Hey guys, I have a sailfin pleco around 3 years old, and in the last month he got some white patches on his skin. It looked like the skin had eroded to a white patch behind both pelvic fins (as shown in picture). He had this issue last month and I treated with API general cure and it seemed to help ...

Thanks for reply, I have had it in the tank for 5 days now. Mine says do one dose, wait 48 hours another dose, 25% water change. that's one treatment with the api brand metro I have. I haven't seen any changes in there swollen stomachs so im not sure if I should do another two doses. Do you think it...

Heres a update on this, now the entire tank is starting to have swollen bellies, ive started treating with api general cure for the last 4 days at the recommended dose. Ive heard that some internal bacteria can cause swelling, but haven't found a medication that say anything about swollen abdomen, s...

Sadly my queen died last night, I got home and he was upside down in a log... :'( I don't get it because he was acting better in the quarantine tank, not darting and gulping so much, but maybe he was just exhausted. Just so sad since hes my oldest queen and has been though and survived multiple sick...

One of our L066 is really fat and has been for over 2 weeks, we've been feeding him pees, but he is still fat, and if anything is only getting bigger. I think he may just be constipated because this hasnt spread to anyone else in his tank. Im just wondering if theres anything else i can do, ive read...

I am using a marineland penguin 350. I tested ammonia with a cheap jungle kit from walmart... .25 was the first level up from 0 and said safe... but it sounds like Twotankadmin explained why that would be. Today testing with a api strip (I knew I should have gotten the expensive testing kit) nitrate...

I got home from work and noticed one queen was darting around the tank gulping faster than ive ever seen had a sunken belly and gill are flared. all the other tank mates are acting normal. the water parameters are the same as they've been for a year 20 nitrate 0 nitrite 7.5 ph .25 ammonia and 81F. I...

Happy to say all six of my plecos recovered. Thanks!

about a week ago I got a new hypan, within a few days my plecos were all twitching and darting around. A few have some white spots so I assumed this was ich, but only half have the spots and they all seem somewhat bloated. so im worried they might have a secondary infection since I havent heard of i...

Thanks Ill get some pics of them individually tomorrow.

Hello, Id like a second opinion on sexing my L260. I think the one in the middle is a Female and the other two are males. its weird though because the female is always in a open back cave and attacked anyone that comes in. They might be a little young to accurately sex their about 2.75". Thanks!