Sorry, Another Otto Question

[Lizzie71]

I have posted before about my ottos apparently not eating. I put algae tablets in which they totally ignore, they aren't cleaning any algae off the glass/rocks/plants, but they are still alive after 2 months so they must be eating something

I tried a piece of cucumber last week and it was totally devoured, but I only saw the platys eat it, and don't know if the ottos ate any.

The guy in the lfs yesterday told me ottos won't eat cucumber - so what will they eat? I don't want them to starve.

Also, is it necessary to have live plants? I'm thinking of switching to plastic but I'm not sure about the ottos.

 

[wolfwolf]

Yes ottos will eat cucumber. Mine also like lettuce and love peas (Shelled).

I forget what website I was on... but it came from someone on this forum. Ottos require live plants in order to live for long periods in an aquarium. I don't have experience from this myself, but that it what I read. Maybe on www.planetcatfish