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acinonyx Small Fry Posts: 13 Kudos: 11 Votes: 0 Registered: 25-Oct-2004	Zebra oto?! I saw them for the first time today - they're so pretty! They're shaped just like a regular oto and have black and white stripes! Has anyone else seen them? (And they were 32.99 each!)
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
Megil TelZeke Fish Addict Posts: 863 Kudos: 890 Votes: 393 Registered: 21-Jul-2003	ya they are cool little buggers, but as you noticed in the price you can expect to pay a pretty penny for these guys. they are quite rare
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
Joe Potato Fish Addict Kind of a Big Deal Posts: 869 Votes: 309 Registered: 09-Jan-2001	Here's another thread about zebra otos. Apparently, the price you saw them for is not all that uncommon. Joe Potato
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	I can get them for $4 each... I was going to buy some, but I didn't have any more room in my tank. Although if there were "zebra corys", I'd certainly do what I could to make room. What's interesting about the zebra otos is that they have only recently (within the past few months) been given a real scientific name, Otocinclus cocama. Before that, they were known simply as Otocinclus sp, despite that they had been known by scientists for years and are obviously a distinct species. I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
BruceMoomaw Mega Fish Posts: 977 Kudos: 490 Votes: 0 Registered: 31-Dec-2002	Nice picture of one at http://www.geocities.com/mikefjacobs/zebraoto5.jpg . My local fish store got several of them in a few months ago -- nice-looking, although their black stripes seemed slightly paler than in the picture. I don't remember their exact price, but it was in the very reasonable single digits and they sold out almost immediately. (I didn't get any, though, because at the time I was wrestling with one of the periodic epidemics that keep gettting into the library tank that I maintain and it didn't seem fair.) They certainly have a future.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
Calilasseia Ultimate Fish Guru Panda Funster Posts: 5496 Kudos: 2828 Votes: 731 Registered: 10-Feb-2003	$4 each? WOW! Zebra Otocinclus are still horrifically expensive here in the UK. £30 each. Which at today's exchange rates is something like $58 US. Per fish. If you can get them at $4 each, snap them up, breed them, then ship a batch here to the UK and make a majorfinancial killing!!! Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
Shannen Banned Posts: 1160 Kudos: 1686 Votes: 98 Registered: 17-Feb-2004	I've seen them fo the same price as the other otos at this LFS. Bout 3 bucks each. I'll have to get some next time I go there.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04
acinonyx Small Fry Posts: 13 Kudos: 11 Votes: 0 Registered: 25-Oct-2004	Oh, the jealousy...=) So, if I understand it correctly, there are several different species of otos, most of which are very difficult to tell apart? And one of these species is the stripey Otocinclus cocama?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04


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