Urgent Something Up With My Pleco

[Akasha72]

keep me up to date. Keeping fingers crossed he gets well

 

[Asteria]

Of course I will. There's nothing worse than never finding out about someone's fish. It bothers me if I don't find out the ending anyways.

 

[RCA]

So I picked up some medication that's a one dose tablet for 115liters and does everything from worms to live ect. But it's not good if you have shrimp as it will also kill them...

Interesting. Alas I cannot see the video on my apple device. Can you tel, us the name of the medication? Good Luck getting him right.

 

[Asteria]

It's called waterlife one shot Parazin P
Fish lice and Anchor worm

 

[Asteria]

Anyone know how I could check on my plec without having to catch him. I need to look underneath him.

 

[Akasha72]

wait until lights out and then sneak up on the tank? It's the only time I see my boy really - unless he's starving hungry and then he might venture out to compete with the SAE's for food

 

[Asteria]

He may be out. But I need him to be on the glass that's the only issue. He was out and about today but not where I needed him xD
Oh the struggles of having fish.
I will go have a little look now actually.

 

[Akasha72]

it's all you can do ... just keep a watch for him moving into a position where you can get a look at him. Keep me posted

 

[Asteria]

It's quite difficult as I can only get to one side of my tank. The front. I can peer down the side but it's awkward.
I'm just going to have to keep going back to the tank.
I sat in front of it for a good hour today waiting.
He's still alive though and lively. By his cave he's made a hole in my substrate. Well not like a hole as such but he's moved my sand around. XD

He does this when I put his wood pellets in. So I know he's eating

 

[Akasha72]

my plec has made a hole too. He lives under my lump of bogwood and he's removed all the sand ... every so often I see a cloud of sand and it's him sweeping out his hole. He's taken it down to the glass bottom

 

[Asteria]

He's not gone that far. Wow. Just made more holes for getting under his coconut cave.

And I spotted him out today however it was on the side of the glass. And I attempted to get a photo but they are just out of focus. Even tried a few videos but alas the same thing happened.
Not much has changed. So perhaps that's a good thing. Since it has gotten worse

 

[Akasha72]

so you still can't tell if the medicine is working or not?

 

[Asteria]

All I can tell is that it hasn't gotten any worse. But not really if the medicine has worked.

 

[Asteria]

So now I have a question.
Could the white bubble be gas bubble decease?
Should I do a water change and then add half a tablet to my tank if I do a 50% water change. It says it lasts for 6 weeks and works within 2 weeks. But as it's a pond treatment you wouldn't do water changes as far as I know in a pond.

 

[Akasha72]

sorry, I can't help you there. Hopefully someone will be along that can