They just look alike and I thought I was missing something. What is a diatom? And, please, go on and on. I love my ottos and would like to hear anything I can.They are two different species. Otos are smaller. Otos are great for diatoms while SAEs are good with hair algae.
I could go on and on. Was there something specific you wanted to know?
And of course Ottos are catfish and SAEs are carp. Ottos have suckermouths; SAEs do not, they have browsing jaws. Apart from both eating algae, they're really not very alike. But then I can't see how people think that SAEs look like CAEs; they appear totally different to my eyes - the first has stripes, the second blotches.
A diatom is a brown algae that shows up usually in new tanks.They just look alike and I thought I was missing something. What is a diatom? And, please, go on and on. I love my ottos and would like to hear anything I can.