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Hello I have a 20 gallon tall tank with 3 female and one male super red bristlenose plecos. I do a big water change weekly. I have a fluval 207 canister filter for the tank. I do not use a heater and water stays around 78 degrees. All three females were breeding with the male once a month and one of the females has gotten real swollen. I feed them once a day with algae wafers and then feed them zucchini twice a week. Checked water parameters and have 20ppm nitrates, 0ppm nitrite, 0ppm ammonia and ph is around 7.8. She is defecating healthy poo nothing stringy or clear or white so do not think parasites since this tank has been established for a year with no other new fish mates. I’ve been doing Epsom salt baths with her twice a day with non-scented Epsom salt 1 tbsp per gallon for a week. Shes staying the same size and wonder if she’s egg bound. Any advice? The other three have no problems. I tried fasting them for a week as well but no help. Please help. Hard to get a good pic of her since she’s always in a cave. I have driftwood in the tank as well.
