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I have just put four very healthy and fat Ottos into the Betta 11G tank no others yet except the 4 zebra Danios which I used for cycling.

They have gone crazy and I think they have cleaned every thing they can see, including plants, DW, rocks, and even the substratre.

All except the one sinking algae chip I put in the tank this morning their first feeding (no food first day. They have not even looked at it at all. The chip has doubled in size.

Is "normal" behaviour for them.

Keith

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Yes. My ottos rarely seem interested in actual prepared foods. If you have live plants in your tank, they will rasp at the leaves and get nutrition that way if there is little algae for them to eat. I put half a large algae disk in the tank once a week for 4 ottos, and sometimes they eat it, and often they don't. Just suck it up with a gravel vac if it's been a few hours and they're not interested. You may have better luck with fresh vessies like a steamed piece of zucchini or spinnach, or a bit of cucumber.

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My otos very rarely eat wafers. I never clean the back glass so they generally stay there. They do seem so like broccoli though

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same here...bought algae wafers for them alone..but they dont seem to care for it at all...they prefer anything on the glass or plants.

Yes, it is normal. Some ottos will "learn" to eat prepared foods. Unfortunately, the ones that don't normally disappear.