BN Gill Plate White

[fish_4_all]

What is this?
NO3 - 30ppm
PO4 - 2.5ppm
pH - 6.8
GH - 12
KH - 10
NH4 - 0
NO2 - 0

No injuries that I know of but he does spend a lot of time in a ceramic cave. Could it be an infection or maybe an injury? The discoloring is on the gill plate, not under nor is it on his skin. It is only one the gill plate with no sign of redness. He also does not scratch at it not does it seem to bother him.

The suspicious spot is the right gill plate in the pictures.

 

[dskidmore]

Could you post a new version of picture 1 at a higher res, cropped down to the problem area?

You mean our right, his left, correct?

 

[fish_4_all]

I will try to get a better picture of him when he comes out of the cave again. And yes, our right, his left side.

 

[fish_4_all]

Well so much for a better picture, it is gone now. I have no idea what it was nor where it went but there is no sign of whiteness. Could it have been shed or some food materials on his gills? I don't know but this is the oddest fish I have ever had. So much for a placid "boring" algae eater being boring. He does more weird things and has more ailments that miraculously dissapear than any fish I have ever had.

 

[Devilishturtles]

My BN pleco lays upside down on the gravel, in the middle of the day. First I thought he was dead, but now he does it everyday and is fine!

I didn't really see much wrong to begin with. Maybe he just nicked himself on something.