The Oto Journal

10/01: All seems to be doing ok today. Everyone swimming around doing their thing. Not going to be doing much today as I have taken a headache. I hate those things.

Took a few pictures. Here's one of the new babies. He's on the grid that I am making to put in front of the heater. I will be cutting a second grid to place behind this. I will then fill in between the two with SMS and plant Echinodorus Angustifolia.

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10/02: Daily check and feeding. Surprise! Mama laying more eggs. Counted (33) as of now. She wasted no time breaking in the new plants. The L. Arcuata has quite a few on it. Crypt jungle still harbors the most of them. I have been contimplating thining it out, but if she is continuing to lay here, I can't bring myself to disturb her dwellings.

Wigglers continuing to grow. Couldn't get an acurate count as they are still very active. They are starting to color up nicely.

I'm going through some pics I just snapped. We'll see if any come out good.
 
congrats! im terribly sorry to hear about your father. i dont know what i would do if that happened to mine. i love his thread, just read it from start to finish. arent some pics due soon?? :)
 
This is an absolutely wonderful thread! Thanks for referring me to it, now I'll know what to look for if my otos happen to breed.
 
10/02: Looks like I got off a few good shots today. I'll break it down into two seperate posts.

We'll start with Mama. When I snapped this pic, I didn't notice the wigger behind her:
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Eggs found today:
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Egg on the L. Repens. There's a wiggler just behind it on another leaf but it is blurry.
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Here I was trying to get a pic of the wiggler. Found the eggs below it:
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Additional Photos today (10/02):

Shots of the wigglers:
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Congratulations, James! You're such a good fish papa.
 
Getting ready to head out to Haloween Haunt at Kings Dominion. Did one last check. Found (13) more eggs.

Mama has her girlish figure back. :)
 
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