Rubber Lipped Pleco Dying?!?

[Aspen35]

I’ve had a rubber lipped pleco in my fantail goldfish tank for about 6 months. Just now, I found him after they had flipped him over. I scooped him into a little breeder box, but I can’t figure out what’s wrong with him. He seems to be having trouble breathing, and tends to flip over when he tries to swim around. Is there anything I can do to save him?

 

[Salty&Onion]

He will be most likely to die. What are the water parameters, ammonia, nitrite and nitrate?

 

[Aspen35]

Ammonia 0 ppm, nitrite 0 ppm, nitrate 10 ppm.

 

[Salty&Onion]

Have you seen the goldies bothering him? Although its most likely to be a disease or have you put something in the tank recently?
What size is the tank? How much goldies do you have in?

 

[Aspen35]

They rarely bother him, he spends most of his time hiding and blends into the gravel. They’ve been in there for around two years, I haven’t added anything else but the pleco. There are two fish, both lived in a big pond (originally they were rescued) but they never got any bigger, and since they’re around 6 years I assumed they wouldn’t really grow much more. The tank is 55 gallons, so the two of them don’t really overdo the bioload.

 

[JuiceBox52]

Are those spots normal? Looks like fungus maybe?

 

[Aspen35]

That’s actually just the box, the camera reflection. He doesn’t seem to have any visible signs of disease.

 

[JuiceBox52]

Interesting. It even looks fuzzy in the picture

 

[Aspen35]

 

[Salty&Onion]

Interesting. It even looks fuzzy in the picture

its just the box

 

[FishloverKapil]

I’ve had a rubber lipped pleco in my fantail goldfish tank for about 6 months. Just now, I found him after they had flipped him over. I scooped him into a little breeder box, but I can’t figure out what’s wrong with him. He seems to be having trouble breathing, and tends to flip over when he tries to swim around. Is there anything I can do to save him?View attachment 107791

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