Hi Everyone,
For some time I've been wondering if my Oto's are okay, I have six of them in the 25g, heavily planted with diy CO2, ammonia, nitrites, nitrates all at unmeasurable levels with my test kit. Ph hovers around 6.8.
The oto's quite simply all sit attached to the glass and the heater behind my forest of stem plants and rarely move. They all seem to have plump bellies and aren't showing any outward appearances of sickness, they just don't move around at all. The other fish in the tank, tiger barbs, neons, and corys all seem healthy and feed well. I'm wondering if they have just found themselves a nice comfortable spot with enough algae to graze on without having to move at all. (I have had an algae outbreak recently but its slowly being eradicated with a change in lighting cycle and fert dosing changes)
There was a time when they would swim around the tank and do their thing but its been about a month since they have gone into "hiding." I've had them for 4 or 5 months now so it isn't acclimitization and my tank has been stable for as long as I can remember. Am I just being a worrier?
Thanks!
Ryan in Richmond
For some time I've been wondering if my Oto's are okay, I have six of them in the 25g, heavily planted with diy CO2, ammonia, nitrites, nitrates all at unmeasurable levels with my test kit. Ph hovers around 6.8.
The oto's quite simply all sit attached to the glass and the heater behind my forest of stem plants and rarely move. They all seem to have plump bellies and aren't showing any outward appearances of sickness, they just don't move around at all. The other fish in the tank, tiger barbs, neons, and corys all seem healthy and feed well. I'm wondering if they have just found themselves a nice comfortable spot with enough algae to graze on without having to move at all. (I have had an algae outbreak recently but its slowly being eradicated with a change in lighting cycle and fert dosing changes)
There was a time when they would swim around the tank and do their thing but its been about a month since they have gone into "hiding." I've had them for 4 or 5 months now so it isn't acclimitization and my tank has been stable for as long as I can remember. Am I just being a worrier?
Thanks!
Ryan in Richmond