ottocinclus affinis or peppered

Hi is this a normal otto?dont see the stripe or normal colouring? or is this the peppered version? aplogies for poor picture quality.

 

No it's not, that fish is part of the hillstream loach family

 

Homaloptera smithi or H.tweediei.

Commonly referred to Lizard or Gecko Loach. Needs a Hillstream type setup. Hard to feed too.

 

+1 Thanks Razer.

I am sure you are the guy that probably knows these fish the best

 

Actually it's Azurekoi. He taught me most of these fish. But I've done a lot of reading on them. It's so hard to source the Hillstream fish.

 

@Razer2007:
A very cool fish, but I cant care for it. I wanted an otto, the otto wasn't in the bag when I got home. when I went back two days later the last remaining otto was ill looking and they gave me this fish instead. I don't have the right swtup to keep him happy. If anyone wants him and can care for him better than I can, please feel free to contact me and we can work something out.

 

I would have taken it if you ware down here.
I'll contact someone who *might* be interested, but not sure.

Did they give you the fish "because it eats algae"? It is a carnivore . Needs worms and stuff. Not algae eater at all.

 

please Pm me we will discus terms

 

No, I'll first find out if the person is possibly interested, then I'll PM you.

 

Sorry, @manicmonkey, I thought it was @Zebra Plecostamus who posted that. :embarrest:

The other guy won't be able to go to Sandton.
I hope it gets a good home.

 

@Razer2007: thought you were confused! HAHAHA. @manicmonkey will take him, sounds like he has a good setup for him. i would love to keep him,coz he is so amazing to watch...but he will starve with my boisterous torpedo barbs and ever hungry danios. I you love it let it go they say. Funny how you can get so attached to a fish in two days...

 

Haha. Yes. Rather let it be in a suitable setup.

 

@manicmonkey, hows the fish doing in your setup?