Oto with eggs?

[grue]

Yes, I saw the other pic from a couple months ago of the oto blimp, and mine is not so huge, but it does appear to be a bit rounder than usual. I have two otos that I added to my tank about 2 months ago. Here are pics of 'her' (facing left), and also of 'him' (facing right) to compare.

They don't eat anything but available algae that I have seen.

If these are eggs, is there anything I could do to increase chances of success? It's a community tank, and unfortunately not too many plants at the moment because I killed them all (oops). I do have a java moss growing nicely though.

 

[Blueiz]

Just wanted to say that definately looks llike eggs. Im not sure about how they breed, hopefully some others will chime in.

 

[kamikaze_fish]

Everything I have read says they are extremely difficult to breed so I'm thinking you're already ahead of the game somehow. I LOVE the look of otos cause they look like tiny sharks. I do believe plants are needed though.

 

[jm1212]

looks like it could be eggs, but it is just as difficult to even get the otos to spawn as it is to raise the fry.

 

[Virtuoso2K12]

your going to IMO a school of them like 6 or more and a single specie tank,so only otos in the tank.

 

[SchizotypalVamp]

So CUTE!

 

[NeonFlux]

Good luck raising the fry. I call dibs on the babies =)

 

[grue]

Thanks for the replies. I wonder if it might be possible to put a divider or something in the tank. It would be cool to have little oto fry

 

[abi88]

WOW!!! Such neat pictures!! Good luck with the fry! Keep us up dated!!