What To Feed Oto's And Assassins?

[David J]

Hi

I currently have a QT tank set up with 6 otocinclus in it. They'll be in there for a couple of weeks before going into my main tank. I've been feeding them algae wafers plus a nice big algae covered sword leaf each day. I'd let the algae build up a bit deliberately in my main tank for the oto's. They didn't seem to bother with the wafers but clean the leaf at a surprising pace.

All good there.

Now, I'm starting to gradually move many assassin snails from my main tank into the QT tank before I sell them on. I reckon I'll end up with about 50 in the QT tank. My question is what should I feed the QT tank to satisfy the occupants? I have no pest snails to put in for the assassins. They have been cleaning up left over food in the main tank after wiping out the pest snails.

Let me know any ideas.

Cheers folks.

David

 

[Blobfish]

I have recently got some assassin snails and they seem very happy eating the whiptails food which is a homemade algae wafer so I would guess they would be happy with shop bought ones too.

 

[fluttermoth]

They do seem to prefer meaty foods; bloodworm or shrimp pellets are good for them (the asassins that is; not sure about the otos!)

 

[Ch4rlie]

My assassins do enjoy algae wafers and any leftover frozen food on substrate.
 
Also I do put in pest snails that I get from LFS free as a treat/snack for my assassins!

 

[fluttermoth]

I guess you could breed snails to feed the assassins, lol!

 

[Ch4rlie]

I do actually plan on breeding snails for feeding my assassins