New tank mates for my shrimp!

[K9932]

So I was out and about today and apart from my little mishap with some plants (see moss section) I had an AWESOME day!

I bought some Ottos for my cube tanks so that brings my Otto count up to 5

Here's the two I bought today:

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Also purchased a Borneo Sucker!

All the others in the tank were spotted and this little dude stood out SO much to me with his awesome stripes and orange tinted fins!

Here's a photo of him a little stressed out after a 2 hour travel..

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Has anyone on here had experience with breeding Ottos?

If so send me a message or leave a comment on here to tell me how!

I know they are quite difficult and I don't think I will attempt it but purely curious.

Also, what's the deal with spotted Ottos and striped Ottos? Are they simply just different colours? Or is there something more.

Cheers! :beer:

And I hope you enjoy the pics ;)

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Very cool score Kristy, Borneo suckers are one of my favs, thanks for sharing! :encouragement:

[Baccus]

I haven't bred otos but there are a few people in Australia that have. From my recollection of reading their threads on another forum breeding otos is very similar to cory breeding, but the fry are hard to raise. I seem to recall mention of green water may be needed for the fry until they can manage or get weened onto other readily available fish foods.

As for the Borneo Sucker, great find there. I have only managed to get two of the stripey type from my local pet shop usually they have the much more common Gastromyzon. ctenocphalus, G. scitulus and sometimes G. stellatus. The type you have I believe is possibly G. zebrinus or G. viriosus either way they are all great fish and peaceful and unassuming in their demands.

Against all the information I have read and many people (not on this forum) informing me that these fish can not tolerate high temperatures and must have what I would call extreme water currents in specialised tank, mine have sailed through quite a few summers of extreme tank temps well over 30 degrees and staying there for days on end with only slight water cooling overnight. They also only have an 800L HOB filter on the 4ft tank they live in, with lots of plant life and one bubble wall and an airstone at the opposite end of the tank. Mine adore the large slab of slate I have leaning against a piece of lava rock, positioned under the filter return. They only pop up onto the top of the rock when food falls on it otherwise they are in the much more sheltered and reclusive possie under the rock slab. Also against popular information mine enjoy cleaning the leaves of plants with large solid leaves like Java fern and Anubis. I have not how ever seen them on the lotus leaves. But who knows just what they get up to under the cover of night time.

Some of my little dears

I should have added in winter they Borneos have rather cool temps with the water getting down to around 16-18 degrees depending on how cold a winter we have and for how long the cold weather hangs around for. The heater in the tank is set for 22 degrees so if the fish get too cold they can move closer to the heater where its warmer than the rest of the tank.