Sabi

Ottos and Cories.

Hi,

In reply to http://www.fishlore.com/Forum/index.php?topic=11095.0
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That is possible but the reason i keep the cory in there is to eat up any he left over food that goes to the bottom. Can/do ottos eat fish food?
I have never fed my algae eaters (plecos or ottos) any type of food as i never have success in them eating it. They just dont know that its food for them to eat! So what i wanted to know is: will the ottos eat any left overs and keep nthe tank clean? And any idea what i could try feeding them (catfish) and let them know that its food to eat?
Thanks

atmmachine816

Oto's are strictly vegetarians though may eat some flake if they have nothing else to eat but should not be expected too. Mine sometimes eat some of the veggie flakes since they are veggie but not usually tropical flakes but that's not what I feed them, they have wafers and cucumber as the main diet. I wouldn't worry about keeping your tank clean from leftover flakes, if you just feed a few at a time until they have eaten them all at the top not many will fall down onto the bottom. I would feed your oto cucumber, zuchini, algae wafers, and you can try other things too, those are the common things people feed them. The cory, sinking catfish wafers. You can get ghostshrimp to eat extra flakes.

Sabi

I must check with my LFS if theyv got algae wafers....
Ghostshrimp? I'm always hearing abt this going to check it out now!

Sabi

itl be fun if i can get hold og a ghost shrimp!
i'm going tp try and feed him vegies. Is there another name for "zuchini"? never heard it before...

Butterfly

Courgette? This is what I hear from some of the other countries.
Carol

COBettaCouple

shrimp are really interesting to watch and can be some good little workers in your cleaning crew.

Sabi

i found out somewhere, its baby marrow.

Hey ppl, when i feed my fish freeze dried tubifex worms, my cory go to the top of the tank to eat it!! Once i even saw him swimming upside down on the water surface to get to the worms!

sirdarksol

Cthulhu used to do that. He was the exact coloring of an upside-down catfish, so when he did it, it was like he switched species temporarily.

Butterfly

yep they will definitely go where the food is
Carol

COBettaCouple

just like me!

armadillo

Woudlnt' ghost shrimp eat the oto eggs if there are any? I am wondering about ghost shrimps in my oto tank myself

Sabi

will cories eat molly fry?

COBettaCouple

i'm pretty sure they wouldn't.

TheEssigs

I have two panda corys in my fry tank with platy fry and the corys dont bother with them, even in the slightest!

Sabi

Good. i'm hoping my molly will soon have molly/guppy fry and wasnt sure if they eat fry or not. what about neon tetras?

TheEssigs

Neons will eat live foods (brine shrimp, worms and smaller fry) or frozen foods. Neons will do very well on just flake foods, but make sure they are getting enough to eat if they are in a community tank, as they are not very aggressive about feeding.

armadillo

That'd be cool (if your guppies mated with your mollies and the fry survived)

Sabi

Well yes, my molly has been pregnant since i dont when.