How Many Ottos Can I Get?

[fishlette]

just wondering if anyone can tell me a good number of ottos for my tank. i have a 4ftX18X18/260L/65 US Gallons. so far in there there is a bunch of tetras, half a dozen corys, 2 sucker fish, a bumblebee catfish, 3 bn plecs, a couple of small angels and 2 yoyo loaches.

i was thinking of getting 4 or 6. any suggestions?

 

[doresy]

If you are getting them for brown algae control as i suspect you are then you will need at least 8 for that size tank to make an effect I think.

 

[paul_219]

You dont need them is your algea is under control.

 

[fishlette]

my algae is fine. i just like ottos

 

[doresy]

my algae is fine. i just like ottos

6 will be fine then. They do seem to die for no reason though. Apparantly they are hard to breed so at the LFS they are wild caught stock mainly. For this reason only buy stock that have been in a while to get stressless fish.

 

[fishlette]

my algae is fine. i just like ottos

6 will be fine then. They do seem to die for no reason though. Apparantly they are hard to breed so at the LFS they are wild caught stock mainly. For this reason only buy stock that have been in a while to get stressless fish.

ok i will thank you

 

[Sysiphus]

just wondering if anyone can tell me a good number of ottos for my tank. i have a 4ftX18X18/260L/65 US Gallons. so far in there there is a bunch of tetras, half a dozen corys, 2 sucker fish, a bumblebee catfish, 3 bn plecs, a couple of small angels and 2 yoyo loaches.

i was thinking of getting 4 or 6. any suggestions?

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GL - I too think they are a great addition...