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I got a few baby albino bristlenose plecos a few days ago. One of them has these light yellow spots all over it that seem to resemble warts. Today I noticed that some of them have some algae growing on them. Sorry these pictures aren't the best. Any ideas? The spots are the same color as the typical albino BNP yellow color. Except the rest of the fish is a little white and pale. I've already dosed the tank with ich treatment just to be safe.

I appreciate everyone's input!


Edit: some more details about the tank: it's a 40 breeder. I have other adult albino BNPs in there, as well as a school of white clouds. Today I started putting algae wafers in the tank to hopefully help this one get some more color. The baby albino BNP in question is about an inch long, so quote young still.
 

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I got a few baby albino bristlenose plecos a few days ago. One of them has these light yellow spots all over it that seem to resemble warts. Today I noticed that some of them have some algae growing on them. Sorry these pictures aren't the best. Any ideas? The spots are the same color as the typical albino BNP yellow color. Except the rest of the fish is a little white and pale. I've already dosed the tank with ich treatment just to be safe.

I appreciate everyone's input!


Edit: some more details about the tank: it's a 40 breeder. I have other adult albino BNPs in there, as well as a school of white clouds. Today I started putting algae wafers in the tank to hopefully help this one get some more color. The baby albino BNP in question is about an inch long, so quote young still.
That looks like a massive bacterial infection. You should remove the pleco into a QT tank if you can. I would treat it with seachems sulfplex. Methylene blue dips would also probably benefit this guy. I wouldn't use any salt what so ever, they are extremely intolerant to it. I have never seen such a bad infection. It looks bacterial to me. I am no means a expert. This is just what I would do.
 

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