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I recently purchased two new otocinclus catfish from the LFS. I have a lot of algae in my tank, a 10 gallon, and was wondering if they would eat all of it. Also, I seem to have no luck feeding the sinkking wafers that I bought with them. Anyone know another type of food, or a way to get them to eat the wafers? Thanks.

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If there is enough algae in the tank, the probably won't eat the wafers. That's how mine are. I have 1 in my 10g, with alot of algae, and I've never seen it eat the wafer when I put one in the tank. My 29g on the other hand, doesn't have as much algae, and with 3 ottos, I'm sure they run out sometimes (well not technically run out). They will eat algae wafers and even shrimp pellets.

My 55g is like my 10g...they won't eat them.

You may want to try some veggies, maybe zucchini and cucumber. Mine have never ate them, but you could try it with yours. I find that all ottos are different.

But, as long as there is enough algae in the tank, I wouldn't worry about them starving.

*Kristin*

I have 4 Ottos in my Betta tank and all they eat is the natural Algae on the DW and the plants. I have tried Algae chips and they never get touched.

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I feed mine cuccumber. Mine go for it right away. I believe that i read on www.otocinclus.com that some will only go for vegies that have been sitting in your aquarium for 12 hours. It gets softer for them.

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Working link to Otocinclus website

Oh, if you need any extra tips, I can supply a copy of my FishProfiles Otocinclus article as a PDF via EMail until Adam completes that part of his "to do" list.


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