Hobgob
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I'm sorry but your fish is stunted. You need a way bigger tank for a common pleco. Also what are you water parameters at? Liquid or strips? How long has this tank itself been set up for and how did you put it through the nitrogen cycle? Have you recently rinsed your media in tap water or replaced it all?
You seem to be greatly misinformed about fish. If your at a pet store and the worker says you can set the tank up for 24 hours and then go by fish do you keep taking advice from him? Pet stores only want to make a sale. For instance, you Bala is going to get stunted die and not live nearly as long as it should and you most likely had it in the previous tank to which would just make the case worse for him. From this he will die early causing you to return to the store and buy another. The average lifespan is 4-5 years I believe, obviously it depends on each fish. If your pets tore sold you a fish that was for your tank and you took care of it properly they wouldn't have much business. This is how they look at it.
Now do a 50% waterchange and amazing gravel vac. That pleco alone produce a huge amount of waste your subtrate could be a huge mess causing your nitrates to raise like crazy stressing him out and poisoning all the fish. Match your water temp And declorinate your water. Do some research and find out if your fish can handle salt and maybe put some in at 1tblspn per 10g.
You seem to be greatly misinformed about fish. If your at a pet store and the worker says you can set the tank up for 24 hours and then go by fish do you keep taking advice from him? Pet stores only want to make a sale. For instance, you Bala is going to get stunted die and not live nearly as long as it should and you most likely had it in the previous tank to which would just make the case worse for him. From this he will die early causing you to return to the store and buy another. The average lifespan is 4-5 years I believe, obviously it depends on each fish. If your pets tore sold you a fish that was for your tank and you took care of it properly they wouldn't have much business. This is how they look at it.
Now do a 50% waterchange and amazing gravel vac. That pleco alone produce a huge amount of waste your subtrate could be a huge mess causing your nitrates to raise like crazy stressing him out and poisoning all the fish. Match your water temp And declorinate your water. Do some research and find out if your fish can handle salt and maybe put some in at 1tblspn per 10g.
