Otto Sex!

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Waterloo Kid

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I got home this evening to find two of my Ottos having a bit of a good time together!
As ottos are supposed to be hard to get breeding I thought I'd take a few pic and show them on here for any interested people. Some of the pics aren't that good due to the not so good close up capability of my camera but some are pretty good

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These are the two fish involved. The female is the obviously larger, broader fish measuring well over an inch and the male is about 1 inch long. I first noticed the male closely following the female. At first it looked like the male was trying the graze on the females back but further observation told otherwise!
 

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This is them in a clinch. The male follows the female to a leaf and then wraps himslf around the female as shown in the pic. They stay like this for about 20 seconds and then separate. The female swims off and the male follows. Sometimes they leave a pair of eggs on the leaf, sometimes they don't.
 

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And the result of all this activity is........eggs! This pic is pretty poor but you can just make out the eggs on the vallis leaf on the right, just above the twist.
 

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Wow, that's really freakin awesome! Now I'm going to have to pay more attention to my ottos to see if I can tell which is which sex! Very cool! I've never seen it before. Thanks for sharing your photos and experience with us!
 
That's awesome!

I had no idea they wrapped around eachother. Good luck with the eggs. :cool:
 
Haha! www.fishporn.com lol isnt that just a great site! lol! but wow! that is like sooo cool! im gonna go buy some ottos if im allowed now
 

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