Re: Ottos and fry

["Kevin Jones" <spikes37@hotmail.com>]

Can't say I've ever had a problem with ottos and fry, It would be ottos 
and eggs I would more concerned about.  It has only happened to me once, 
but I had an otto which robbed a pair of rams of their spawn (or most of 
it anyway)  The rams couldn't have been very good parents to let that 
happen, this theory was rienforced when they spawned again and ate the 
eggs.
So if the cacatuoides are good parents I doubt a problem will arise.  I 
have ottos in with other breeding pairs, and the seem to ignore fry 
(which does them no good as they are still beat up by the parents)

Hope this helps 
Kevin 


>I have this ten gallon tank I was setting up for plants.  I dropped a 
pair of
>cacatuoides in it to build up some nitrates a couple days before the 
planats
>arrive.  The plants were late in shipping and now i have a female and 
thrity
>or so fry in a brightly lit, non-planted tank.  Well, almost 
non-planted.
>Hair algae has sprung up (can't imagine why :-)).  I am thinking of 
tossing in
>some otocincluis cats, since they have always done a great job with 
this stuff
>in the past.  Anyone out there have any experience with whether ottos 
will eat
>fry?  SAEs are not available in the area, and I am hesitant to order 
any in as
>I can't guarantee that that is really what I will get.
>
>Bob Dixon


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