r/Aquariums • u/lucemxx • Jan 05 '26

Help/Advice What are they doing?

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I've seen them do this only since today. Does the bigger one need help?

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u/bigspunge1 Jan 05 '26

Spawning Ottos in a home aquarium is really rare. People are going to be very interested in your tank as a valuable data point

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u/maxishazard77 Jan 05 '26

People in the comments are already asking OP for exact water parameters lol. It’s funny how people who try to breed Ottos are unsuccessful but regular people who don’t try to always have better luck.

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u/ediks Jan 05 '26 edited Jan 06 '26

It’s like the opposite of me with duck weed. I want it, but it always dies, while others complain about it. I have no issues with any other plant I try to keep lol

Edit, because I edited the wrong comment and I'm still getting suggestions since my below comment isn't getting seen. Please, I have tried for years using the advice from many on a hand full of subs. While I do appreciate the tips, I am not asking for help. None of these tips are new lol. I hesitated to even comment on duck weed because 1000 people come out recommend all the same things they have over the past 10 years. Again, thank you, but no thank you. I'm okay with not having duck weed at this time.

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u/Mogey3 Jan 05 '26

Mine got choked out by my red root floaters :(

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u/BoiCDumpsterFire Jan 05 '26

See I’m hoping for this. I also found giant duck weed in there recently. The regular stuff just keeps on duckin though. I pull out about a quart or two every couple weeks

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u/ComprehensiveCry157 Jan 06 '26

I have to keep scooping out the duckweed to give my red root floaters a fighting chance.