Pleco Emergency!

[JJHUNGZ]

Help! Please help guys! My pleco today looks very weak! It swims very unstable! Please help! Any ways to save it?!

 

[Fat Homer]

^ ummmm... you'll need to give us a lot more info than that...

What type of pleco is it?

What size tank is it in?

What tank mates?

What are your water parameters?

What Filtration you running?

 

[JJHUNGZ]

its a L27 xingu platinum. Its in a 4 feet tank.The Pleco is about 3'' and its with 6 other small Cichla kelberi,and orino mixed. Its an internal filter. Its been fine since a long time and suddenly today this happens

 

[Fat Homer]

Is this a new fish or have you had it a while?

Is it eating / getting any food?

Or possibly getting picked on?


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[JJHUNGZ]

i got it for like a few weeks ago. I've just fed it and it doesn't seems to be eating. Its weird

 

[Fat Homer]

If i remember correctly, they need driftwood in the tank since they eat that as part of their diet?


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[RefriedPenguin]

What are you feeding it?


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[JJHUNGZ]

Pleco wafer,its algae wafer

 

[JJHUNGZ]

If i remember correctly, they need driftwood in the tank since they eat that as part of their diet?


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Yea i have 1 driftwood in my tank too

 

[ecoli73]

Is the stomach caved in?

If it is not eating, then you should try something different..zucchini sliced in half and attached to the tank or a fork.

Do this now...although if starvation is starting to show in its behavior, often it is too late.



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