Rubber Lip or Bulldog Pleco

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I bought one last week at Petsmart and it died the next day. I returned him and the next one did the same thing. I have a Leopard Bushfish, Albino Senegal Bichir, and 4 Congo Tetras. Anyone have any idea what's going on? Sorry, I don't know the scientific name or L number for these guys.

 

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ummm did you find a body? what are your tank conditions? you could have a read of this article and see if there is something you might think could have been the problem:
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41806

it is usually because of temperature and not enough oxygen is where you get problems but i have found them quite hardy little fish. there may be nothing you did wrong, and you could have a bad batch at your lfs that have internal problems, or very stressed from a recent shipment etc etc.

 

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I think the aclimation process is the most stressful for these plecos if the store just got them in and you bought them the next day it is probabally too much stress. How did you add the fish?

 

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Generally if a pleco comes to the store, I generally get it still in the bag, or put it on hold, and buy it a week later.

 

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if a store was any good, theyd leave them a week anyway

 

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The fish was in shock because your tank didn't 200 ppm of nitrate. LOL

 

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Well...it was in a 20g tank that has a temperature of 79 degrees and is flitered by an Emperor 280. I ended returning it and getting store credit for a plant.

 

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Petsmart...'nuff said!

 

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jconley;564344; said:

Petsmart...'nuff said!

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I know Petsmart and Walmart have bad reps, but they do carry some decent stuff that lives. I bought an Oscar there once that was with me for 2 years before I had to give him up. And I had a small community tank at work that was thriving. I had a mix of cories, neons, and glass cats that lived for a good while until I took off North for a few months. Then the tank went to hell and everything died (no one knew how to take care of it).