Very Red Neck On Bn Pleco

[Zikofski]

[background=rgb(247, 247, 247)]Fish may have reddening at fin bases, blood streaks throughout the fins and body, small hemorrhages around the eyes. Dull listless behavior and lack of appetite may also be present.[/background]

from the pictures you have shown me lsat night and the stuff you have been telling me its seems unlikely that he has this,

he is active from what you have told me coming out , his fins are fine and no blood streaks as such just a little pinky/red under the neck can you get a picture of hus top/eyes area? and lack of apitite is not an issue considering its only been 2 days mine refused to eat for about a week until he and she settled into my tank, give it time, do you have a light on in the tank? if you can get a picture with the light on? without flash his belly doesn't look sunken so he must be eating something,

again i may be wrong but i do hope i am right, for your sake dude keep up with the water changes if you can get a test kit brilliant he may just be adapting to the new environment, ph level may be different, your water naturally may have nitrates in, i think my water has 20ppm in naturally so my fish they are used to it and its fine for my nitrate to be a little higher than normal

keep us posted il be on chat later

 

[techen]

Just thought I'd update this with a quick video, His moments are rather quick. He's been nibbling away at some wafers and some algae off the rocks I have as well today.

http/s472.photobucket.com/albums/rr81/darestwolf/?action=view&current=20121112_193237.mp4

 

[WILDER]

Bless Him.
He active which is a good sign.
How is the neck area is the red going away as it hard to tell in the video.

 

[techen]

Bless Him.
He active which is a good sign.
How is the neck area is the red going away as it hard to tell in the video.

His neck is still rather red, maybe alittle reder? It's hard to tell with him. I took some photos today, The first one I think my cam is making it appear more reder than he really is for some strange reason.
I've been doing 50% wc since I've noticed this and been using tap water safe too.

 

[WILDER]

Was the neck red when you brought him home?
Would you say the neck area looks like bleeding beneath the skin, or the red area looks like in on the top of the skin.

 

[techen]

Was the neck red when you brought him home?
Would you say the neck area looks like bleeding beneath the skin, or the red area looks like in on the top of the skin.

I didn't see anything red when I took him home, I would have seen it clear as day but I could have missed it. Is it possible its just grown up with it? He's been active all day today. Non stop.

 

[WILDER]

Brown.red dried blood patch can be columnaris.
Blood patches, and bleeding beneath the skin, red streaking, can be septicemia.

As for the plec not quite sure to be honest.
Does he rub himself on objects in the tank?

 

[techen]

Brown.red dried blood patch can be columnaris.
Blood patches, and bleeding beneath the skin, red streaking, can be septicemia.

As for the plec not quite sure to be honest.
Does he rub himself on objects in the tank?

I wouldn't say rub, he more like sucks on everything. The fake plant, the rocks, wafers.... the filter.

 

[WILDER]

That's fine.
The only other thing I can think of as he was caught roughly by the net by the LFS,

 

[techen]

That's fine.
The only other thing I can think of as he was caught roughly by the net by the LFS,

He went off to get it, They weren't in tanks in the show room because I checked every tank they had. So I take it they may have breeding tanks or something in the back somewhere?

 

[WILDER]

Did he let you take a good look at the plec before he sold it to you?

 

[techen]

Did he let you take a good look at the plec before he sold it to you?

I traded it for 3 bala sharks because my tank was too small, It was 15 quid to get but he offered me 5 quid store credit. After I had said I wanted a BN pleco he said he would just straight swap it.

 

[WILDER]

OK.
When buying fish always look watch the fish in the tank for a while to make sure there active, colours are bright,
Eyes look bright and normal, stomach doesn't look bloated, make sure the fish don't look skinny,

Just keep a close eye on him.
If any changes don't hesitate to post back on your thread.

Good \Luck.

 

[techen]

OK.
When buying fish always look watch the fish in the tank for a while to make sure there active, colours are bright,
Eyes look bright and normal, stomach doesn't look bloated, make sure the fish don't look skinny,

Just keep a close eye on him.
If any changes don't hesitate to post back on your thread.

Good \Luck.

Thanks, I take it you just want me to keep up daily water changes with added tap water safe?

 

[WILDER]

Yes keep up with water changes.
If the red mark doesn't start to fade I would post back on your thread.
I would also get your water tested.

Good Luck.