Richard40
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How many of these would you keep in a tank together? Heard they need to be in larger groups.
Also, they are often very skinny when they arrive. Sometimes they never recover. If they are getting fatter after a week or two in the shop it's a good sign. If not, they may just waste away over a few weeks.A good practice is to ask the vendor how long they are in the shop. If the answer is they arrived last week then rather leave them be and wait a few weeks longer.
I bought 12 to go in my Rio 450 a couple of months ago.
They seemed to disappear but just last week I managed to count 9 and I haven't found any dead yet.
My LFS currently has orange zebra otos in stock. Very rare... Very pricey!
Are these difficult to get? Pier aquatics said Oto’s are difficult to import, that the fishermen don’t really look after them as they are cheap.Keep an eye out for Hisonotus leucofrenatus or similar as well!
Was led to believe they were hardier than your regular oto species and have the same behaviours.
Kept them on there own and they bred regularily with hardly any casualties if any. Had more luck with these.
Always wanted a group of o. cocama but cant imagine paying that premium when they could just pop their clogs for no fault of your own! An expensive gamble.
Agree. To make matters more interesting my local LFS only gets a few in at a time to force the sale quickly on suspecting customers like me. I suspect it but have no choice but to buy em or accept that one day later they will be all gone.in my personal experience fatality rate within a few months can be up to 80%
Maybe too much O2 in our tank is poisonous for them?
Very often the damage is done before we receive them.I am surprised that they die in our tanks because they live in filthy water.
Keep an eye out for Hisonotus leucofrenatus or similar as well!
Was led to believe they were hardier than your regular oto species and have the same behaviours.
Kept them on there own and they bred regularily with hardly any casualties if any. Had more luck with these.