Hey all. I mentioned on another post somewhere that I had otos that were amazingly not starving to death in a completely "otoized" tank, while many other folk were saying they have no sucess with oto survival. I said I was also feeding that tank with flake and Wardly brand sinking shrimp pellets for the oto's tankmates, and suspected the otos may have taken a liking to another food source.
Well, guess what. I took a peek at the tank after I dropped in some shrimp pellets, and the otos were going crazy! They were all over the shrimp pellets with happily rasping glee. They were even more excited about it than the cories the pellets were orginally meant for.
Now I do not know if this is something that is healthy for a primarily veggie oto. Alls I know is that the otos have been with me now for two weeks and have fat happy tummies and no deaths. I also subliment with Wardly algae waffers, which they seem less enthusaistic about.
I hope this little tidbit of info helps out those people who have otos that have eaten themselves out of house and home.
~~Colesea
Well, guess what. I took a peek at the tank after I dropped in some shrimp pellets, and the otos were going crazy! They were all over the shrimp pellets with happily rasping glee. They were even more excited about it than the cories the pellets were orginally meant for.
Now I do not know if this is something that is healthy for a primarily veggie oto. Alls I know is that the otos have been with me now for two weeks and have fat happy tummies and no deaths. I also subliment with Wardly algae waffers, which they seem less enthusaistic about.
I hope this little tidbit of info helps out those people who have otos that have eaten themselves out of house and home.
~~Colesea
