Otocinclus

Great packaging, speedy delivery. This is a great place to order fish.

I love Otocinclus but they can be very finicky. I was hesitant to purchase online at first but I am very glad I did! I bought four and they arrived quickly with overnight shipping (with a fish this gentle it is best to get them as quickly as possible). When they arrived they had zero sunken belly and once I got them into their quarantine tank they settled quickly. After a week I have had zero pass away and they are all thriving.

Nice plump otocinclus. I'm super happy. All the otocinclus in local stores are skinny with dead tank mates. I love the fish I got

Nice service, quick response and fast shipping. Ordered over the weekend and received on Monday. 5 otos came alive, however, 1 wasn't moving much and died a day later. Another one has sunken belly, not sure if it's going to survive. The rest were eating normally and have either normal or curved belly. I've also ordered 6 albino cory, one died a day after delivery as well. The rest are quite active. The rest of my order includes 17 neon tetra and 3 guppies. They are all alive and active. The deaths are quite expected, especially for new fish within the first week of arrival. I wouldn't say it's sellers fault since the shipment was well packaged and came with a heat pad, and a minor water leak. will order again.

They arrived well after shipping overnight. They were eating good. Their bellies weren't sunken. I haven't lost a single Oto Cat from this batch. I'm very pleased with the quality of them.

Great fish but unfortunately, one died today. The other otos are thriving and looking fantastic.

All arrived in good condition, no sunken bellies like can often be the case with otos. I did unfortunately lose a few while I had them in my quarantine tank due to having trouble getting them to eat anything (not uncommon for the species, not the seller's fault), but once I got the remaining fish into my established tank, it's had absolutely no issue and can be constantly seen grazing on the surfaces of all the plant leaves for algae. There was never any issue with disease from anything in my shipment, so in this case the quarantine did more harm than good. I don't think I'd suggest dropping any fish directly into a display tank full of other fish without quarantining first, but make sure whatever you put these in has plenty of surface algae for them to graze on. I do put in sinking pellets and blanched vegetables for my plecos, which the remaining oto might be eating as well, but I've never seen it touch them.

I'm giving this four stars in spite of having no surviving otos. One was DOA and the other died the next day, but communication with the seller was great and I was issued a prompt refund for the one that was DOA. Also, every one of the 30 neons, 2 kribs, 4 pristellas, and 3 german blue rams that were also in the order are still doing great three weeks later in spite of one of the bags leaking and as a result the heat pack being wet and cold on arrival. So, not sure what happened with these two little guys, but the health and survival rate of the order overall was much better than I've ever had from the local pet store. Very happy with this purchase and will order from Darren again when I need fish!