good info i have always thought they were not fed after catching, i bought a gold nuggat in about 1986 with sunken belly it was in my discus tank so good water, i found it would eat a little live tubifex and slowly it recovered but never grew much.
Thank you for the valuable information. You have solved a very puzzling situation I was facing as well with blue phantom pleco. I have been able to keep all my pleco alive, except a batch I received with this very same problem. I kept the poor fish alive for 2 weeks to a month. Same problem, sunken abdomen and not wanting to eat. Only difference was I allowed the natural immune system to fight off the problem. I did not add any antibiotics, but the end result was the same. If we can get the plecos to eat, we may be able to introduce the natural flora back. I wonder if we could collect normal feces and simply place them in the quarantine with the sick pleco allowing normal bacterial transportation to the gut to occur without treatment with more antibiotics.
Sorry to hear about your plecos! I went through similar situation a few times, including with blue phantoms. Most of the time, I've had those specimen with sunken belly in the same tank with other healthy plecos. I only separated these fish when things were going far too bad (which was always the case) to treat them. Being in the same tank with healthy fish did not help it at all unfortunately.
Thanks a lot. Unfortulately I bought mine before watching this video. My L190 has a flat belly, I don't see it eating at all. Just sucking algae in the glass.
tres intéressant! j'ai de la chance la plupart de mes loricaridés ( L 66, L201, sturisoma et pseudohemiodon apithanos) vienne d'eleveurs locaux , c'est baucoup moins cher et ça permet de les maintenir en groupe comme il se doit et non pas un sujet seul car le comportement n'est pas du tout le même!
Great info!!!! I have a couple of L201 (snowball Plecos) I hate them. I have to be honest, Plecos are my LEAST favorite fish. They only come out at night, so I never see them, They eat 1 ounce of food and take a 2 ounce poop. On a scale from cute to ugly, they push the needle right next to ugly. There, it's off my chest. LOL
That's the thing about plecos. I recently had 4 royal plecos in my display tank and I rarely saw them, but they produced as much waste in a day as all my current fish produce in about two weeks. So they had to go for good:) I currently have no plans to get back to pleco keeping.
thank you so much because im currently shopping for some l # and now i know what to look for
Glad it was useful!
good info i have always thought they were not fed after catching, i bought a gold nuggat in about 1986 with sunken belly it was in my discus tank so good water, i found it would eat a little live tubifex and slowly it recovered but never grew much.
Thanks again for a great video.
Great video, Great advice keep your advice coming 😁
Thank you for the valuable information. You have solved a very puzzling situation I was facing as well with blue phantom pleco. I have been able to keep all my pleco alive, except a batch I received with this very same problem. I kept the poor fish alive for 2 weeks to a month. Same problem, sunken abdomen and not wanting to eat. Only difference was I allowed the natural immune system to fight off the problem. I did not add any antibiotics, but the end result was the same. If we can get the plecos to eat, we may be able to introduce the natural flora back. I wonder if we could collect normal feces and simply place them in the quarantine with the sick pleco allowing normal bacterial transportation to the gut to occur without treatment with more antibiotics.
Sorry to hear about your plecos! I went through similar situation a few times, including with blue phantoms. Most of the time, I've had those specimen with sunken belly in the same tank with other healthy plecos. I only separated these fish when things were going far too bad (which was always the case) to treat them. Being in the same tank with healthy fish did not help it at all unfortunately.
Wow. How sad. They know what they’re doing yet continue to do it for profit.
Yes indeed!
You should try probiotics. Just a suggestion
Thanks a lot. Unfortulately I bought mine before watching this video. My L190 has a flat belly, I don't see it eating at all. Just sucking algae in the glass.
Yes, they continue trying to feed, but if you don't see it pooping, most likely it means that it cannot digest anything and is probably going to die
Good info for sure
tres intéressant! j'ai de la chance la plupart de mes loricaridés ( L 66, L201, sturisoma et pseudohemiodon apithanos) vienne d'eleveurs locaux , c'est baucoup moins cher et ça permet de les maintenir en groupe comme il se doit et non pas un sujet seul car le comportement n'est pas du tout le même!
Thank you! Tank-bred plecos are certainly much safer to buy
Great info!!!! I have a couple of L201 (snowball Plecos) I hate them. I have to be honest, Plecos are my LEAST favorite fish. They only come out at night, so I never see them, They eat 1 ounce of food and take a 2 ounce poop. On a scale from cute to ugly, they push the needle right next to ugly. There, it's off my chest. LOL
That's the thing about plecos. I recently had 4 royal plecos in my display tank and I rarely saw them, but they produced as much waste in a day as all my current fish produce in about two weeks. So they had to go for good:) I currently have no plans to get back to pleco keeping.
I have had it with my golden nuggets. And they both died. No idea what to do with them
I also had a juvenile l260 and be died within 2 weeks. It had a slightly sunken belly, and didnt eat anything at all.
@@zander2076 So sorry to hear! Unfortunately, as per my experience, there is nothing we can do to help these plecos.
Too bad fish food doesn't have probiotics