saw dots on its body. Both my algae eaters are 1" each. Ive seen baby chinese algae eaters …

I think the lobster ate him. Will my lobster be O.K. he seem to be slugish.
Why does every one ask me if I am going to eat the lobster? I will not. By the way that does not bother me that much.

since ive heard they eat less algae when they grow up i want to know what to feed mine when it gets bigger.