). So Ive been thinking and I thought a shoal of otos would clear it up. Good idea?
The current stock is 7 pygmy cories and lots of Neocardina shrimps. Tank size is 14.6 gallon(tall). Also, the temp is 22-24 and water is 6.0 in acidity. It is very heavily planted in various moss, pellia, nymphagea, marimo balls, microsorum(java fern), floating stem cuttings and duckwed. Feeding is done by pellets(hikari crab bites), algae wafers, hikari frozen bloodworms, decapsulated brine shrimp eggs, courgette slice and tetra min flakes.
First i thought otos and pygmies are too much of a bottom feeder, but otos seemed to hang ot on plant foliages(which i have lots of) and driftwood(also in plenty here) and pygmies also hang out on bottom and leafy zones. So, whaats hould i do. Amano shrimps arent an option, since they compete wiht my neocardinas for food and eat soft plants(I have already tried, and I had trouble getting em out.), but hillstream loach might be another option, but they need loads of aeration, and the shrimps would not like that.
So i need a shrimp friendly(even the tinies) and non territorial algae eater for my 14.6 gallon tank. Would otos be ideal?
Any suggestions, hints and other comments are greatly appreciated!!!
) quite a lot of driftwodd, as in a quater of the tank is filled with driftwood(maybe more) and is healvily covered in various moss and pellia other than the corners, which lacks of vegetation(its for swimming space for the cories) and top is covered with patches of duckweed(for some reason, like a third of it is left uncoverd-probably due to surface disturbance and water movement. Algae covers all glass, though lacks of it lower down.
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. You going to order via internet? I ordered otos via internet twice and I had some casualties both times. They are quite fragile. So consider ordering 10-20% more than you actually want to keep. It's really sad but it's reality.
Would you recommend them for my tank? Planning to get 2 if so. Or maybe they are too sensitive for my skill.