The Otos accepted food

I’m pleased to say that the Otos decided to accept food from me for the first time.

At first they didn’t accept the Wels-Chips, they didn’t react to flake food either.

So I got a few Pleco-min tablets from the other tank(wich is in my girlfriends house), to see if they’d accept that.

When I threw in half a tablet, there was a reaction, they searched the glass and the plants in the area, but didn’t go to the tablet.
El Gigantea, the largest shrimp took the tablet and ran with it. Defending it from the other shrimp, who were only allowed to eat the crums she dropped.

Later that night I threw in two quarters of the tablet, without an immediate respons. I was immediately dissapointed by my impacience, but then I saw they were searching for it again.

And this time one of them found it, nibbled it, searched the area around it, but then seemed to firgure out it actaully was the tablet.
A good 10 minutes later the other one found it too.

The second quarted went to the large shrimp again.

The day after that I rubbed a Wels-Chip with a bit of Plecomin, and dropped it in the tank.
The Search went on immediately, but it took 30 minutes for one of ‘m to find it. Or accept it. This morning it was gone, I don’t know who ate it, but at least I saw one of them eat from it.

I have prepared the next meal by squishing up a quarter of Plecomin in a few drops of water. And smeared it over a Wels-chip.
I wonder if they will ever start to fancy the Wels-chip. Otherwise this hase been my last try and I will have to see that I get more Plecomin or other Spirulina tablets.