Hi everyone,
I've got a small tank(about 7 gallons) that I was planning on setting up as a planted tank for otos. What plants would be recommended and how many otos is that tank suitable for?
thanks in advance,
Andy
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Andy,
Just about anything. Plan the tank around the plants and then the Otos will do fine. How much light will you have? If it is a low light tank you can use Anubias or Crypts. Not natural to the Otos, but they do not seem to care. This could be a good spawning experimant.
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Just about anything. Plan the tank around the plants and then the Otos will do fine. How much light will you have? If it is a low light tank you can use Anubias or Crypts. Not natural to the Otos, but they do not seem to care. This could be a good spawning experimant.
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Yeah, seems amano uses otos in almost all his tanks... ;) a much cuter alternative to his algae eating shrimp.
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Otos and suitable plants
I don't have a good light source at the moment as I have to make do with an ordinary desklamp but I should be getting ahold of a lighting ramp that'll fit on Wednesday. It shouldn't be too difficult to get a decent amount of light from that.
Thanks for the tips, I'd love to get ahold of some amano books but they seem to be in short supply where I live.
Thanks for the tips, I'd love to get ahold of some amano books but they seem to be in short supply where I live.