1~What type of fish is afflicted? In addition, please describe what is wrong with the fish to the best of your ability (i.e. cotton like growth, bloated, etc.).
pleco, was doing great a while ago really active and everything (whether with the lights on and off) but suddenly it stopped moving as much got to the point where it stays still at the same spot for hours and its colour from the tail part is fading and I checked a few minutes ago to find the fin at the end of it's tail is cut in half. I don't know if it's eating or not but I make sure to put a little bit extra food for my other fish so the pleco could get what remains and I tried to feed it cucumber but it didn't even acknowledge it and was left for my fintail goldfish to eat it.
I attached photos for you to judge the one where itstill has colour on it's tail is when I started to notice the strange behaviour
2~What are your tank parameters (ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, temp, pH)? Please give exact values.
where I live they don't sell the tank kits stuff so I don't really know what the tank parameters are and whenever I ask for the pleco food they just dismiss it saying that this kind of fish lives on the waste of other fish. (awful I know) I'm trying to make the best of a really bad situation here since I don't have the means to get the proper equipments
3~ How large is the tank? How long has the tank been set up?
I have a 50 gallon tank and I've had it for almost year now
4~What type of filtration are you using? Please give the name and number (i.e. Fluval 304) and amount of gph if known.
I'm using RS electrical -400a for filtration
5~How many fish are in the tank? What kinds of fish are they and what are their current sizes?
I've attached a picture but they've been living together ok
6~When is the last time you did a water change and vacuum the gravel? How often do you do this? How much water do you remove at a time?
I change the water every month but this time (like 3 or 4 days ago) I wasn't home so my mother did the cleaning and she changed the whole water in the tank
7~How long have you had the fish? If the fish is new, how did you acclimate it/them?
I had this fish for more than three month and it was ok until mum changed the water of the tank
8~Have you added anything new to the tank--decor, new dechlorinator, new substrate, etc.?
nothing at all!
9~What kind of food have you been feeding your fish, have you changed their diet recently?
as I stated I don't have any pleco food so I'm counting on the normal fish food
please tell me what is wrong I really love this fish should I change the water again? or should I just let it be
pleco, was doing great a while ago really active and everything (whether with the lights on and off) but suddenly it stopped moving as much got to the point where it stays still at the same spot for hours and its colour from the tail part is fading and I checked a few minutes ago to find the fin at the end of it's tail is cut in half. I don't know if it's eating or not but I make sure to put a little bit extra food for my other fish so the pleco could get what remains and I tried to feed it cucumber but it didn't even acknowledge it and was left for my fintail goldfish to eat it.
I attached photos for you to judge the one where itstill has colour on it's tail is when I started to notice the strange behaviour
2~What are your tank parameters (ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, temp, pH)? Please give exact values.
where I live they don't sell the tank kits stuff so I don't really know what the tank parameters are and whenever I ask for the pleco food they just dismiss it saying that this kind of fish lives on the waste of other fish. (awful I know) I'm trying to make the best of a really bad situation here since I don't have the means to get the proper equipments
3~ How large is the tank? How long has the tank been set up?
I have a 50 gallon tank and I've had it for almost year now
4~What type of filtration are you using? Please give the name and number (i.e. Fluval 304) and amount of gph if known.
I'm using RS electrical -400a for filtration
5~How many fish are in the tank? What kinds of fish are they and what are their current sizes?
I've attached a picture but they've been living together ok
6~When is the last time you did a water change and vacuum the gravel? How often do you do this? How much water do you remove at a time?
I change the water every month but this time (like 3 or 4 days ago) I wasn't home so my mother did the cleaning and she changed the whole water in the tank
7~How long have you had the fish? If the fish is new, how did you acclimate it/them?
I had this fish for more than three month and it was ok until mum changed the water of the tank
8~Have you added anything new to the tank--decor, new dechlorinator, new substrate, etc.?
nothing at all!
9~What kind of food have you been feeding your fish, have you changed their diet recently?
as I stated I don't have any pleco food so I'm counting on the normal fish food
please tell me what is wrong I really love this fish should I change the water again? or should I just let it be