CT_ Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 I walked into my bathroom this morning and looked at my quarantine tank and the one otto that lives in there decided to jump/crawl up onto the floaters and hang out like a mudskipper. I thought it was dead so i just stared at it for a while baffled. I should have taken a photo. I then decided to blow on it to see if it was still alive and it just wiggled it's way back under water and swam off. I know catfish sometimes gulp air to inflate their swim badder but I've never heard of this. Water conditions are normal for this tank (soft, low nitrogen). the only other things in this tank are a tiny rice fish from a left behind egg and some cull shrimp that decided to take over. Anyone ever seen or heard of this behavior? 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 super interesting. maybe it got spooked and stuck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT_ Posted August 5, 2022 Author Share Posted August 5, 2022 On 8/4/2022 at 9:14 PM, nabokovfan87 said: super interesting. maybe it got spooked and stuck? They do occasionally get spooked and freak out, but it was pretty easy for it to go back under. I wonder if it got spooked and then was sitting still like they usually do but this time it just ended up out of water... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friller Posted August 5, 2022 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Was it still wet? Better keep lids on tanks with ottos now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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