Otocinclus
Otocinclus vittatus
It clamps onto glass and leaves with a sucker mouth and rasps biofilm.
3D model coming soon
Stats
- Size
- 4 cm
- Smallest tank
- 45 cm
- Temperature
- 21–26 °C
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Activity
- Moderate
- Water layer
- Mid water
- Care
- Moderate
- Group
- Happiest in a group of 6 or more
- Coral
- Reef safe
These numbers are LumaReef simulation data, not a real aquarium care guide.
Which tank it fits
- Nano60 cm · 65 litres32 of them
- Standard90 cm · 180 litres90 of them
- Wide120 cm · 300 litres150 of them
- Living room180 cm · 650 litres325 of them
- Showcase250 cm · 1,200 litres600 of them
Who it lives with
Gets along
- Guppy
- Neon tetra
- Black neon tetra
- Serpae tetra
- Glowlight tetra
- Sparkling gourami
- Multies shell dweller
- Lemon tetra
- Penguin tetra
- Harlequin rasbora
- Glowlight danio
- Honey gourami
- Clown killifish
- Odessa barb
- Emperor tetra
- Lambchop rasbora
- Zebra danio
- Cherry barb
- Endler's livebearer
- Platy
- Forktail blue-eye
- Panda corydoras
- Dwarf puffer
- Galaxy rasbora
- and 42 more species
Caution
- White cloud mountain minnowNarrow shared temperature range
- Cardinal tetraNarrow shared temperature range
- Green neon tetraNarrow shared temperature range
- Rummynose tetraNarrow shared temperature range
- Threadfin rainbowfishNarrow shared temperature range
- Chili rasboraNarrow shared temperature range
- Sterbai corydorasNarrow shared temperature range
- Checkerboard cichlidNarrow shared temperature range
- Cockatoo cichlidNarrow shared temperature range
- Kuhli loachNarrow shared temperature range
- Boesemani rainbowfishNarrow shared temperature range
- KribensisNarrow shared temperature range
- Pearl gouramiNarrow shared temperature range
- African butterflyfishNarrow shared temperature range
- Red rainbowfishNarrow shared temperature range
- Moonlight gouramiNarrow shared temperature range
- Freshwater angelfishNarrow shared temperature range
- Fancy goldfishNarrow shared temperature range
- SeverumNarrow shared temperature range
- Clown loachNarrow shared temperature range
- FrontosaNarrow shared temperature range
- OscarNarrow shared temperature range
- Black ghost knifefishNarrow shared temperature range
Not together
- DiscusWater temperatures do not overlap
- Chocolate gouramiWater temperatures do not overlap
- German blue ramWater temperatures do not overlap
- Betta (Siamese fighting fish)Aggressive with peaceful
- Paradise fishAggressive with peaceful
- Demasoni cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- Red zebra cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- Convict cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- Red tail sharkAggressive with peaceful
- Jack DempseyAggressive with peaceful