Help - My Plecs Tail Is Disintegrating!?!?

[uaeast]

Hi all.

I'm new to tropical fishkeeping and before getting fish I ran a fishless cycle.
That lasted a month and a halfish.
Have had fish for about 3 weeks now.

I had barbs, an albino plec, albino Congo tetra, and a red tailed black shark.

The barbs nipped the tetras fins so I gave them away, bit they never bovered pleccy.

Sharky did used to try and eat/suck on the plecs tail but I haven't noticed him do that recently.


Fish tank readings:
ammonia: 0
nitrite: 0
nitrate: 10
ph: 7.5ish
not sure of the hardness.


Could it be that it's too alkaline? Or what?

Please help, his tail ( and no other fin, just the plecs tail ) is deteriorating away fast

thanks in advance, Joshua.

 

[dipsydoodlenoodle]

Could be fin rot? I wouldn't have thought a red tailed shark and a pleco would go together since both of their teretories are the bottom of the tank.

I would suggest moving one of them; the sharks will get more aggressive the older they get.

What type of pleco do you have? and what size is the tank?

 

[uaeast]

My tank is 120l in size.

Tbh the plec doesn't seem to be on the bottom, but more of the sides!

The shark is a baby, only 2" long max.
The plec is a normal plec, but the albino kind, so light brown/White belly.
He has had previous owners so quite mature and is about 6" long.



Joshua.

 

[waterdrop]

Have you described it in the emergencies section uaease? They are good with diagnoses and courses of action in disease cases. WD

 

[uaeast]

Thanks waterdrop,

new post now in emergencies, consider this thread closed

 

[BethK]

Can you get a photo of it?

Does it look like there is a burnt black edging or a dark red edging to the tail?