04_si

I picked up 4 Otos today and 2 are super active and have been doing the loachie dance with 4 of my kuhli loaches. Is this sort if normal? My girlfriend said she also saw one attach to the side of the angelfish and I'm kind of worried they could be CAE or sae. They're really small have the stripe but their backs have some black spots.... I'll try and get pics but they won't stop moving

Butterfly

Sounds cute but very un-oto like. Down at the bottom of this algae articel are pics of otos and some SAE for comparason. maybe it will hel you decide.
http://www.plantgeek.net/article_viewer.php?id=9
Carol

04_si

wow, i feel better now. its DEFINITELY not an SAE or CAE, and the oto spots on the tail are identical. just confused me as they are so active, theyve been dancing with the loaches for about 6 hours now, non-stop, while the other 2 are much more oto like... speaking of which, heres a pic of one. all the tails look identical, but one is maybe 1/4 inch bigger and has defined spots on his back

thanks a bunch (and i noticed you followed me in here and in my ram thread hahaha)

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Butterfly

Definitly a chubby little Oto Congrats on making them so happy. Keep up the good work.
I'm not following you, you just happen to be there before me
Carol

04_si

oh, they came pre-chubbed (?? hahaha) i just have a TON of brown algae in my tank so i know they have lots to eat. ever since i added the new light its been a complete diatom bloom....

and i know you're following me. im sure you have one internet page open with my profile, and another open to follow me around. hahaha just kidding

Butterfly

Thats one of the things you look for when buying Otos is a good fat tummy, so you did good And they LOVE diatoms. If their tummys are sunken they very rarely feed and die fairly soon.
ooops caught
Carol