Advice - Colour Change Clown Plec.

[sadguppy]

We moved our clown plec from one tank to another, both mature cycled tanks, acclimated him etc, let him go and after a while put the lights on.

I just looked in on him about an hour later and he's gone practically white! I know the lights are stronger on this tank so it may be that it seems worse than it is, but I imagine this is the stress of moving? Or is it possible he was sucking on one of the stones and it is camouflage?

Is there anything I can do? Would he be better left or should I move him back to the other tank? Tank lights are off and I've nudged him into a hiding spot under some bogwood where he's latched on, I wasn't going to feed the tank for a day to give the bio-filter a chance to catch up with him but would an algae tab help?

 

[xingumike]

Just leave it alone would be my advice.

Assume the parameters of both tanks were the same?

 

[sadguppy]

Just leave it alone would be my advice.

Assume the parameters of both tanks were the same?

Same water source so yeah, although I don't know the exact ph it should be the same in both tanks and all stats at 0 as I just did a change in both tanks. He has now gone into hiding and I can't find him at all so I will wait til tomorrow and do a proper search. I hope he's ok, it gave me a proper fright!

 

[sadguppy]

By way of an update he now seems to be fine. He has found a hiding spot under some wood and his colour has come back. Phew.

Yesterday I bought a baby bristlenose, when I got him home he hadn't enjoyed the journey - he was pale and clamped up. After acclimating him gently he sprung back in seconds and is busy nomming on all the algae!

 

[Iiriva]

Fishes go pale when in stress - like when moving them around and in to a new tank. If the color comes back it's allright. Many plecos also change their colors and patterns a bit depending on the color of the bottom area.

 

[TwoTankAmin]

Edited/deleted due to being posted in the wrong thread.