Sharing the ottos that i have :)

**ZackZhou** · 28th Sep 2011, 17:50

Tiger oto. parotocinclus sp. 'Peru'

Orange zebra oto. Nannoptopoma sp. 'Peru'

Tiger oto has been with me for more than 4 months, whilst orange zebra i just got them recently, keep my fingers crossed.

**ZackZhou** · 29th Sep 2011, 17:28

hi need some consultation regarding preparing food for the otos, boil cucumber - how long? i tried for 3 minutes but i still find it too hard for them. however i scared that if too soft will dirty water easily as well. do advise me from your expirences thanks!

another thing is that i do drop in a few frozen bloodworms for them to consume, having read that they are not entirely herbivorous, but till now they express little interest in them. the food currently i fed them are boil cucumber, mosura excel, algae wafers and left a few katapang leaves in it.

thanks in advance

**blue33** · 30th Sep 2011, 11:04

Cut the cucumber in 1cm and soak in the slightly hot water for 1min good enough.

**barmby** · 30th Sep 2011, 12:46

Try hikari algae wafers

**ZackZhou** · 30th Sep 2011, 12:52

Thanks thanks. Read previous threads that they are not entirely herbivores, but will they take frozen bloodworms?

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**barmby** · 30th Sep 2011, 12:55

They might. And they might also choke to death from eating bloodworms. Just a warning

**ZackZhou** · 30th Sep 2011, 14:01

Originally Posted by barmby

They might. And they might also choke to death from eating bloodworms. Just a warning

Okok thanks! I will try to find other protein source for them

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**Jovel** · 30th Sep 2011, 14:13

Bro nice Otos! What are the parameters you keeping them in?

**ZackZhou** · 30th Sep 2011, 14:53

Around the same parameter with my prls. Till date no casualty. Haha. They eat the same things with crs so I'm able to prepare both foods together. Hahaha

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**marimo** · 30th Sep 2011, 15:28

Nice variety of ottos, i tot LFS only sell one type
what is the plant from the soil?

I feed a variety of food / shrimp food
They like the vege tabs which is spinali, herb , algae..
I bought cheap ones .. not hikari..

**barmby** · 30th Sep 2011, 15:38

Just to help. Anyone who try to attempt these fishes. Be vigilant about their water needs and feeding needs..

click link: http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...Peru%22&page=2

Nannoptopoma sp. "Peru" aka orange zebra oto

**ZackZhou** · 30th Sep 2011, 23:14

Originally Posted by barmby

Just to help. Anyone who try to attempt these fishes. Be vigilant about their water needs and feeding needs..

click link: http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...Peru%22&page=2

Nannoptopoma sp. "Peru" aka orange zebra oto

Hi barmby:

I definitely have scanned through all the relevant articles regarding orange zebra otos before attempting. Haha. I did not know they need meat based food as well until I read the post back in 2006 about them.

I ordered 50 of them, assuming their doa rate is high.(I stated shipment from s.a, in fact that they are 'shipment mailed' haha) So that would likely get me around 20~30 pieces. However, I manage to get zero casualty till now, shall monitor them closely for at least one month. And I'll reduce the amount I want to keep. That's 20~30 pieces. I do think that they share the similar water parameters as crs. As mentioned in the old post, they are better with slightly acidic waters.
Diet wise currently they are receiving boiled cucumber, spinach, algae wafers, bloodworms(greatly reduced) and crs food with no problem.
Colour wise have been shown and the black stripes are more visible.

One more question I would like to ask barmby, are they similar with zebra ottos, when they manage to pull through the first month or so, highly likely they will live long? Thanks!

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