On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 18:22:43 -0500, "Scott Rogahn"
wrote:

I have seen may post about false SAEs, But my fish store may be going the
other way. Six months ago I ask them what they have that eats hair algae.
She sold me two flying foxes about 2 to 3 inches long. The ate the hair
algae in no time. From the descriptions on the web and other post I believe
them to be SAEs. They have clear fins. The black stripe goes to the end of
the tail, and they eat flake food.

One has since died due to me being stupid and misadjusting my CO2 before
work (the only Casualty of 100ppm CO2). So I went back and ask for a
Siamese algae eater. They did not have any, so I ask about flying foxes.
She showed my a tank of Thai Flying Foxes very small about an inch to maybe
and inch and half. for $4.99 each. Once again clear fins and stripe to
back of the tail.

This is a very knowledgeable fish store so if they were SAEs I would think
they would mark them as such.

Did I get lucky are these SAEs? Is a flying fox much less of an algae
eater?

All the flying foxes eat algae, it's just that the "false" flying fox
looks somewhat different than the true SAE.