What is this on my BN Pleco?

[Avel1896]

@Deanasue you might be right !
Anyone know a veterinarian specialist in PGD ?

 

[Bub]

Eh. Are you sure that movement wasn't the pleco trying to flare it's cheek odontodes?

 

[Slaphppy7]

Some of you here cannot be watching the same video that I am....it's not a disease, it's not part of the fish, it is a separate organism, period.

 

[FishFinatic77]

Eh. Are you sure that movement wasn't the pleco trying to flare it's cheek odontodes?

No, the white stuff is all over the pleco's body.

 

[FishFinatic77]

Some of you here cannot be watching the same video that I am....it's not a disease, it's not part of the fish, it is a separate organism, period.

I agree, it definitely look like a separate organism that has attached itself to the pleco's body.

 

[On_a_dishy]

Would a pleco tolerate flubendazole? That has cured every unwanted wriggler in my tank, including hydra.

 

[Bub]

Some of you here cannot be watching the same video that I am....it's not a disease, it's not part of the fish, it is a separate organism, period.

Watch the initial video, now watch this

Looks exactly the same to me. Only in the case they are infected odontodes and the pleco flaring them in annoyance/pain... Exact same placement, exact same shape. Exact same flaring, I don't see any mysterious tentacle creature

 

[Avel1896]

Eh. Are you sure that movement wasn't the pleco trying to flare it's cheek odontodes?

Do you mean this ?

(PDF) The erectile cheek-spine apparatus in the bristlenose catfish Ancistrus (Loricariidae, Siluriformes), and its relation to the formation of a secondary skull roof

PDF | In the South American catfish family Loricariidae, the opercle has been decoupled from the lower jaw, and has also lost its function in... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

www.researchgate.net

 

[Slaphppy7]

Hmmmm.....I may have learned something new today......Thank you, @Bub
Diseased defensive mechanism (that I never knew existed)

I stand (well, sit) corrected...

 

[Avel1896]

Would a pleco tolerate flubendazole? That has cured every unwanted wriggler in my tank, including hydra.

What posology ?

 

[JamieTYV]

Watch the initial video, now watch this

Looks exactly the same to me. Only in the case they are infected odontodes and the pleco flaring them in annoyance/pain... Exact same placement, exact same shape. Exact same flaring, I don't see any mysterious tentacle creature

Now this is interesting, in all my years of fishkeeping ive never seen a BN do this, and have definitely learned something new!

I actually feel like we may be quite close to an answer now, but if we have identified what the “tentacle monster” actually is, what am I best treating these white blotches with? White spot treatment? Anti fungal? Salt as per @Colin_T usually 1 heaped tbsp per 20l - or perhaps less strong due to BN a being scaleless?

 

[FishGuest5123]

Now this is interesting, in all my years of fishkeeping ive never seen a BN do this, and have definitely learned something new!

I actually feel like we may be quite close to an answer now, but if we have identified what the “tentacle monster” actually is, what am I best treating these white blotches with? White spot treatment? Anti fungal? Salt as per @Colin_T usually 1 heaped tbsp per 20l - or perhaps less strong due to BN a being scaleless?

Can’t use that much salt on a pleco. You’ll have to 1/2 dose it.

 

[Avel1896]

What causes this gill flaring ? Stress ? Pain ? Showing who's the boss ?

 

[JamieTYV]

Can’t use that much salt on a pleco. You’ll have to 1/2 dose it.

Thought as much, so he’s in a 28l quarantine tank (accurately calculated to 28.12l of water in a 30l tank)

so half dose will be 0.5tbsp per 20l - or 0.25tbsp per 10l... 0.25 x 2.8 = 0.7tbsp for my 28l quarantine tank - essentially just a bit less than 3/4 of a tbsp...

Sorry, I lack confidence with my maths can someone confirm I have this right? And that it will actually stand a chance of helping my BN?

 

[FishGuest5123]

As this a deformity, is the fish suffering. He seems to lose control in the video and gets knocked over. Would euthanasia be better?