SKSuser

Sorry for the thread resurrection.

Anyway,
Last night I topped off the tank. Today it is storming. My wife called to let me know that the female Oto is out and about doing her usual thing. Ranchwest's supposition may hold some water... storm water that is.


Hey, if I'm going to drag out an old thread, I might as well put a cliché or two in it while I'm at it.

 

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natdc2

Heh. It ok to drag out this old thread, because an Oto being pregnant is totally awesome.

Tex Gal

SKSuser - you have to make sure you keep us updated if you get any fry... We're all waiting to hear when your the proud parent!

lauraleellbp

Actually drops in barometric pressure is a common spawning trigger for many tropical fish, this typically coincides with monsoon season.

www.otocinclus.com is a great site to check out; I hope your efforts are successful!

ranchwest

Thanks for that confirmation. I've seen it happen many times.

SKSuser

Yes. Its a great site. He's told me that he plans to update the site and fix broken links etc. for a summer project. The update may even include some of my awesome pictures. ;-P

Nothing doing for the happy couple. The weather remains cloudy in my area. I may get the urge to do a water change and see what happens. Recently I've had to put some algae wafers in. The water changes have been clearing out my algae "problem." Wish I could say the same for my other tanks.

yum

Does anyone have pics of otto fry? I spotted a tiny mysterious fry in the tank last night and I'm not sure if it's from the ottos or the pygmy cories. it was about the size of a grain of rice, slightly translucent with dark stripes running vertically, segmenting the body from front to back. the striping is what is throwing me off since my ottos have the standard lateral striping from nose to tail and the pygmy species i have is hastatus which is not striped, but all silver with a spot on their tail.

n00dl3

congrats... keep it up

Bk828

I also had a female who was carrying eggs, she was just extra plump.. But in the end no babies

Wish you luck

SKSuser

Sorry I took so long to respond. I was in Chicago visiting the Shed Aquarium. (They had some algae outbreaks too, so I don't feel as bad.)
yum,
I believe you are describing an Otocinclus fry. I couldn't tell you which of your species had the fry. The fry I experienced had vertical stripes, and other odd spots which they either grow out of, or they become covered up by another color layer in the adult scales.
These are the best fry pictures I managed to get. They are from the first spawn. Unfortunately, none of them survived to adulthood. They are blown up pretty bad and very pixley, but I think you'll get the idea.

The first one is of one that is at least several hours old, perhaps as much as a day. His size can be determined by the veins on the sword plant. The second is a brand new hatchling. His body size was smaller than the size of a sand grain (not including the tail.)

Again, thank you all for your kind comments.

 

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