The Oto Journal

I found this thread last night and have just finished reading all the way through! Thank you so much for keeping the journal - fascinating!

Glad things are looking up and your damage seems minimal from the power outage. This weather has just been awful.

I haven't seen mention in the last little bit of the Juvie tank. How many do you still have in there? Some must be approaching adult size by now?
 
Got a little over 40 in there still. Active as all can be. Went down to check on them today and they are all doing laps.
 
Update 14-Feb-2010

Happy's Valentine's Day! Love is in the air. Morning check of the tanks finds mama oto laying eggs. I may have interrupted the courtship as when I was watching, there was papa and two of the juvies all over her. Was quite comical to watch actually. Didn't notice the eggs at first until I was getting ready to feed the snake when I saw a couple eggs on a bottom leave of a L. x. arcuata. On closer examination, found several more eggs there and a couple on the Bacopa. Will find a nice stem that hopefully has a good number on it and move it over to the test tank for a second round.

Over in the test tank, the one fry there is still doing very well. Has colored up very nicely. Diatom growth in this tank has done very well. Ready for another round of fry.
 
Prepping for water changes after the big race today. Mama continues to lay eggs. She's now focusing on the crypt jungle. May not get a good number for the test. But, if no big numbers on a single stem, I will move two stems over.
 
Update 15-Feb-2010

Got the water changes done just now. 20% wc's in both main tank and test tank.

Main tank: Best count is (25), however (5) are not viable which of course puts the count at (20) in the main tank.

Test tank: Moved over (14) eggs, however, upon closer check, found (1) not viable making it a lucky number of (13) in this tank. I scraped off a swatch of diatoms for a "viewing window" of sorts. Probably should have left it though. But we'll see how it goes.

Anticipated hatching tomorrow.

All other tanks topped off.
 
Here's a couple shots from today. Couldn't get any real good shots of the eggs. I'll try again before the lights go out.

First we'll start with the one little fry in the test tank. This guy is just over (2) weeks old. A bit of a science/development lesson. You can see all his inards developing. Really kewl!
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And here's a good side shot:
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Oto's love feeds from Ken's Fish. Veggie Sticks and Flakes are the bomb! This was the juvie tank right after feeding.

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Pics are terrific! I can't view the video here at work:mad:. Which of the kens flakes are you feeding them? Do you have to be careful with otos that they don't get too much protein in their diet like plecos?
 
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