scouse_andy
Fishaholic
I have a Chocolate Zebra Pleco in my Juwel Rio 300 litre tank with gravel substrate, bogwood, two other plecs and a blood parrot cichlid.
He/She is quite reclusive and I never get too much of a look of her underside.
The other day I caught a glimpse and didn't much like what I saw, two red dots on the underside towards the tail and a yellowish hue to the 'throat'
I've attached a couple of pictures. Not very good quality I'm afraid but I hope you can make things out. The red dots and the yellow are really very pronounced when you see it properly.
I've been doing weekly water tests and it has been at zero ammonia and nitrite and 20-40 nitrates ever since I inherited the fish and the tank two months ago.
Behaviour of all fish seems normal.
My feeling is that this is some kind of illness as I think it is unlikely that these are injuries from gravel / fighting etc. Could you please let me know what it may be and how to treat it?
(Also posted in emergencies forum)
Cheers, Andy.
He/She is quite reclusive and I never get too much of a look of her underside.
The other day I caught a glimpse and didn't much like what I saw, two red dots on the underside towards the tail and a yellowish hue to the 'throat'
I've attached a couple of pictures. Not very good quality I'm afraid but I hope you can make things out. The red dots and the yellow are really very pronounced when you see it properly.
I've been doing weekly water tests and it has been at zero ammonia and nitrite and 20-40 nitrates ever since I inherited the fish and the tank two months ago.
Behaviour of all fish seems normal.
My feeling is that this is some kind of illness as I think it is unlikely that these are injuries from gravel / fighting etc. Could you please let me know what it may be and how to treat it?
(Also posted in emergencies forum)
Cheers, Andy.
