Need help with my Pleco!

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Jack Dempsey
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Jan 24, 2009
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I have a 9" - 10" Pleco who is pooping what appears to be long white worm like poop. I have him in a tank with a Raphael a catfish and 7-10 Cichlid Julies, the Raphael is about the same size as the pleco and the catfish is smaller than the two, it's about 5" - 6". I noticed the long white poop yesterday and suddenly my tank began to cloud & smell real bad in a matter of a day, i thought a fish had died but after doing a water change i found no dead fish. I have a filter running but i don't have a heater in the tank right now. I've since removed the Pleco from the tank, he is in a bucket now with no filter or heater, i just wanted him to be quarrantined so he's been there since yesterday night. Also i've noticed the catfish looks like he is shedding, his left eyeball is covered in a white jelly like substance & has white little spots that look kind of like goose bumps, i can send pictures if you'd like. Any help will be greatly appreciated since i'm concerned.

My email is evil.paco.23@gmail.com
 
What are your water parameters? How warm is the tank at the moment? What size is this tank?
 
The tank is a 25gal, the water is brackish but the pleco has now been quarrantined in a medium sized bucket with no filter or heater since i'm out of tanks at the moment. Water was 75 - 78
 
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