otto's not eating

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baggins22

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i have a 12g tank with a lot of alge on it, the problem is my 2 ottos dont seem to be going on the walls much, i see them there every now and agian. i havent turned on my light for a few days, im hopeing they will eat up whats there, but so far no luck

any ideas

Thanks
 
If its dark and yucky green and very old algae, its probably fowl and unpalatable. Otto's prefer soft green fresh algae and brown algae. They won't eat anything that's been around awhile. Your better to scrape that off by yourself. As well, little otto's can only pack away so much algae. It may be just more than they can handle. So, again you'll have to help by scraping yourself.
 
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I just put three otocinclus in a ten gallon tank that has Diatoms gone wild yesterday. It is unbelievable how much of this stuff they eat. I keep expecting them to explode. I have read that green spot algae gets to hard for them to rasp. But they do seem to eat the new stuff.
 
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