oto = pleco family?

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ok ive got some questions
here it goes.
is :
oto = pleco family
oto sticking on bigger fish and going crazy = good or bad?
oto + super hyper active = ?

the other otos are like immobile and seldom moves but the on after sticking on my tsn it gos crazy whats really happening??
 
honestly i dont understand most of your post LOL. However, otos aren't a pleco, although they are both Loricariidae.
 
i am trying to say that this oto is sticking on my tsn like trying to eat it or something i am not sure whats happening so i wanted to ask
 
oh... well are you feeding the otos specifically? It may be because your tsn is too lazy and doesn't move much and the oto is grazing on it, just as it does elsewhere. Or it is removing the slimecoat of your tsn and feeding off that. Not a problem i've ever had with otos, but like other Loricariidae, possible. I wouldn't imagine they could be housed together that long anyway...
 
yeah, sounds like your tsn is just to lazy to eat the oto at the moment. lol.
 
Be careful, oto's are easily eaten, and are very aggressive foragers if they are hungry.
 
i fed the otos algae,algae flakes ,sinking pellets and weekly i throw in sliced broccoli stem then removed it after about 2hours it shouldnt be a prob i just dont understand why the oto would eat the slime coat of the tsn (1 oto got beaten up by the tsn and died :rip the other one is in another tank.)
 
Otos like many loricariids need protein, and if none is provided, they will get it from fish.
 
i see the oto thought the tsn was veg or sth:irked:
boiled veggies would provide protein or do i have to like half boiled for otos and plecs
 
What?!
1) Don't boil veggies... there is no point.
2) protein would be from meat... you know, prawns, bloodworms, carnivore pellets. Look at the pleco dietry thread.

What you wyldfya was saying is you were feeding your oto no protein and so it found some in the form of your tsn's slimecoat.
 
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