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my lone oto
I have 10 otos arriving at the LFS tomorrow (hopefully), I first got 6 and 5
of them died the next morning. I'm told they are delicate. This post actually is a "for-fun" post, but if there are any suggestions on helping the new ones survive I'd appreciate. pH 7.4 (hopefully going down with CO2 when it works) Ammonia and Nitrites 0 NO3 15ppm GH 5 KH 2 76-77 degrees F Actually though, the story is about my oto. He is a trip. I have never had otos before so I'm not sure about his behavior. He is VERY active, swimming from spot to spot and eating a little algae as he goes. The funny thing is that he obviously was lonely, so he took up with the zebra danios. He chases them around! They pretty much ignore him. I wonder when the new otos come in if he will continue to think he's a danio. take care, bob |
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my lone oto
Bob, I've found Otos to be pretty difficult to get acclimated but once
they're in the tank for a week or so they seem to live for a long time. I finally figured out that they have to be acclimated very slowly. My GH and KH are similar to yours and I have problems acclimating every kind of fish if I don't do it very slowly. I'm guessing that the KH at your LFS is much higher than that of your tank. My LFS actually even adds more buffer by way of stress coat in every bag of fish. I've finally learned after many dead fish and more $$ than I want to think about that I must take about 4 or 5 hours to acclimate my fish. Since I've been doing that I've been OK. If you want me to tell you how I do it just say the word. Hope this helps. -- -Brian Head "Bob A" wrote in message ... I have 10 otos arriving at the LFS tomorrow (hopefully), I first got 6 and 5 of them died the next morning. I'm told they are delicate. This post actually is a "for-fun" post, but if there are any suggestions on helping the new ones survive I'd appreciate. pH 7.4 (hopefully going down with CO2 when it works) Ammonia and Nitrites 0 NO3 15ppm GH 5 KH 2 76-77 degrees F Actually though, the story is about my oto. He is a trip. I have never had otos before so I'm not sure about his behavior. He is VERY active, swimming from spot to spot and eating a little algae as he goes. The funny thing is that he obviously was lonely, so he took up with the zebra danios. He chases them around! They pretty much ignore him. I wonder when the new otos come in if he will continue to think he's a danio. take care, bob |
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my lone oto
Brian, my new otos arrived quite a while back, 10, and I only lost one. I
think the first batch either had a problem, or had a problem as you say acclimating to my tank water. If your methods are good for you, it would probably be good to post them as so. I'm really enjoying the otos, they are a trip. Tried to offer my crew a little zuchinni today, but they are much more interested in algae. thanks! bob "Brian" brihead@cableonedotnet wrote in message ... Bob, I've found Otos to be pretty difficult to get acclimated but once they're in the tank for a week or so they seem to live for a long time. I finally figured out that they have to be acclimated very slowly. My GH and KH are similar to yours and I have problems acclimating every kind of fish if I don't do it very slowly. I'm guessing that the KH at your LFS is much higher than that of your tank. My LFS actually even adds more buffer by way of stress coat in every bag of fish. I've finally learned after many dead fish and more $$ than I want to think about that I must take about 4 or 5 hours to acclimate my fish. Since I've been doing that I've been OK. If you want me to tell you how I do it just say the word. Hope this helps. -- -Brian Head "Bob A" wrote in message ... I have 10 otos arriving at the LFS tomorrow (hopefully), I first got 6 and 5 of them died the next morning. I'm told they are delicate. This post actually is a "for-fun" post, but if there are any suggestions on helping the new ones survive I'd appreciate. pH 7.4 (hopefully going down with CO2 when it works) Ammonia and Nitrites 0 NO3 15ppm GH 5 KH 2 76-77 degrees F Actually though, the story is about my oto. He is a trip. I have never had otos before so I'm not sure about his behavior. He is VERY active, swimming from spot to spot and eating a little algae as he goes. The funny thing is that he obviously was lonely, so he took up with the zebra danios. He chases them around! They pretty much ignore him. I wonder when the new otos come in if he will continue to think he's a danio. take care, bob |
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