Doh that's not good on the temp issue. I keep this tank around 76-77. I purchased a few ottos and he must have been mixed in.

Didn't even notice until I got home and saw him last night.
It does look like the pictures although mine is a lighter color. Very cool looking. Maybe a different species ...

Picked this one up and I don't see any photos of in the Cat-elog under the oto sp.

Any ideas.



A bigger photo can be seen here.

Pretty neat looking.

Thanks in advance.

Hi everyone -

Went to the LFS to pickup 3 more ottos for my planted tank. They had some labeled Otocinclus Janierensis. I cannot find any information on the web. I know ottos are sort of hard to ID but curious if anyone has heard of this species.

I took a quick photo. Sorry for the algae. Little ...

Sure does look a lot closer to that. I'm still trying to get a better picture. He's such a tiny little bugger and does not usually get in the most photogentic postions. Thanks. I'll try to get some more pics and see if it does look like that one.

Not that it is a big deal. I like him. And he seems ...

Hi all. First post and I am pretty new to catfish. I picked up what was sold as Ancistrus Temmincki at my LFS. I picked him up pretty mcuh as an algae eater in my planted tank. Cute little guy about 2 inches tops.

Anyway can anyone confirm if this is what I actually bought?

http://fish.silver ...