I have eight Otos and they all seem to be healthy, otherwise, but a couple of them are really fat and one of them is EXTREMELY fat. I mean he/she looks like a marble with fins.
I mean... seriously, they may turn into bullfrogs... they look so much like tadpoles.
I thought I'd post pics here for you guys to look at and maybe help me know for sure if this is normal.
Will an Oto eat until it explodes? LOL, I don't really believe that, but, kidding aside, will they eat so much that it can kill them?
They zoom around the tank and eat normally, I guess. I hope I"m not over feeding. I put a piece of zucchini in the tank and it usually takes 24 to 48 hours for it to be gone, (with a little help from the snails), then I wait a day or two and put another one in.
I also feed kensfish flake: spirulina w/garlic, and baby brine shrimp flake, and between the Otos and the Rummies the food is eaten in about 5 minutes or less. I do that twice a day. Then, of course, there's the algae that they scarf down, too.
Here are the porkers:
This one is the one I'm really worried about. Is this Oto fat or possibly loaded with eggs?
I may try to upload a video that will help get a better look at the roundness of this guy/girl. Looking at it from behind, the caudal fin looks good, the peduncle looks normal sized as you move forward along the body towards the abdomenal area and then, BOOM, this huge bulge starts.
I hope maybe the Oto is loaded with eggs, but I need some expert advise on this. Thanks for your help.
I mean... seriously, they may turn into bullfrogs... they look so much like tadpoles.
I thought I'd post pics here for you guys to look at and maybe help me know for sure if this is normal.
Will an Oto eat until it explodes? LOL, I don't really believe that, but, kidding aside, will they eat so much that it can kill them?
They zoom around the tank and eat normally, I guess. I hope I"m not over feeding. I put a piece of zucchini in the tank and it usually takes 24 to 48 hours for it to be gone, (with a little help from the snails), then I wait a day or two and put another one in.
I also feed kensfish flake: spirulina w/garlic, and baby brine shrimp flake, and between the Otos and the Rummies the food is eaten in about 5 minutes or less. I do that twice a day. Then, of course, there's the algae that they scarf down, too.
Here are the porkers:
This one is the one I'm really worried about. Is this Oto fat or possibly loaded with eggs?
I may try to upload a video that will help get a better look at the roundness of this guy/girl. Looking at it from behind, the caudal fin looks good, the peduncle looks normal sized as you move forward along the body towards the abdomenal area and then, BOOM, this huge bulge starts.
I hope maybe the Oto is loaded with eggs, but I need some expert advise on this. Thanks for your help.