Hello! My name is Meghan. I have a Sailfin Pleco (Pterygoplichthys Gibbiceps) and a female (fully grown) Reeves turtle living together in about a 45-gallon tank (I know it's a bit small). There are no other tank mates and they have been living together for almost a year now. I've had my turtle longer than the fish.
My water temperature is always between 24.5-26 degrees Celsius (76.1-78.8 Fahrenheit). I do not have anything to measure the parameters, but my tank has been running for about two years so it is cycled.
I have a pier for my turtle (Pier has hiding spots for pleco); pebble-like substrate; a rock for my pleco to hide under; a few fake plants (No real plants in the tank); two good filters; a bubbler to oxygenate the water; and a thermometer.
Here's the issue:
My Pleco has been acting quite strange. I woke up at about 6:00 am and noticed that my pleco was quite hyper. Usually, he is very chill and hangs out under the pier and under his rock. I know plecos are nocturnal so they come out at night, but he has been swimming all over the tank for hours now (Currently 10:45 am)! He swims up the glass and makes his nose poke out of the water very often. I noticed that he has been swimming into the glass and other objects. There's plenty of free room to swim around and he is only about 5 inches long (~13cm). He has developed white spots on his nose where he bumped into things along with a couple other spots on his body (Not ick.) I'm very worried that he is not going to heal or that he is blind.
-Last Water Change: ~2 weeks ago
-Last Time I Cleaned Filters, Tank, and Objects:~2 weeks ago
*I accidentally used flash on him I think yesterday night. Would this have to do anything with it? (I've done it a couple times before [accidentally], but he was always fine after a couple minutes.)
Please help! Thank you!!
My water temperature is always between 24.5-26 degrees Celsius (76.1-78.8 Fahrenheit). I do not have anything to measure the parameters, but my tank has been running for about two years so it is cycled.
I have a pier for my turtle (Pier has hiding spots for pleco); pebble-like substrate; a rock for my pleco to hide under; a few fake plants (No real plants in the tank); two good filters; a bubbler to oxygenate the water; and a thermometer.
Here's the issue:
My Pleco has been acting quite strange. I woke up at about 6:00 am and noticed that my pleco was quite hyper. Usually, he is very chill and hangs out under the pier and under his rock. I know plecos are nocturnal so they come out at night, but he has been swimming all over the tank for hours now (Currently 10:45 am)! He swims up the glass and makes his nose poke out of the water very often. I noticed that he has been swimming into the glass and other objects. There's plenty of free room to swim around and he is only about 5 inches long (~13cm). He has developed white spots on his nose where he bumped into things along with a couple other spots on his body (Not ick.) I'm very worried that he is not going to heal or that he is blind.
-Last Water Change: ~2 weeks ago
-Last Time I Cleaned Filters, Tank, and Objects:~2 weeks ago
*I accidentally used flash on him I think yesterday night. Would this have to do anything with it? (I've done it a couple times before [accidentally], but he was always fine after a couple minutes.)
Please help! Thank you!!
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