Clean water, good food, and time to heal. Do not medicate unless you have a very clear diagnosis and know what (and how) to treat that specific ailment. Many catfishes are very sensitive to medications so the "cure" can often do more harm than good. Many of us have learned that through direct ...

Now it looks like an infection. I think I can see swelling in the caudal peduncle. Kanaplex is not a bad shout if you think it's fin rot. I can't see the tell tale red signs of a bacterial infection. You don't want it to be active, you want it to be breathing slowy and hiding. Active during the day ...

Possibly, the other L333 may have matured a bit and decided to become dominant. Which would then mean you'll need to create more hidey holes in that tank, or another tank, for the subdominant (injured) fish. Only other possibility is some type of fin rot. That would speak to water quality (Low ...

It does look like an injury as opposed to an infection. What other fish are in the tank? Cheers, Jools There is another L333, same size as this one (tail is fine). There are also various Cory's, clown loaches, Garra Rufa, Otocinclus, Cherry Barbs, Harlequin Rasboras, Espei Rasboras, Discus ...

Thats a pretty good bite or injury. Do you have other plecos in the tank? And they can get their tails caught in 'stuff' and freak out in order to get free of the impedance. Personally, although its a pretty deep break, i would just observe an see if it will grow back. A healthy pleco can generally ...

Hi all. I just got this L333 Tiger King Pleco recently and it looked fine but spent most of its time hiding in the plants and wood I have in my tank so didn't notice any issue with it. Today when I happened to see it swimming in the front, I noticed its tail looking a bit odd so I quickly pulled it ...