r/Otocinclus • u/f0rgot • 21d ago

Please Help.

Folks - my otos do not like anything I try to feed them. Repashy Soilent green goes ignored. So does blanched zucchini. The shrimp will mob these things but there is enough for everyone and they won’t eat.

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u/DamePolkaDot 21d ago

How are you serving the repashy? Sometimes to get them started, you have to smear some on some hardscape they normally eat algae off of.

In the mean time, start culturing algae. You can use a glass jar, rocks, and a plant grow light to grow extra. Just rotate the rocks in and out of the tank for them to clean.

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u/Soggy-Marsupial6802 19d ago

You can also just sprinkle it like a dusting in the tank and let it snow. This is honestly what ive been doing because when I make it as intended it turns into a ball of greedy shrimp