Dead Albino Bn Plec

[kporteo]

Hi, i got 3 albino BN plecs last week, theyre about an inch long, so must be pretty young. I have 11 tetras that have been in over a month, and today have added 8 more tetras in a 190lit tank. Water readings are, ammonia 0, nitrite 0 and nitrate 40.
Ive come in from work tonight to find one of my plecs dead Ive had a good look at it and it looks perfect apart from the rigor mortis.
Apart from add the tetras today, i added a dose of Interpet No 13 Swimbladder Treatment this afternoon as one of my tetras looked a bit drunk - could this have killed my fish?

K

 

[fishnovice]

Hi, i got 3 albino BN plecs last week, theyre about an inch long, so must be pretty young. I have 11 tetras that have been in over a month, and today have added 8 more tetras in a 190lit tank. Water readings are, ammonia 0, nitrite 0 and nitrate 40.
Ive come in from work tonight to find one of my plecs dead Ive had a good look at it and it looks perfect apart from the rigor mortis.
Apart from add the tetras today, i added a dose of Interpet No 13 Swimbladder Treatment this afternoon as one of my tetras looked a bit drunk - could this have killed my fish?

K

In my (limited) experience, albino BN are more delicate than brown even if they ae siblings from same egg clutch. Got 3 brown and 4 albino BN babies about 2-2.5cm. 2 out of 3 brown ones survived but only one albino made it and is still smaller than its brown siblings. The ones that died like yours showed no sign of illness or injury and I did not use any medication.

 

[JenCliBee]

Hi, i got 3 albino BN plecs last week, theyre about an inch long, so must be pretty young. I have 11 tetras that have been in over a month, and today have added 8 more tetras in a 190lit tank. Water readings are, ammonia 0, nitrite 0 and nitrate 40.
Ive come in from work tonight to find one of my plecs dead Ive had a good look at it and it looks perfect apart from the rigor mortis.
Apart from add the tetras today, i added a dose of Interpet No 13 Swimbladder Treatment this afternoon as one of my tetras looked a bit drunk - could this have killed my fish?

K

In my (limited) experience, albino BN are more delicate than brown even if they ae siblings from same egg clutch. Got 3 brown and 4 albino BN babies about 2-2.5cm. 2 out of 3 brown ones survived but only one albino made it and is still smaller than its brown siblings. The ones that died like yours showed no sign of illness or injury and I did not use any medication.

Not really any more delicate than a common brown, the gene is just as dominant and just as hardy, they survival rate is probably just down to how young they are and them possibly not feeding as well as they should, could even been down to been transferred into an alien environment with even the slightest of parameters differences. Unfortunately deaths with such young over bred fish is all to common.

Size when you have a few could be many factors, if there are more than one male in the tank the other will just be sub dominant and you will have a dominant male which will always be bigger and mature faster.

 

[kporteo]

Update,
Another plec has gone missing - i haven't seen it for 2 days now do plecs hide? or is it more likely it's died like his mate and i can't find the remains?

K

 

[kporteo]

Update,
My missing pleco has reappeared!! His new name is the Scarlett Pimpernell!!

K

 

[JenCliBee]

Update,
My missing pleco has reappeared!! His new name is the Scarlett Pimpernell!!

K

Good news and nice name lol

 

[hughessomefish]

I wish you luck with your albino bn pletco, I got one about a week about and hes about 1 inch and a half

 

[roadmaster]

Algae wafer's,vegetables,and some type of wood for the Bristlenose to rasp on have always been included with Bristlenose I have kept/keep.