Oto Questions

[GAB99]

i have 1 oto right now in a 55 moderateley planted tank that, for the current situation, does have algae issues. the problem is that there is so much algae he ended being so fat that he cant do his 'job' anymore. because of this and that fact that i found ot otos like oto company i bought 5 more on black friday. unfortunately two died so far in QT and the rest are still in QT till next friday and the remaining look very healthy and skinny (not emaciated) so i hope that competition for resources would result in a clean tank and moderately fat otos.

my questions are:

would the algae alone be able to sustain them if algae still remains in the tank? when there wasnt algae i fed my one oto algae wafers so would that be all they need or do i absolutedly have to give them other stuff (like veggies) i dont find it to be a problem but my parents dont want me feeding 'people' food to fish


im also planning on getting both 3 giant whiptail (sturisoma aureum) and 3 whiptail (Rineloricaria parva) catfish, do they have similar care requirements as otos and would these catfish + the 4 otos be OK together? im as planning on replacing the two i lost.
the tank is going to be a planted community tank, other bottom dwellers that will go in with them would be 1 stripped raphael catfish and 3 angelicus loaches.

 

[TiffanyJayne]

i have 1 oto right now in a 55 moderateley planted tank that, for the current situation, does have algae issues. the problem is that there is so much algae he ended being so fat that he cant do his 'job' anymore. because of this and that fact that i found ot otos like oto company i bought 5 more on black friday. unfortunately two died so far in QT and the rest are still in QT till next friday and the remaining look very healthy and skinny (not emaciated) so i hope that competition for resources would result in a clean tank and moderately fat otos.

my questions are:

would the algae alone be able to sustain them if algae still remains in the tank? when there wasnt algae i fed my one oto algae wafers so would that be all they need or do i absolutedly have to give them other stuff (like veggies) i dont find it to be a problem but my parents dont want me feeding 'people' food to fish


im also planning on getting both 3 giant whiptail (sturisoma aureum) and 3 whiptail (Rineloricaria parva) catfish, do they have similar care requirements as otos and would these catfish + the 4 otos be OK together? im as planning on replacing the two i lost.
the tank is going to be a planted community tank, other bottom dwellers that will go in with them would be 1 stripped raphael catfish and 3 angelicus loaches.

1 otto
5 bought
2 died
2 replace
= 6 i think
Unless you meant your not planning to replace the 2 you lost.

Assuming it's not just a whole tank containing 1 otto, what else is in the tank? The otto's will be fine wth whiptails but your other fish may not.

I feed mine, zuccini, cucumber, carrot, algea waffers and blood work, they seem happy on this diet but others feed blanched lettuce leaves, pumpkin, cafish pellets, seaweed ect

No fish should ever be fed 1 single thing, so i wouldn't advise leaving them to just algea and it won't last long the way otto's eat so you'll find they'll soon want something else.

 

[GAB99]

i have 1 oto right now in a 55 moderateley planted tank that, for the current situation, does have algae issues. the problem is that there is so much algae he ended being so fat that he cant do his 'job' anymore. because of this and that fact that i found ot otos like oto company i bought 5 more on black friday. unfortunately two died so far in QT and the rest are still in QT till next friday and the remaining look very healthy and skinny (not emaciated) so i hope that competition for resources would result in a clean tank and moderately fat otos.

my questions are:

would the algae alone be able to sustain them if algae still remains in the tank? when there wasnt algae i fed my one oto algae wafers so would that be all they need or do i absolutedly have to give them other stuff (like veggies) i dont find it to be a problem but my parents dont want me feeding 'people' food to fish


im also planning on getting both 3 giant whiptail (sturisoma aureum) and 3 whiptail (Rineloricaria parva) catfish, do they have similar care requirements as otos and would these catfish + the 4 otos be OK together? im as planning on replacing the two i lost.
the tank is going to be a planted community tank, other bottom dwellers that will go in with them would be 1 stripped raphael catfish and 3 angelicus loaches.

1 otto
5 bought
2 died
2 replace
= 6 i think
Unless you meant your not planning to replace the 2 you lost.

Assuming it's not just a whole tank containing 1 otto, what else is in the tank? The otto's will be fine wth whiptails but your other fish may not.

I feed mine, zuccini, cucumber, carrot, algea waffers and blood work, they seem happy on this diet but others feed blanched lettuce leaves, pumpkin, cafish pellets, seaweed ect

No fish should ever be fed 1 single thing, so i wouldn't advise leaving them to just algea and it won't last long the way otto's eat so you'll find they'll soon want something else.

so far i have 4 surviving i asked if would i need more since 6 is usually the preferred number for most other fish and the fact im getting 6 other algae eaters

what do you mean by blanched? would they take strawberries too?

like i said the tankmates are all peaceful schooling fish so they shouldnt cause a problem and even if so the tank will be heavily planted before the tank gets heavily stocked. heres the list nonetheless the number shows minimum amount i will most likely have more schooling fish like the hatchets and boesemani/ roselines

6 Celebes half beak
6 marble/silver hatchets
6 Boesemani rainbows
6 roseline torpedo shark
1 Stripped Raphael catfish
3 Angelicus / kubotai botia loach
3 Giant Whiptail catfish (sturisoma aureum)
3 Rineloricaria parva cat
6 Oto


right now the tank only has

5 boesemani rainbows
stripped raphael catfish
1 oto
4 praecox rainbows
4 gold barbs

the smaller rainbows and the barbs will be moved when the time is right