Oto catfish with pea puffer?

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My pea puffer loves to hunt snails but shows no interest in shrimp at all, completely leaves them alone. I would expect her to leave oto catfish alone too, given how common it is. I was wondering if my substrate is ok for them though, this is what I used..

 

[Ghelfaire]

What size is your tank. Oto cats like to be in schools of 6 to make them feel safe. I've heard that pea puffers leave otos alone.
I've had oto cats and they preferred to stay on plants/tank glass.

 

[TimeHalt]

What size is your tank. Oto cats like to be in schools of 6 to make them feel safe. I've heard that pea puffers leave otos alone.
I've had oto cats and they preferred to stay on plants/tank glass.

I have a 10 gallon, and I know there is a lot of debate about whether or not 2-3 otos is ok. If they mainly stay on plants/glass then I think my tank would be great, if keeping 3 + 1 pea puffer in a 10 gal is ok.

 

[Cody]

I have been considering setting up a 10g Pea Puffer tank myself and they are pretty commonly given the stamp of approval being good with Pea Puffers. I think 3 Otos in would be fine. Some of the stocking police on here may disagree. I know they can be considered fragile and parish quick when not enough to eat. So if you do not have a lot of algae consider supplementing fresh veggies and/or algae wafers.

 

[TimeHalt]

I have been considering setting up a 10g Pea Puffer tank myself and they are pretty commonly given the stamp of approval being good with Pea Puffers. I think 3 Otos in would be fine. Some of the stocking police on here may disagree. I know they can be considered fragile and parish quick when not enough to eat. So if you do not have a lot of algae consider supplementing fresh veggies and/or algae wafers.

Thanks. I have a decent amount of brown algae for sure. I would love to have 3 otos with my puffer and the only thing I worry about is if they'd be ok in a smaller group. I might give it a shot though.

 

[MacZ]

The algae will be gone within a few days then, and then you will have to supplement food for them, which has to be accessible almost all the time. And that's when a 10 gallon can be trouble, as the food is a negative factor for water quality. And Otos are quite sensitive to nitrates so get ready for more and bigger waterchanges.
3 is already not enough Otos in a group. I wouldn't do it, but I can't stop you and maybe you should experience it yourself.

And when all this is somehow worked through and solutions found: Many Otos are wild caught and tend to have really persistent parasites. I lost my last Oto months ago and the parasites still kill fish in my tank. So try at least to get tank bred Otos.

 

[TimeHalt]

The algae will be gone within a few days then, and then you will have to supplement food for them, which has to be accessible almost all the time. And that's when a 10 gallon can be trouble, as the food is a negative factor for water quality. And Otos are quite sensitive to nitrates so get ready for more and bigger waterchanges.
3 is already not enough Otos in a group. I wouldn't do it, but I can't stop you and maybe you should experience it yourself.

And when all this is somehow worked through and solutions found: Many Otos are wild caught and tend to have really persistent parasites. I lost my last Oto months ago and the parasites still kill fish in my tank. So try at least to get tank bred Otos.

Fair enough, I will consider that thanks. I'm just trying to get as many opinions as I can on it.