29Gsaltaquatics
Aquarium Advice Regular
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- Apr 1, 2017
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I am pretty sure it is not ick. I treated it for days - weeks and none of my other fish have it. It is too big to be ick and it happen within 5 minutes. Is it fungus? Parasite? Bacteria? The pleco is very healthy and active. In fact it is the first time I have ever seen him eat!
He is a Clown Pleco. The large-ish spots are on his tail area. They are not even circles they are like ovals and other shapes. I did a saltwater dip (safely for the pleco) to get ick off him from a week ago, and I heard that they lose their %25 of there slim coat. Could that be it?
Parameters:
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 7.5
pH: 7.2
Phosphates: 5 (working on getting them very low)(BTW high phosphates doesn't affect fish)
dKH: 3
dGH: 4
Temperature: 78
Thank you!
He is a Clown Pleco. The large-ish spots are on his tail area. They are not even circles they are like ovals and other shapes. I did a saltwater dip (safely for the pleco) to get ick off him from a week ago, and I heard that they lose their %25 of there slim coat. Could that be it?
Parameters:
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 7.5
pH: 7.2
Phosphates: 5 (working on getting them very low)(BTW high phosphates doesn't affect fish)
dKH: 3
dGH: 4
Temperature: 78
Thank you!