Otocinclus feeding in Neocaridina shrimp tank?

[Helina]

Does anyone have experience with feeding Otos in a Neocaridina shrimp tank? Do the shrimps take over all the food sources hardcore?

I've currently had success with feeding my newcomer Otos with a spirulina-meat-jelly rubbed on a wooden feeding stick. I'm wondering if the shrimp would take it over if I would have them.

Thank you!

 

[MattW]

I had Otos with amanos and never saw any problems. They mainly fed on natural foods such as bio film and diatoms but when I supplemented that with the occasional algae wafer the otos would get first dibs and when lights went out the amanos got the leftovers. I think the Otos should have no problem getting food since they would outsize the shrimp and neither species is considered to be aggressive.

 

[Magnum Man]

I have Zebra Oto’s thriving in 3 different tanks, and a few that look like they would spawn, if the tank was less crowded… I’ve found these guys really like soft driftwood, I also have a school of King Tiger Plecos in this particular tank, and the Oto’s spend as much time munching on the driftwood, as the Plecos do… I may have coined the word “Repashi sticks” but this tank doesn’t get any… the other 2 tanks that have the Zebras in regularly eat Repashi Soilient green , off of some 1 inch branches, that I trimmed to the right length…

BTW, I have several shrimp in this tank... you could try feeding in a couple of places to spread the food out ( don't over feed ) but if all the food isn't in the same place, it'll spread the consumers out, between spots... they may not segregate by species, but there may be more room for each???

 

[TwoTankAmin]

I have a 16 gal. tank with amano shrmp, a bunch of blue neos, a bunch of assassin snails, a couple of small young albino BN and a small group of white clouds. The tank is a jungle of live plants. I got some shrimp sticks as a sample in a goody bag at the 2023 Keystone clash I believe. I put these into this tank. Eveything but the white clouds ate from the sticks.

I later mase some SOilent Green sticks with the same results . Since then I just make the ssoilent green in slabs and then cut off small pieces and drop them into the tank, Again the same ones eat it. I feed the white clouds other foods.

Also, I always spread out food in my tanks. When I feed Repashy, I make snaller pieces and place them where I want them. My goals it to minimize fighting over food and to try to make sure everybody gets some.