View Full Version : Gravid Oto?
noodles62
06-30-2008, 6:10 PM
I only have 2 otos in my 30 gallon tank....today one of them is absolutely HUGE! I swear I can see stretch marks!! Is it possible that she is gravid? I know it is difficult to breed them in captivity but this one has a gigantic belly! It would be quite comical if I was not concerend about it! :confused:
Sorry but no pics- it will not stay still long enough!
NeonJulie
06-30-2008, 6:58 PM
I'm thinking it's well fed and happy. My larger Oto looks like that about once a week when she gets hungry for the algae wafers... it sounds like good news for you, but in the sense that she's healthy and wellfed, and they can sometimes be stingy eaters...
jm1212
06-30-2008, 7:14 PM
sounds like it is well fed to me also...
noodles62
06-30-2008, 7:25 PM
ok- I will buy that explaination. I have just never seem either of them soooo huge! I wish I could get a good picture. It is amazing! I am leaving on a trip soon so it is just as well that we not have babies while I am away......
tobestarrr
06-30-2008, 7:49 PM
dunno :S
Mexican Racoon
06-30-2008, 8:29 PM
I have had otos reproduce in my tank. However, I didn't realize until I did a water change, so I do not know what a pregnant oto looks like, just that it is possible to have them breed without even trying.
Hooked Newbie
06-30-2008, 8:30 PM
Watch it closely. I've had (and read of others) with Otos that get the "preggo" look only to die within a week or so. Don't know what the cause is, but mine's stomach got so large that it would "teeter" on leaves.
noodles62
06-30-2008, 8:35 PM
Oh no, not what I want to hear when I am leaving in 3 days......it is truly HUGE - like to the point of explosion!
Hooked Newbie
06-30-2008, 8:50 PM
Sorry.... :(
That's really unusual if to the point of explosion.:(