christine828

I have been having problems with my ammonia in my tank and have lost a few fish over the past few days. I am assuming the ammonia poisoning got the best of them. I am doing 50% water changes daily and using Amquel+ and I have the ammonia level down to .5 as of last night. The remaining fish, and those that died, have/had fin rot and ICH, and I'm trying very hard not to lose what few fish I have left.

What concerns me is, last night before bed I noticed the pleco was acting strange so I figured he wasn't going to make it. I paid extra close attention to him and I noticed he had brown things coming off his body. I say things because I don't know what else to describe them as. They were the same color as him, kind of mucus looking but definitely not attached to him. I am not sure if this is normal with stressed fish and an ich infestation, if it was some type of slime coat reproduction gone wrong or what. I just want to make to try and rule out the possibility that there might be something else in my tank. If anyone has seen anything like this before, please help.

convictleoparddempseyplec

that's sad news to hear!!! if you are having such bad luck i would suggest quarantining the remaining fish and cleaning the entire tank out cleaning everything thoroughly and resetting the tank up just in the case there is something in your tank. I am not sure about what could of been on your pleco, maybe some kind of parasite though. Some 1 with more experience will probably post to help you out.