Oto sucking on African Butterfly Fish (Pantodon Buccholzi)

thegirlundertherainbow · Post by **thegirlundertherainbow** » 29 Sep 2004, 00:25

and I was afraid the otos might linger near the surface too long and become dinner..
poor ABF female..
little things are like leeches

Amanda_Allyammi · Post by **Amanda_Allyammi** » 07 Oct 2004, 20:53

um yeah... you might want to separate the oto, because those things will eat the slime of whatever fish they are housed with, and eventually, both will die.

mummymonkey · Post by **mummymonkey** » 07 Oct 2004, 22:24

Saw one on the side of a Discus in a store just the other day. I don't know if they were snacking or just along for the ride. Either way, the Discus didn't seem to mind at all.

thegirlundertherainbow · Post by **thegirlundertherainbow** » 07 Oct 2004, 23:32

haven't seen it doing it anymore..I'll just keep watching

Yann · Post by **Yann** » 08 Oct 2004, 06:17

Hi!

I have kept Oto with Cichlids as well and never witness such thing...
THey are possibly missing something in their diet!!?

What do you feed them?
Cheers
Yann

jurassic_pork · Post by **jurassic_pork** » 08 Oct 2004, 22:30

Same here i have kept upto 11 oto's with cichlids and never witnessed this......

thegirlundertherainbow · Post by **thegirlundertherainbow** » 09 Oct 2004, 01:11

with other types of fish..among them African Butterfly Fish and Bristlenose plecos..and not had it happen. I'd think Cichlids would be too aggressive to allow it..
My ottos, as well as the rest of my fish , get the following(and there are various types of algae growing in both tanks)

Frozen:
Cichlid Chow
Emerald Entree
Blooworms
Spirulina ennriched brine shrimp
Formula I Omnivore

Gel:
Brine Shrimp

Flake:
Nutrafin Max color enhancing flake

Pellets:
Nutrafin Max Sinking Complete Food Tablets
Hikari Algae Wafers

And occasional veggies..

and it's not all the otos doing it..just one or two in different tanks..that I've seen.
Possibly they learned it when starved at pet store?just got a taste for slimecoat..who knows..so far, they aren't posing a major threat tho..

thegirlundertherainbow · Post by **thegirlundertherainbow** » 09 Oct 2004, 01:12

why does it censor C i c h l i d s?

Dave Rinaldo · Post by **Dave Rinaldo** » 09 Oct 2004, 01:54

Hi'

It's In the FAQ

http://faq.planetcatfish.com/

http://faq.planetcatfish.com/index.php? ... opular=yes

thegirlundertherainbow · Post by **thegirlundertherainbow** » 09 Oct 2004, 07:49

how funny..that and the sensoring of plecos.
lmao

Mike_Noren · Post by **Mike_Noren** » 09 Oct 2004, 14:48

Regarding otos attacking/killing fish, I think it's a response to starvation.
Also it might be particular to some species, or some specimens - I'm convinced my "O. macrospilus" attacked and killed lots of fish for me, whereas my O. vittatus and O. flexilis never have. On the other hand, I've made sure they never starved, like the macrospilus did (I, then, thought they would be able to compete with siamese algae eaters for leftover food & algae pellets. They can't.).

I wrote about it here, also some links:
http://www.forum.planetcatfish.com/view ... ght=attack

Personally I'd remove or destroy any otocinclus which was known to attack fish. I doubt they'll stop, even if nutrition is improved. Certainly my didn't.

thegirlundertherainbow · Post by **thegirlundertherainbow** » 10 Oct 2004, 02:34

I see it again..in either tank..I will remove it..
but as is, there are 13 in the big tank..and I haven't seen them doing it lately..
and 5 in the 20 gal..and haven't seen it doing it since..

T · Post by T » 10 Oct 2004, 14:01

I have had it happen with my ottos, they would do it to one particular clown loach I was looking after for a friend.Now the clowns are gone they no longer do this, they didnt seem hungry either as they get a varied diet and were always nice and fat.

Oto sucking on African Butterfly Fish (Pantodon Buccholzi)

Oto sucking on African Butterfly Fish (Pantodon Buccholzi)

oto sucking...

well

I've kept them before

Ot

Omg

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