Author Topic: Oto Lollipops (Read 13620 times)

Mol_PMB · « **on:** May 18, 2015, 12:36:12 pm »

Yesterday I made some Oto-food for my new additions, based on a method that Neil at Pier Aquatics showed me. I thought I'd share it here.

Key Ingredients:
Repashy 'soilent green' powder
Boiling Water

Optional Ingredients:
Other fish foods (I used some earthworm pellets, dried bloodworm, golden pearls and another Repashy)

Equipment:
Twigs, slate, empty and cleaned trays from frozen foods, mixing implement, mixing beaker
Also somewhere to rest the Lollipops while they set

Method:
Put the dry ingredients in the beaker. It should be about 1/4 full. Mix well while dry.
Add the boiling water and stir well, making sure it's all blended in.
Dunk the twigs in the beaker, pull out and leave to set. I made some big ones and some small ones and rested them on an old eggbox.
Now, pour some of the mixture onto some pieces of slate (or other rocks). These will be good for bigger plecs etc.
And with the rest, pour it into the trays to make lots of little cubes. You can feed these like plec pellets. They can be refrigerated for a week or frozen for longer.

By the time you have finished that, the gel will have almost set.

Then just feed to the tank, or keep for tomorrow!

Ideally the last picture was going to show the Otos all over it but while they were clearly interested, they weren't co-operating with the photographer. They did tuck in later once I'd put the phone away...

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Drunken horse · « **Reply #1 on:** May 18, 2015, 12:42:30 pm »

Like I said in your tank log , great idea will give this a go when I can get to pier (probably wekend after next.)

Cheers for the photo guide it will help.

DoubleDutch · « **Reply #2 on:** May 18, 2015, 03:34:14 pm »

Ahhh great Paul. Big mess in the kitchen ?????

Drunken horse · « **Reply #3 on:** May 18, 2015, 03:46:23 pm »

Need to work out which to get now. I suppose thats my fault with having so many cats with different dietry requirements.

kas · « **Reply #4 on:** May 18, 2015, 04:21:43 pm »

I need to get some otos asap just to try this out. Thanks for posting this Paul, very kind of you to share.

Drunken horse · « **Reply #5 on:** May 18, 2015, 04:27:00 pm »

Quote from: kas on May 18, 2015, 04:21:43 pm

I need to get some otos asap just to try this out. Thanks for posting this Paul, very kind of you to share.

You have to have Otos because there is nothing else quite like Otos

Amazing little fish.

kas · « **Reply #6 on:** May 18, 2015, 04:38:45 pm »

They are the only missing inhabitants from my tank. I always planned to get them but was waiting till the tank was about 6 months old. I know they can be tricky, and prone to starvation, so it was revelation when I saw Mol' s tank log at the weekend. I called the LFS on Sunday to see what he had stock wise to reserve a few, but he'd had a guy in who just bought all 30 otos he had in his tank. I'll need to wait a couple of weeks - plenty of time to perfect the recipe

Drunken horse · « **Reply #7 on:** May 18, 2015, 04:56:59 pm »

Quote from: kas on May 18, 2015, 04:38:45 pm

They are the only missing inhabitants from my tank. I always planned to get them but was waiting till the tank was about 6 months old. I know they can be tricky, and prone to starvation, so it was revelation when I saw Mol' s tank log at the weekend. I called the LFS on Sunday to see what he had stock wise to reserve a few, but he'd had a guy in who just bought all 30 otos he had in his tank. I'll need to wait a couple of weeks - plenty of time to perfect the recipe

Dont buy them when they first come in. You want ones that have been in the shop for a few weeks, that way you know they will feed in a tank, some stop eating once caught and they are the ones who die.

Mol_PMB · « **Reply #8 on:** May 18, 2015, 05:08:30 pm »

Quote from: kas on May 18, 2015, 04:21:43 pm

I need to get some otos asap just to try this out. Thanks for posting this Paul, very kind of you to share.

Well thanks for the inspiration for the name of the thread

I hope you get a happy group of Otos. One thing I found is that the more the merrier. I have 17 together now and they actually swim in a shoal which is something I never saw with only 6 or 8 of them. See the last pic in my first post

Mol_PMB · « **Reply #9 on:** May 18, 2015, 05:10:13 pm »

Quote from: Drunken horse on May 18, 2015, 03:46:23 pm

Need to work out which to get now. I suppose thats my fault with having so many cats with different dietry requirements.

Whatever you do, get some Morning Wood just to watch Rachael collapse in giggles...

Drunken horse · « **Reply #10 on:** May 18, 2015, 05:16:14 pm »

I do think I need some morning wood for my panaque.

Not sure if grub or meat pie would be best for the hypan.

Then whethet the otos would like them or Solient Green.

kas · « **Reply #11 on:** May 18, 2015, 05:35:46 pm »

Quote from: Mol_PMB on May 18, 2015, 05:08:30 pm

Quote from: kas on May 18, 2015, 04:21:43 pm
I need to get some otos asap just to try this out. Thanks for posting this Paul, very kind of you to share.

Well thanks for the inspiration for the name of the thread :

No problem. There might be a bit of a niche fish food market here. You come up with the recipe, and I'll give the dish a name

Mol_PMB · « **Reply #12 on:** May 18, 2015, 05:44:21 pm »

Quote from: Drunken horse on May 18, 2015, 05:16:14 pm

I do think I need some morning wood for my panaque.

Not sure if grub or meat pie would be best for the hypan.

Then whethet the otos would like them or Solient Green.

You can use any of them as a base for adding other foods. The medium size pots are much better value than the small ones.

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Drunken horse · « **Reply #13 on:** May 18, 2015, 06:05:05 pm »

Morning Wood it is then.

coryKid2015 · « **Reply #14 on:** May 26, 2015, 02:48:20 pm »

Hi mol was wondering will bn plecs eat this as well ? And what twigs did you use?

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