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This is my friend's (rubber lip?) pleco. It appears overweight. I didn't think fish got overweight, just bloated. Behavior is normal and it still eats. It has looked this way for at least a few weeks(possibly before then). So my question is: is this just a fat pleco? Is it possibly suffering from a medical issue? Or is this just normal appearance?20210212_180115.jpg.308a32b048addace061e5f8b9536ce33.jpg20210212_185715.jpg.70a3490fddbf3be0dcd3859b74706ec3.jpg

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Has he tried fasting the pleco for 2-3 days? It will still have lots of biofilm to eat on the rocks and such, so the pleco won’t be starving by any means. If the pleco’s bloated, a fast might help it. If it’s just fat or has dropsy, a 2-3 day fast probably won’t do anything.

Also do you know how its poops look?

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