Moistsloth6251 Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 Hello everyone , i bought this gold nugget pleco online about a month ago he is wild caught and about 3 inch's long, He has now been in my 55 gallon for a few weeks and has been doing well until this morning he was pale and covered in white patches and not moving very much ,he is still breathing . ALL water parameters are good and i just did a water change, added an extra air stone and increased the temperature from 78 to 80. I also put some different veg near him as im not sure if hes eating i have been feeding him algae and carnivore wafers and recently got rapshie soilent green. Any advice would be appreciated Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 (edited) I would recommend adding more protein in to his diet such as frozen blood worms did you treat him for parasites when you got him as he's wild caught it could be over production of the slime coat caused by external parasites or a dermal fungus I would recommend treating him with paracleanse in food and ick x for the possible dermal fungus he's a food recipe for paracleanse Edited September 30, 2021 by Colu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moistsloth6251 Posted September 30, 2021 Author Share Posted September 30, 2021 Thanks for the advice @Colu , unfortunately he didn't make it. he was doing so well not sure what happend , i guess they are as sensitive as people say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 With wild caught fish there's always a possibility of parasites or disease it a difficult one sorry to hear he didn't make Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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