Otto Watch

[shimmercat]

My tank was getting kinda scuzzy so on Thursday I went out and bought myself two little ottos, fully expecting at least one to die. It's now Saturday, and I still have two little ottos! Although my tank is very clean now. They do a wonderful job!

Should I set out some rocks in a jar for them, so they have more food? The tank is now SO clean I'm hoping they don't starve to death.

 

[Balloon Fish]

what do you mean rocks in a jar? if your tank is algae free you could start feeding them algae wafers, maybe like 1/4 to 1/2 of the wafer every other day should be enough for both of them

 

[Fish Friend]

did u clean the tank aswell or have they cleaned it all ???

 

[jediinthedark]

Yeah... Just do algae wafers. Growing algae in a jar is too much work.

 

[Tarah]

Not fair! I bought 2 ottos a few weeks ago, and lost both within 48 hours. Thus my tank still has algae on the glass even though I have two previously undiscovered ramshorn snails that are slowly working on it. I'm thinking about getting an algae scraper and a couple cories instead of risking another otto purchase.

 

[kll1221]

ottos are awesome. They are a bit sensitive though. Just feed them algae wafers like the previos posters said.

Cories won't eat brown algae that I know of.

 

[fishbrain]

My tank was getting kinda scuzzy so on Thursday I went out and bought myself two little ottos, fully expecting at least one to die. It's now Saturday, and I still have two little ottos! Although my tank is very clean now. They do a wonderful job!

Should I set out some rocks in a jar for them, so they have more food? The tank is now SO clean I'm hoping they don't starve to death.

What size tank? Just wondering because I can't imagine it being too big if they did that well in a couple days. Otos are awesome tho I agree! I have 1 that remains alive..... I think, it's rarely spotted. I keep thinking about buying a dozen to divid up between my tanks but, I have a feeling not many would survive quarantine (sp?).

 

[shimmercat]

It's just a little 10g tank, so yeah, they didn't have that much to clean. As far as feeding algae wafers, I have loaches so I drop in wafers anyway. The ottos have never seemed interested in them, and then the loaches eat them all up. :c Well, that's good for my loaches, but not so good for my ottos.

Yeah, I agree that it isn't fair! I actually only wanted one otto. ^^;; My boyfriend is talking pretty seriously about getting a tank, though, so maybe I'll just give the other one to him. With such a small tank, I'm having to be pretty cautious about overstocking, and with two ottos, it means I can't really increase my rasbora school. :c

 

[discus4everGrl]

buy a cucumber or squash (the green ones) cut into a long chunch and rubberband it to a rock. Drop it in so the food is pointing up and your otto's will love you for it.

 

[Balloon Fish]

i find my otos dont eat cucumber dunno why. The only fish that i have that eats cucumber is the CAE's. But when i stick in zuccini all the fish go for it i think its cause zuccini is softer but i did blanch the cucmber before putting it in, but still no one ate it

 

[Cutlass]

Neither my Clown Pleco or Otos eat zucchini. Weird.

 

[Balloon Fish]

ya that is weird lol, my pleco or oto doesn't eat cucumber