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A pair of my otocinclus spawned today! When I saw them, it was obvious what they were doing. Here's a picture and description from a website I found:
www.otocinclus.com/breeding.html
Should be fry in two to three days if all goes well. I'm going to start some green water. There is already lots of algae in their tank.
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Hooray!! I've never gotten ottos to spawn (or at least I haven't seen the eggs before they got gobbled!)
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Congrats! Those are some rather difficult to breed fish. I've never had them breed, or even close I bet.
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schambers
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I can't see any eggs. They were depositing them on the undersides of leaves. The tank is on a low level, so I had to lay on the floor to look. None of the leaves that I could get a good look at had any visible eggs. I hope they didn't get eaten. The tank has some male Endler's and dwarf puffers in addition to the ottos. I'm going to see if I can get the Endler's and puffers out without causing too much commotion.
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Perfect husbandry! Nice work!
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hc8719
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What are your params, I've heard otos are difficult to breed as well. Are there any larger fish in the tank?
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schambers
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They are in a 5 gallon tank. The temp was 77 & pH 7.5. I haven't checked anything else in a while, but I'd guess the KH is around 2 or 3 & GH around 8 or 10. This tank just had an algae bloom, too - the long stringy kind. I wonder if whatever sparked the algae also prompted the ottos to spawn, or if it was simply the presence of a lot of food that did it.
I've given up trying to keep ottos in a tank with anything large that will compete for food. They just don't do well for me otherwise. This tank only has three ottos, about 7 male endler's, and 5 dwarf puffers. I'd planned to take out the endler's and puffers, and put in my ghost shrimp. I'm going to take out the fish, but hold off on the shrimp for now.
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schambers
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Well, I didn't get any babies, but they did it again today! This time I can see several eggs. I now have a 5 gallon tank with three otocinclus in it, and nothing else but some snails. I'm going after the snails tonight.
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hc8719
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How long does it take for little otos to hatch?
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schambers
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From what I've read on a couple of websites, 2 or 3 days.
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