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Aquaholic
Post subject: oto cats - gone
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 8:44 pm
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I HAD at least 6 oto cats in my 90 gallon and 3 in my 33 long. I saw one of them in the mouth of my Geophagus Bahi reds in the 33 and he was the last one. Then I looked in the 90 (that has a Geo. jurupari, 2 TF barbs and 2 L-200's) and those were gone also! I liked the way they cleaned the glass and I'm afraid they became sushi! Any help?
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Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2005 4:19 am
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we should be getting some
hong kong plecos (hill stream loaches)
or
wide mouth plecos (chaetostoma)...

they won't hurt your plants and they are too big to get eaten

...about a week I hope
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we have clown plecos (peckoltia) in stock...

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Aquaholic
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Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2005 8:57 pm
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Are the HK plecos and the WM plecos as effective in cleaning the glass as oto cats? I seem to have a small accumulation over time of green algae that I'd like to control.
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Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2005 1:34 am
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should not be a problem

something to remember
all big fish eat all little fish

just saying

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Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2005 5:37 pm
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widemouth plecos
(chaetostoma)
are great at cleaning glass

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Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2005 10:25 am
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Hey,
The otto cats in your 90 were probably eaten by the Geo. jurupari. I had one recently shred (sorry to be macabre) another Geo. jurupari, that was only about .75 inches shorter. I figured they would get along as two fish of the same species, however, I was wrong. Turns out they're relatively agressive fish, especially, I'd imagine, to community fish like your Ottos. ... Just thought my experiences would shed light on the killer...
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