My Plecostamous

caliguy78 · 06-27-2008, 10:38 PM

My plecostamous was about 3 months old and he developed a long clean strand of what I am assuming is waste. I removed the strand with a fish net. About 2 days later he died. In the 3 months I had him, he never had anything hanging from him so I thought it was odd. All of my water levels were good. He was about 3" in a 14 gallon tank with 2 dalmations and 2 mickey mousy platys. I am not about to replace him because I learned that my tank is too small for an adult plecostamous. I am just curious about what I experienced.

trashion · 06-27-2008, 11:00 PM

I've read that clear stringy poop can indicate internal parasites, which is very possible.

COM · 06-28-2008, 06:15 AM

^^ She's right. That's a sign of parasites. It isn't definite, but if any of the other fish demonstrate the same, you need to pursue an anti-parasitic treatment, unfortunately. I see poo monitoring in your future.

fishgills101 · Yesterday, 10:02 PM

can someone tell me how to help my pleco? it just started going to top of the tank it isn't sucking anymore and i think the two small goldfish have been messing with me. I have quarentened it but don't know what else to do?

06-27-2008, 10:38 PM	#1
caliguy78 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 30 Posts: 3	My Plecostamous My plecostamous was about 3 months old and he developed a long clean strand of what I am assuming is waste. I removed the strand with a fish net. About 2 days later he died. In the 3 months I had him, he never had anything hanging from him so I thought it was odd. All of my water levels were good. He was about 3" in a 14 gallon tank with 2 dalmations and 2 mickey mousy platys. I am not about to replace him because I learned that my tank is too small for an adult plecostamous. I am just curious about what I experienced.

06-27-2008, 11:00 PM	#2
trashion girl anachronism Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,312	I've read that clear stringy poop can indicate internal parasites, which is very possible. __________________ current setup: 5.5 gallon low-light planted tank -nothing....thinking a mini-community. for reference: my name is Julie

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06-28-2008, 06:15 AM	#3
COM Rebel Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 690	^^ She's right. That's a sign of parasites. It isn't definite, but if any of the other fish demonstrate the same, you need to pursue an anti-parasitic treatment, unfortunately. I see poo monitoring in your future.

Yesterday, 10:02 PM	#4
fishgills101 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Age: 33 Posts: 1	can someone tell me how to help my pleco? it just started going to top of the tank it isn't sucking anymore and i think the two small goldfish have been messing with me. I have quarentened it but don't know what else to do?

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