Jwpatriot Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Hello, Lost one of my otos today, group of three have been living in a heavily planted ten (pH 7.2, 80 degrees, O ammonia, O nitrite, 25ppm nitrate). I’ve been feeding frozen BB, daphnia and Co Op fry food, for the small guppy colony that is housed in the tank as well. My question is, could the Otos be getting to much protein, when the fry food settles on leaves and Oto suck up protein when it stuck to the algae they want, because the dead body pulled out today had perfect fins and a fat belly. Secondly will they get bloat like an Mbuna. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 oto need plenty of algae in there diet to thrive as long as you feed algae wafers and veg as well they should be fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 It’s been my experience that Ottos can be hit or miss depending on how they were handled before you got them. If you get them with a sunken stomach the chances for success goes way down. Also you really shouldn’t add them into your tank until it’s been up & running for awhile. Most of what they eat (algae and micro fauna)is only available in established tanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 Mine ate spirulina powder in quarantine. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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