another otto question

[Tednol]

would 4 otocinclus' be hard to keep in a 15g tank with some plants in terms of feeding of algae ect. or is 3 like my original idea better>?
thanks in advance

 

[Cheese Specialist]

Do you have room for them? What else is in there?

You will probably need to feed them in that size tank. I have 4 in a 160l and they never eat prepared foods but in that size tank there might not be enough.

 

[Tednol]

15g
2 pairs of neon gouramis
2 bronze albino catfish (maybe 3)

i do have a pebble water feature in my garden, and half of the pebbles in there are covered in algae so that will be some food that i can put in there.

 

[Cheese Specialist]

Should be fine then IMO.

 

[Fish Buddy]

3 or 4 is all the same to me. 3, they might get more food per fish and 4, more company as they are shoaling fish. For Random Information, I found that my otocinclus' like brown algea better than the dark green. Try not to spend more than $2 per oto.

 

[Cheese Specialist]

Try not to spend more than $2 per oto.

Is that something that depends where you live, how many are available, how many LFSs there are in the local area and your preferences over chain/privite shops?

 

[Daveo]

3 or 4 is all the same to me. 3, they might get more food per fish and 4, more company as they are shoaling fish.

Get four. 8)


Daveo

 

[Tednol]

i got four in the end.
there all fat which is good and happy so far with my albino's

 

[TorPeteO]

Glad to hear. You can also feed them vegetables, here's a great site for info about otos...http/www.otocinclus.com/.

 

[Cat_D]

Yeah, oto's love cucumber and courgettes lol ( well something has to like courgettes

 

[HotStuffGal]

That sounds like a fine number, I'm glad your getting small alge eaters and not a pleco