Sick Pleco With White Marks On Belly

GER1023 · Post by **GER1023** » 19 May 2005, 22:43

Hi I wanted to know if you could help me find out whats wrong with this pleco. Its not mine it belongs to someone from another forum but you seem to respond faster then they do plus you know more. Ive seen it on Pleco's at my job (Wal*Mart) and always wondered what it was. Here it is let me know what should be done so I could relay the message

Yann · Post by **Yann** » 21 May 2005, 11:13

What is wrong!

He is not eating ...
Either the food is not good for him, the time of feeding unappropriate and too many disturbing t ankmate for himto eat in peace, or unappropriate water conditions...
we really need to know more about....

But when looking at the level of famina he has I doubt he will make it ...

Cheers
Yann

GER1023 · Post by **GER1023** » 21 May 2005, 16:16

"I have a few different kinds of gold fish, two bala sharks, two irridescent sharks, one black shark, 3 small pictus catfishand it is a 110 gallon aquarium. I had 3 koi in there but I finally found them a new home yesterday. I feed them ALOT, they are always getting algae disks and fresh veggies. Not to mention sinking shrimp pellets and all the other fish foods. I think I am going to treat both tanks with the melafix right now as the other adonis are starting to get white bellies. Hopefully that will cure them and prevent this from happening to them also."

That was from the owner but they said they had bought some black moores from there local walmart and put them in there but they died right away. They put that one in a quarintine tank and giving it the same food and treating with melafix. The other Andonis's that looked ok now are getting the same thing. They say though there getting more active though they never do give the water levels as far as ammonia and all that goes. Sorry for not giving enough info.

Yann · Post by **Yann** » 21 May 2005, 22:23

Well the pop isn't really great...

What the water parameters

Cheers
Yann

GER1023 · Post by **GER1023** » 21 May 2005, 22:43

They said the nitrites were high but everything else was normal and thats why they got rid of the Koi. From what they said though is that the white marks are going away and the belly isnt sunken in as much no more its almost back to normal. Seems like they figured out the problem themselves. Thanks for the help anyways though. Never knew that would happen to a pleco with just high nitrites. Thanks Again

Yann · Post by **Yann** » 22 May 2005, 12:12

high level of nitirite are jut killer for any kind of fish
the tank population should be rethink...
the tank i also certainly underfilter...
cheers
Yann