Bristlenose Ick

[squirrelrabbits]

Hello everyone. I recently got a "bushy nose plec" (which they say is the same as a bristlenose) from liveaquaria and he has what I believe must be a case of the ick (white, sugar like dots all over his body). I notice however that his tail fin also has a disinct band of white at the edge. Question 1: Is this a variation of the ick or of his natural coloring? I have been unable to capture him in one place long enough to get a pic.

This is my first pleco, so Question Two is: Do they have special needs in regard to ick? Ie, I usually use a course of salt, heat, and coppersafe with my other fish. Can I do that with my pleco?

Trish

 

[smithrc]

white tps to the tail in normal colouration

We use ISHA white spot treatment and treat as per the ich instructions.

We've never used salt.

 

[squirrelrabbits]

Guess what? He didn't have ich at all. He's a starry night pleco and the dots I took to be ich were part of his normal coloration (I think!). I was confused because

1) I did not order a starry night pleco but a common bristlenose

2) he did not really have the dots on him when I unpacked him--must have gone all black from stress

3) I've never had--knock on wood--a case of ick in my tanks, and I guess I don;t know what it looks like

and 4) the little starry dots on this guy are so tiny, I really was convinced they were the sugar/salt-like white dots of ick.

Anyway, all's well that ends well. As they say : lol!

 

[keane]

Guess what? He didn't have ich at all. He's a starry night pleco and the dots I took to be ich were part of his normal coloration (I think!). I was confused because

1) I did not order a starry night pleco but a common bristlenose

2) he did not really have the dots on him when I unpacked him--must have gone all black from stress

3) I've never had--knock on wood--a case of ick in my tanks, and I guess I don;t know what it looks like

and 4) the little starry dots on this guy are so tiny, I really was convinced they were the sugar/salt-like white dots of ick.

Anyway, all's well that ends well. As they say : lol!

Great news!! .

Just done a search on them.....

http/www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Di...cfm?pCatId=1006

Seems like a lovely fish you have got yourself .

steve

 

[smithrc]

Guess what? He didn't have ich at all. He's a starry night pleco and the dots I took to be ich were part of his normal coloration (I think!). I was confused because

1) I did not order a starry night pleco but a common bristlenose

2) he did not really have the dots on him when I unpacked him--must have gone all black from stress

3) I've never had--knock on wood--a case of ick in my tanks, and I guess I don;t know what it looks like

and 4) the little starry dots on this guy are so tiny, I really was convinced they were the sugar/salt-like white dots of ick.

Anyway, all's well that ends well. As they say : lol!

fantastic: D



good news

Get some pics in here then

 

[squirrelrabbits]

I did get my bristlenose (now known to be a starry night bristlenose) from the site linked to above (liveaquaria). Not only did I not order this fish but if you follow that link it turns out that the fish I got looks nothing like the actual starry night pleco. Unfortunately, mine won't let me photograph him (he's porbably feeling woozy from all that ich medecine I was giving him!). But you can do a search and find good examples of the species: he's utterly black, with whites dots the size of sugar granules. (I'm afraid to include the link becasue on some of these threads its considered against forum etiquette to post a link to another site.) Anyway, I've read up on some sites that say that the UK fishbase has the wrong photo attached to their description of this speciies... and it looks like the same photo to me that liveaquaria uses. Funny thing is: while i like plecos of any kind, the one they actually sent me is just way more beautiful than the pic they've got in there for it!