Yesterday I got two bristle plecos one albino one regular. I put them in my five gallon tank to quarantine them. Today when I started my water change I couldn't find my regular bristlenose pleco, then when I added water I saw him on his back severely injured torn fins and bite marks but breathing so I put him in my small container I use to take out water and hung it in the tank because I don't have a heater for my other tanks yet. I toke out more water and added fresh clean water. Is there anything I can do to save this fish? I don't want him to die and I feel really bad I put them in a small tank together I just saw them together at the store and thought they'd be fine for the time the quarintine time.
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That sucks. Tbh, you'll likely loose him between now and then. If your mom and sister can do 50% daily water changes, he might make it. Have them had some melafix to prevent infection too. I hate to recommend any chemical treatment without knowing for sure what we are battling.
He's alive today 
and my mom is picking up melafix in her way home from dance class then she is going to do a water change. What is the best way to make the temperatures match? I always hold the jug in the water for a bit then make sure a can't feel a temperature difference will this mess with him? I don't want to hurt him anymore than neccesary.
and my mom is picking up melafix in her way home from dance class then she is going to do a water change. What is the best way to make the temperatures match? I always hold the jug in the water for a bit then make sure a can't feel a temperature difference will this mess with him? I don't want to hurt him anymore than neccesary.I adjust the temp while filling the bucket, just turn on the hot and cold knobs and adjust til it feels the same as my tanks. If its a little too warm, let it sit for a few minutes then come back to it.
Could one of them get pics of the fish for us?
Could one of them get pics of the fish for us?
The bucket is hanging (has a handle) in the other tank so it is heated and has enough of a gap to get filtered water but not enough space for the albino pleco to reach him or my two platy fry (test to see if they would munch on my fry population in my main tank).
I was wondering if you thought the albino bristle nose pleco and the normal bristle nose pleco got in a fight over space? Both plecos had injures just the albino were just some turn fins. The normal one jumped from his bucket into the tank today and I don't want to wake up to a dead pleco, but he obviously thought the bucket was to small and I don't have a heater for the other tank UNLESS I move the heater from my 55 gallon over (55 gallon holds heat more) and turn of my ac (so 55 gallon doesn't cool down dramatically). Do you think I should do that?
After closer inspection I realized the albino pleco was missing almost it's entire tail and had a red mark on it. I really don't want to hurt these poor fish so I am tempted to move one just in case but I don't have a cycled filter for the other tank but am very willing to do 50%+ water changes in the morning and afternoon on the tank. I want you guys opinion.
