sick comet

[cichlidbuddy]

my friend has a comet in a 75g with a pleco. the comet has developed a red spot on its head. does anyone know what this is and how to treat it? also what kind of pleco is that?

 

[guppy breeder]

pleco id is a common

 

[M|L]

Yeah, that's a "common" pleco.

As for the goldfish, it seems to be an ammonia burn. You should check the water and see if your ammonia, nitrite and nitrate levels are not within toxic levels.

 

[*Marmalade*]

yeah a red plecostomus treat wif melafix it could turn in2 fungus def test the water 2

 

[tyl089]

add non-iodine salt after 30-50% water change with Prime water conditioner, and i hope it's not from the Pleco sucking on the gold fish cause they will sometimes do that when Pleco's don't have enough veg matter in their diet.

 

[Tongue33]

Most Goldfish keepers bock at the thought of a pleco with Goldfish . Due to the damage a Plec can do to one.. We must remember their teeth hold them to rocks in sometimes VERy fast and strong currents in the rivers