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This is wonderful news, thanks for checking back so many years later! With your proper care, he can easily live to 20. :)

The original affected fish has died. No surprise there... I started treating for parasite, with API Super Ick Cure. It won't hurt scaleless fish (I've got a BGK in there, among all the plecos) & doubled the salt (1tbsp/5g). I swear, the white spots (only on gill plates), are going away!

Here's the other affected fish. Odd that it goes for the gill plates 1st. Orange spot:

I wouldn't think so either but he does look better. Maybe it's the salt?

Been treating with Kanaplex/salt for the past 3 days. Here's a shot from today:

Thanks for your help!

Damn--NOT for fungus? That's what I was afraid of... I think maybe I need to do the entire week's treatment though? I hate starting something like this & not completing it, in case microbes get resistant.

I could never catch all the plecs,affected. There's a piece of driftwood as long/tall as the tank! And as you know--some of them I rarely see--only with a flashlight! Kanaplex is for a possible fungal issue. I treated with Metro & Prazi previously with no luck. Considering Most are...

You think this is fungal? My gut tells me parasitic. I have many plecos coming down with this. Very difficult to catch them all & almost impossible to remove that huge piece of wood. As you know, there are several I almost never see, except with a flashlight. I have added salt (1 tbsp/10g)...

I have been in the hobby for 40 years. I do weekly 75% WC on this (1 of 8) tank. I have been collecting plecos for a very long time. I have no room for QT & do buy wild-caught rarer species from the swap. That is where this disease came from. I always treat their food 1 week with metro &...

Does it matter that I just did a large WC?

What is this? I'm thinking parasite. It's killed 3 of my plecos so far & is spreading to the others (about 30 in there). I've treated with metro & prazi--no luck.

What is this? I'm thinking parasite. It's killed 3 of my plecos so far & is spreading to the others (about 30 in there). I've treated with metro & prazi--no luck.

As Kelly Jedlicki (Puffer Queen) always says, "Where there is life, there is hope".

How much Epsom salt did you add? It should not affect his breathing.

That would be perfect! But you'd still have to be sure that tank is totally cycled to handle the bioload of a larger puffer.

Probably just as well, unless you had an empty 120-150g tank cycled & ready for him.

Have you added Epsom salt yet?

A 7" Polypterus can easilly swallow a SAP, which will kill them both. In addition, it would be impossible to feed SAPs in a tank that size, considering they need 99% snails.

And now I know why... :/