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Otto Cats

Discussion in 'Freshwater General Discussion' started by qwertus, Nov 10, 2008.

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    qwertus Thread Starter New Member

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    Otto Cats
    I have a tank with a few otto cats and im thinking of adding 2 bichirs into that tank with them. How likely is it that the ottos become food for those bichirs?
     
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    Sizes of fish will be helpful with questions like these!
     
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    Otto cats are very small. I have one in my Endler tank. A bichirs would very likely make a meal out of him.
     
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    Maz size for Ottos are around 1.5 inch which isnt big at all. Bichirs can grow to be more than 12 inches. The Ottos are a lot faster than bichirs though and my tanks is filled with plants. Should i risk it? The bichirs are around 4-5 inches atm.
     
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    That's not something I'd risk.
     
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    How much is the average price for an otto cat? After answering that in your head think about this: Would you throw that amount of money into a fire?

    But seriously, it might work for a while, but in the long term thats and expensive snack.
     
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    Ottos cost around 3$ here but I'll put bichirs with feeders around the size of those ottos for 4-6 weeks first to see how fast they disappear. I'll prob try to always have 3-5 small feeders in the tank at all times.
     
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    feeders=disease unless your growing them yourself. Even then, they offer little to no real nutritional value to the fish. There are so many better options at your disposal.
     
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    ;)
     
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    Those are another option for the bichirs if they decide to snack on live fish and will hopefully leave the ottos alone. I got my feeders at a bait shop, still not that cold yet.
     
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    HITH read about it.... nasty way to die... all for a little fishy!
     
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    At a bait shop ?! :eek: No no no no. Don't feed your fish anything from a bait shop.
     
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    you mean you dont go fishing in your tanks with barbless hooks?

    In all seriousness, I have been thinking about feeding my fish night crawlers, can you get them from the store or what?
     
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    No idea. I've never looked. If you want to drive about two and a half hours I can tell you where a worm breeder lives. :)
     
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    a worm breeder...hmmm, I wonder if he would mail them?
     
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    Mon Nov 10, 2008 11:51 pm

    I have no idea.
     
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