r/Otocinclus

Juvenile congo tetras, otos, orange laser Cory’s,Kerri tetras

Please just look at how round one of my otos is. They hide so much now, and so I was shocked to see how big and round this one has gotten.

Amaze amaze amaze 👎

I'm still deciding what I want to name them.

They're so cute with their little sucker mouths.

Gonna feed algae wafers tomorrow then try out some blanched veggies!

Feel free to give me any advice you have as a first time owner.

i employ them for whatttt

I don't think that's an otocinclus at all...

Why do they do this anyway?

It's becoming a ritual. This is the third time she's done it. Just appears for the turkey baster during feeding time, enjoys when food is sprayed on her, and then hops on for a ride while I swirl her around. 🤣

Ps. Don't judge the glass at the back of my tank. That's left intentionally for her!

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First of all im new to Otos not to tanks in generaly and im happy over every comment for my issue and if anyone has a secret tip whats a otos favorite food

2 weeks ago i bought Otocinclus to just have them in my tank...
They didnt think of moving arround they just rearange and stay there!
I moved the heater away since i thought it would be too cold for them... But that didnt help
Is there any solution since i think it isnt healty for them to just stay 2 weeks in one corner i do have a 60 gal tank....

I'm trying to document that journey with pictures and videos.

One month ago, we caught a glimpse of a tiny baby oto inside our aquarium for about 5 seconds, and then it vanished.

We were sure it was an otocinclus, but after that, we never saw it again.

We started worrying the tetras might have eaten it.

Days passed.

Then weeks.

No sign of the baby oto anywhere.

But today, one week after discovering our otocinclus offspring, we found them again.

They are 3x bigger than the rest, so we know we had more offspring before, but only one survived the last batch.

So we can now confirm our ecosystem is working well, and otocinclus are having babies, even if that's a community tank.

Having achieved that less than 6 months into the hobby, we don't know if that's beginner's luck or something else, but we are proud to share their growth and make improvements as needed.

I was SHOCKED when I turned around and saw what looked like an Oto ghost or molt inside the pepper. I could really only see his eyes! And then he swam out of it before I could get a good shot (second pic is him inside the pepper but it’s blurry because it was on night mode). I have some pics of the golden Oto and my normal colored darker Otos.

There’s 8 of them in the tank and only this one had such a drastic color change. A few others may have gotten slightly lighter in color but nothing like this!

I did some searching and I’ve seen people reporting Otos turning pale when stressed or when on pale substrate. Never seen somebody reporting an Oto turning golden. I don’t think they’re stressed; this is a mature 2 year old tank that’s got lots of plants and is overfiltered. They’ve been in here for over a year.

Happily noticed my otos enjoyed some vibra bites with my other fish today! Hope other people have luck with them too!

Hey, I've had these guys for around 2-3 months now. Just wanted to see if you guys think they look fed enough? Never been quite sure how round rounded bellys should be. Thanks!

Hi 👋
I have a 50 gallon planted community tank with rasboras, tetra, corydoras, and otos. For past several weeks I have groups of eggs appearing on the glass. Do these look like oto eggs?

these are 2/3 otos i got off of somebody moving in my neighborhood. they’re fairly young and wanted to see if anyone had better insight on them. i’m more concerned for the one on the right. his lungs look inflamed a bit but it’s maybe stress? tbf he was quite the dick when we were trying to catch him.