My Plecostamous

[caliguy78]

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]

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

[COM]

^^ 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.