I <3 ZEBRA OTO's

penguinpimp1990 · Jun 19, 2005

does anyone here own or know anything about zebra oto's? (otocinclus cocama) I saw them on planetcatfish and fell in love with them. has anyone seen them in lfs cause ive never heard of them before today

BOD · Jun 19, 2005

i have 3

cute little things :wub:

glolite · Jun 19, 2005

BOD said:
i have 3 cute little things

Hey, I have 3 too. Agree they're very cute! :wub:

Bod do you just feed yours on algae wafers or have you found any other foods they like? Mine like peas.

BOD · Jun 19, 2005

yea mine eat peas too, and some times i put spinach in there and i guess they eat it because it all goes!

i love seeing there little fat tummys after a good meal make them even cuter

Undawada · Jun 20, 2005

I've seen them in the LFS but the price tag was $34.99 (CDN) per fish. Needless to say, I don't have any.

penguinpimp1990 · Jun 21, 2005

OMG $35 PER OTO?

funkybodal · Jun 21, 2005

that's abit heavy but awhile ago they were going for this much (like £15 here in GB). Now you usually see them for sale at around £5 (if that) so you shouldn't be paying more than $10 in the US really...but you never know. :dunno:

Undawada · Jun 21, 2005

If they are $10 US, that would still be about $16 Canadian or so.

Still a little pricey in my opinion, since regular otos are 1.99 or 2.99 ea. If they were $10 Canadian then I'd consider it. And I'd want to see big fat buddha bellies before I bought them, I don't want a $10 fish with a 10% chance of living.

daudy_dojo · Jun 21, 2005

I only own regular ottos, they costed me like 1.29 US a piece and if you buy like 5 or more its 3$US for the whole lot but there is tax on each fish! the zebra ottos cost the exact same but when you buy 5 or more its 4$US plus tax for each fish!

ADelphi · Sep 8, 2005

funkybodal said:
that's abit heavy but awhile ago they were going for this much (like £15 here in GB). Now you usually see them for sale at around £5 (if that) so you shouldn't be paying more than $10 in the US really...but you never know.

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They are still £15 here in GB i've just bought 2 Zebra oto's from Maidenhead Aquatics in St Albans, he has quite a few of the little fellas, i must admit they are very cute and great at cleaning brown algae off my plant leaves.