Re: The Oto Journal
Observation: strange activity in the second breeding tank today. Needless to say, this tank doesn't quite get the attention that the other Oto tanks do quite simply as it is currently waiting on some zebra oto's. In the mean time, I have two males and one female affinis in there. Had a nice layer of duckweed which I decided to finally remove and work on some more scaping. I topped off with 2g of fresh water to get a little less current going in there while removing the duckweed.
After working in the tank for a spell, I went upstairs to take some zucchini out of the freezer to thaw. Went back down stairs and the oto's were acting rather oddly. Instead of the three of them kinda doing their own thing, they were all over each other. As I sat there and watched, it seemed like the female was trying to "coach" the males into something. Now I'm not reading anything into this but I found that rather odd behavoir. I sat there and watched them playing tag for the longest time. I was sitting on the floor so I could try to not be "up close and personal".
I don't have the same kind of flora in this tank but may have rethink this.
Back to the main tank, lots of activity there as well. New wigglers out and about. The two that are three weeks old are really active. The two week olds are seeming to hide out in the Suesswassertang wall. It's fun watching them dart in and out of there.
Added 1g of fresh water as I can't do a water change as yet.
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