lone otocinclus

Sometimes he likes to sit on the very tip of a Java Fern leaf.

My QT tank is ready for new fish again. I had been planning on getting a few cherry barb- my third fish choice- but feel bad that Sparky is all alone now. So got three new Otos yesterday. They are browner than Sparky, and have more mottled "leopard" markings.

I am more confident that all three will come through the QT period- and hope that it will be shorter for these guys. They are larger and more robust than Sparky, looked well-fed and alert at the pet store, there was no sign of ill or ailing fish in the tank I bought them from, nor the neighboring ones this time (a mistake I've made before, being eager for the fish and getting them against my better judgement).