Prboy7 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Am assuming your doing the co-op med trio that a preventive treatment I would do a full course of maracyn follow the instructions on the box and leave one dose of ick X in and let it marinate while treating with maracyn could be bacterial or an injury that's caused a secondary infection @Prboy7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prboy7 Posted January 31 Author Share Posted January 31 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prboy7 Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 Here is an update. It is now pink instead of white. Is that a good thing and should I continue with maracyn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 granulation tissue is pink and it's a sign that it's starting to heal I would finish the full course of maracyn then give an update @Prboy7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prboy7 Posted February 2 Author Share Posted February 2 Perfect. Thank you again for the help Colu. I’ll post an update in a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prboy7 Posted February 10 Author Share Posted February 10 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 On 2/10/2024 at 12:17 PM, Prboy7 said: 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? Is there anything in tank that he could be injuring himself on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prboy7 Posted February 10 Author Share Posted February 10 Nothing… the tank has a clay cave and x3 plastic plant. Nothing else… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 On 2/10/2024 at 3:14 PM, Prboy7 said: Nothing… the tank has a clay cave and x3 plastic plant. Nothing else… How big are the caves if they are to small they can injury there head while trying to trap the female or fighting with another male for a cave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prboy7 Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prboy7 Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 @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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Good to hear he's maid a full recovery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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