Prboy7

@Colu Our pleco has fully recovered and has been re-introduced to the main display. This was the first time in my 10 years of fish keeping that I have successfully medicated a fish at home. Thank you for the advice and for being willing to share your knowledge. You saved our Pleco! I believe that, in the end, a combination of salt treatment and removing his cave did the trick.

Actually, you may be right. I can’t believe I never thought of that. Here is a pic of the caves. The one on the right is the one he’s been in all of his life. The one on the left I just added. I think he may have grown out of the original cave. Hopefully he’ll take up the left one overnight and I’ll remove the smaller one.

Nothing… the tank has a clay cave and x3 plastic plant. Nothing else…

Update, after finishing the full Maracyn treatment I started salt water treatment. 2/4-2/9 he was at 1TBSP PER 2Gal (level 2). He was looking worse so I increased to 1TBSP PER 1Gal 2-9-Today. I attached updated pictures. He is definitely not looking great and it is spreading. Is this maybe because of the salt treatment?

Perfect. Thank you again for the help Colu. I’ll post an update in a few days.

Here is an update. It is now pink instead of white. Is that a good thing and should I continue with maracyn?

Thank you Colu! You are correct, I was following the med trio aquarium coop treatment. I will go by the Maracyn box instructions instead starting today.

Can anyone help me please ID what is going on with my pleco and what I need to do to treat it? I noticed the white spot on top of his body about 4days ago. He’s had two days of Fritz Maracyn, Aquarium Solutions Ich-X, and Fritz ParaCleanse for the past 2 days. I’m doing a 1week treatment with no food. No improvements so far. It’s actually gotten worse and I now see 3 more white spots. Temp: 80F Nitrate:5ppm Nitrite:0ppm Ammonia:0ppm