pleco disease

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    blister like spots on my pleco

    hey, so today i noticed these two small spots on my pleco. they almost look like popped blisters, they are super big or anything, and i’ve never seen anything like this on him. he is 7 years old. and recently last week we bought a new fish and it got ich and we removed that fish and treated the...
  2. T

    Sick 7yr old pleco help!

    I've had my pleco for 7 years, he is about 8". I noticed got sick around 8/24/22, he had a tank mate an albino rainbow shark, about 5" who had just died and the pleco feed off the sick fish. I was lacking on tank cleaning due to personal issues so it had only been cleaned a couple times within...
  3. L

    Pleco what is on his barbel? Advanced help needed

    Cross posted on planetcatfish with no help. They are some sort of ciliate or flagella organism I believe? Kite shaped armor plating or it really looks like brown coral. They don’t appear to be spreading according to my naked eye. Hasn’t appeared to spread. He had this when he was shipped to me...
  4. E

    Advice for Treating Columnaris

    Background Info on Tank: 10 G (cycling since 5.7.22) 3F Molly 3(?) Yo-Yo Loach 2(?) Bristlenose Pleco Temp: 78-80˚F pH: ~7.8 Ammonia: ~*0 ppm; ~**0.5 ppm Nitrites: ~*0 ppm; ~**0 ppm Nitrates: ~*40 ppm; ~**30 ppm *: as of 6.18.22 **: as of 7.2.22 **Note: Im not a professional, just a new...
  5. Jackiee

    Help. Need Advice For Extremely Ill Pleco..

    100 gal tank, went chaotic a week ago after simply cleaning my Fluval canister filter (some are saying too much bacteria was destroyed) even though I had 2 other filters untouched hanging off the back of the tank.. Fish came down with HITH disease and secondary fungus infections.. Water...
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