When I went into my LFS to purchase an algae eater they had two tanks full. One was labeled Flying foxes and one was labeled Algae eating shark.
The woman who got mine out claimed they were the same thing...though from reading about them...they are different genera!
Anyways...i got what they called an algae eating shark...i mentioned to her that he really didn't look like one but she swore thats what it was and that it would only grow to be 3" ...he was so cute i bought him.
Well after having him for a month he's like 3 1/2" and growing fast...and he is most definitely not an algae eating shark. I think he's a chinese algae eater which grow up to 12"!!!!!!!
I went back to the petstore today to tell them this and she said "oh we know, algae eating sharks and chinese algae eaters are the same thing".....but...if AES are the same as Flying Foxes AND CAE then they should all be the same species....but they're not.....
Ahhhhh...i am so confused...i finally got tired of being tol i was wrong and i left. I won't be shopping there anymore!!
The woman who got mine out claimed they were the same thing...though from reading about them...they are different genera!
Anyways...i got what they called an algae eating shark...i mentioned to her that he really didn't look like one but she swore thats what it was and that it would only grow to be 3" ...he was so cute i bought him.
Well after having him for a month he's like 3 1/2" and growing fast...and he is most definitely not an algae eating shark. I think he's a chinese algae eater which grow up to 12"!!!!!!!
I went back to the petstore today to tell them this and she said "oh we know, algae eating sharks and chinese algae eaters are the same thing".....but...if AES are the same as Flying Foxes AND CAE then they should all be the same species....but they're not.....
Ahhhhh...i am so confused...i finally got tired of being tol i was wrong and i left. I won't be shopping there anymore!!