Otos

[hotsauce4887]

I wanted otos but don't have a clue on how to take care of them with a 29 galon a BN pleco and some tetras with alot of plants.I know how to pick and weed out a good oto and feed it but it needs algae and I don't think my oto would get along with a pleco if they are both new to a tank.how do I take care of a coulpe if I don't have algae on my tank.Will it grow good on some wood? Please help. I need advice.

[Richard B]

A good trick is to gt a small tank or goldfish bowl & put it on a window ledge. Fill it with tank water & put a couple of smooth pebbles in.Within a few days these should have algae on them & then be transferred to your fishtank for oto's to eat, keep this going & you have a source of algae readily available - you can also feed algae tabs, cucumber, spinach, lettuce, peas, green beans etc for herbivorous fish

[hotsauce4887]

But how do I grow algae warm water or cool water and how to put it in the aquarium

[MatsP]

But how do I grow algae warm water or cool water and how to put it in the aquarium

Didn't Richard answer exactly that? The water doesn't have to be particularly warm - and just take the stones with algae and place them in the aquarium.

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Mats

[otoguppylover]

i have had an otocinclus for about 2 years and it is about 2 in long and i just got 3 almost 1 in otos of the same species(i think) and i have had no prob with feeding the big one even without algae and without feeding green foods. but i started putting cucumber in the tank so that the small one can eat. and i was curious if any one knew how to breed them?

[otoguppylover]

oh and small otos LOVE cucumber and make sure to get at lease 2 to 4 of them or they will become boring belive me i had to deal with it for 2 years and i just got 3 more and now they r hyper active

[Death Pony]

They're not that hard to take care of. Pretty much all I do is drop in an algae or sinking wafer or two ever night. They magically devour it by morning.

[otoguppylover]

so u love oto too?

[Death Pony]

so u love oto too?

I didn't before I got a group of them, but now I love the little guys. That's really saying something since I tend to favor the monsterous fish and reptiles. I can't keep anything bigger than a 10 gallon tank in my dorm room though

[otoguppylover]

aw that would kill me i am dedicated to them its going to be hard for me in college (im class of 2012 in high school)
i just got 4more of them for my 30 gal. tall and now i have 8 im planing on breeding them

[Death Pony]

Good luck with the breeding!

[otoguppylover]

thanks im going to need it!!!!!:P