i had same fish do the same thing but they died of ick from the stressblue_gourami45 said:Yeah what Blue said; I used to have Black Moors (of the goldfish family) and the algae eaters were just NASTY; they did suck the slime off the fish, and left the poor things with awful white marks on their bodies, and eventually the fish diedI prefer Plecostaums' myself, but they need a larger aquarium.