Cinnebuns Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 (edited) I'm having an extreme baby shortage right now in all species. I am resisting the urge to fill the tanks with other things because I know there eventually will be babies but I had a sudden idea. Wondering if this would work. In my main tank I have reticulated hillstream loaches and otos. I'm considering putting both species in one of the mostly empty 10 gallon tanks to attempt to get them to breed. I never really actively tried with either species but I've read that the hillstreams are super easy. Is it possible to do both species in 1 10 gal? Right now the tank only has 1 or 2 panda cory fry and a few ramshorn snails. I have been trying to pull the ramshorn snails out of this tank slowly. I'm sure if I wanted to try this breeding I would have to be more aggressive with my ridding this tank of them as they would likely eat eggs and maybe fry. Is this true? Any other thoughts? I will add this: if I do decide to do this I do not look forward to trying to catch those damn hillstream loaches again. They are tough!! Edited November 2, 2022 by Cinnebuns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 @xXInkedPhoenixX has a whole journal on Oto breeding, so I expect it should be possible, and I managed to breed hillstream loaches with splash tetras (did quite well 😊!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnebuns Posted November 2, 2022 Author Share Posted November 2, 2022 On 11/2/2022 at 1:02 AM, TheSwissAquarist said: @xXInkedPhoenixX has a whole journal on Oto breeding, so I expect it should be possible, and I managed to breed hillstream loaches with splash tetras (did quite well 😊!) How much flow did you give them? I realized that may be a factor in the eggs hatching. I'm considering doing a over sized hob on the small end on one side and a sponge filter on the other end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 On 11/2/2022 at 7:32 AM, Cinnebuns said: How much flow did you give them? I realized that may be a factor in the eggs hatching. I'm considering doing a over sized hob on the small end on one side and a sponge filter on the other end. I just used an average JUWEL aquarium filter (didn't have much choice!!) with medium to low flow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scapexghost Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 On 11/2/2022 at 1:02 AM, TheSwissAquarist said: @xXInkedPhoenixX has a whole journal on Oto breeding, so I expect it should be possible, and I managed to breed hillstream loaches with splash tetras (did quite well 😊!) That sounds awesome, do you have any picks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 On 11/2/2022 at 8:17 AM, Scapexghost said: That sounds awesome, do you have any picks? Wish I did! Bred them by accident when I was a bit of a newbie to the hobby and didn't think much of it 🤦♂️. Took a couple of photos which where lost when I dropped my phone into Lake Geneva 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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