Normal for Pleco?

[brad15]

Are these discolorations normal for a pleco? Looks almost like dry skin. Have had him for about a month and he has grown so I'm assuming he eats ok plus he poops like a machine.

 

[fishman3]

Is he getting a balance diet of algae and fresh vegetables?

 

[brad15]

Feeding all fish tetramin flakes and hikari algae wafers and hikari catfish wafers

 

[Cleggat]

Yep, it's pretty normal, as far as I've been told we still don't know what it is, but most plecos get it

 

[Batt4Christ]

Let me offer a possibility - in pet shops common plecos tend to get that washed out look when in a tank with a light substrate...

 

[fishman3]

I feed mine cucumbers and zucchinis.

 

[brad15]

Actual real veggies? How big of a piece? Does it sit in tank for awhile or do they devour it?