Zebra otto

[Nathaniel Whiteside]

Hey, picked up a couple of these today.
Think they're absolutely fantastic;

Makes a change from normal ottos, anyone else have them?

 

[LancsRick]

Nope, althought my LFS stocks them. I went for blacks in the end, but I can see myself getting the Zebras for a future tank.

I'd be interested to hear if they're any different behaviourally.

 

[Nathaniel Whiteside]

Currently not! Haha

 

[johnski]

Currently not! Haha

Doin a good job of cleaning your wallpaper I see.

 

[LancsRick]

Some people have no taste in aquarium backgrounds

 

[Aqua sobriquet]

Very nice, now you can see why I wanted some!

 

[Nathaniel Whiteside]

Ha yeah, funnily enough the difference between normal ottos and these guys is that these hover round the room and do the dusting aswell.

 

[somethingfishy]

was told by my lfs they could get them in for £7 a fish ... im very tempted they do look great.

 

[Nathaniel Whiteside]

was told by my lfs they could get them in for £7 a fish ... im very tempted they do look great.

Hey Iain,
Yeah Thats about what I paid today. Well happy with them

 

[somethingfishy]

LOL its dave ... sameish profile pic but of course my fish was bigger

 

[Nathaniel Whiteside]

Ha! I just looked at pic! sorry dave!

 

[Kristoph91]

Beautiful fish

 

[ghostsword]

I got some.. However I do not think they eat algae.. But wood..

At least mine do.

Also they like peppers.


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[Nathaniel Whiteside]

Haha how did you discover their acquired taste for peppers may I ask

 

[Otto72]

One of all time favorites, are these shrimp safe too?

 

[Nathaniel Whiteside]

Yeah definitely, Exactly the same in body shape and size to my other ottos.

Just got a striking appearance!

 

[ghostsword]

Haha how did you discover their acquired taste for peppers may I ask

The kids dropped some raw pepers inside, and they were all over it..

 

[Nathaniel Whiteside]

Haha! Ive got all that to come!

 

[Emyr]

I heard that Zebra otto's are quite sensitive and need very stable and good water conditions compared to regular otto's because they are fairly new to being kept in aquariums.

Have yours settled in well? How long have you had them in the tank for? and what are you water parameters?

Sorry for the barrage of questions, I'm just intrigued and thinking of getting some.

 

[ghostsword]

I have had mine on the tank for almost a year now, and the water is ok. I would not say that it is stable, shrimp die on it.. But the ottos are healthy.

I think that the main issue is feeding them. Mine do not eat algae pellet, only peppers, wood and cucumber.