Huh?! Pleco randomly died!

[Retuks]

just do the whole tank. ignore the qt part and the carbon removal unless you just want too. the link was from a thread about qt-ing all new fish before putting them in your main tank.....which is a very good idea, just for future reference...

i will then.. prior to reading this i quarantined all my wild-caught fish as i would wild feeders which usually just consisted of a month in a 10 gal with weekly water changes... never thought about parasitic infections cause i assumed they would just die if they had one...

 

[H]-[H]

My pleco randomly died too.. have no idea what happened..
I saw it's skin peel off a little & thought it was nothing & the next day it's dead..

 

[HarlanAshmore]

looks like bloat to me to much protein or something causes it but im no expert on random pleco deaths

 

[BigCountry]

That sucks man. Has to be internal, he looked great on the outside.

I have given up on plecos in my community tank. I can't keep them healthy to save my life.....