Whats going on with my Pleco?

Hello.

Back Story: -- So long story short , we recently moved into a house that a previous family member had been living in. They had a (30 gallon?) Tank with quite a few fish. Not totally sure of the species , but these fish started dying over time and the owner wasn't sure why. Then at some point , 2 other fish had babies together in this tank. The babies died , and basically this person decided to abandon the tank or it was too much work. So I guess this tank became like essentially a mud puddle. Low water level, the water had at one time contained Death and birth & I assume the water wasent changed really in either of those sagas. So there's just 1 guy left...a bristle nose pleco. One hardy fish ,had survived all of that and was living in a very low water level with disgusting water. Well anyway I've now decided to adopt this tank as we've moved in. I'm essentially new / I had tanks when I was younger but basically new. Our house here has "Hard water" meaning it has metals and minerals- it smells and tastes heavily of sulfur. So we got some water gallons from the store and I used them to do a water change...now some were spring water and some were drinking water (Covid water limits). I added 2 caps of stress coat with the water change out of fear of mixing these waters.

So here's my issue : We have the pleco and a snail in the tank now. I noticed that the pleco had acted unusually recently. It normally hides 24/7. It comes out to eat in the dark but when someone passes by it'll hide. So anyway recently I realized this guy was sitting on the floor in a front corner. It didn't scare when I was basically eye to eye with it. It shifted and moved abit. This lasted maybe 3 days?? Now its acting normal again. Ive added pictures- we think it has some "white patches" on its skin - but cannot confirm if he looked like this beforehand or not. So with the super odd behavior and the white stuff, I decided he and the snail may now have a Fungal/Bacterial infection ? So id like a diagnosis on my Pleco and any ideas of what this behavior was. The pleco is hiding like normal but I think he maybe looks thinner than normal? And he's sticking to new areas (often next to a bubbler tube). Could he be trying to gather oxygen because he can't breathe?

Please lmk what you think and ways to help. Ive gotten the filter back online and we are filtering an "All purpose" treatment from Tetra . For Bacterial, Fungal , ick , ect. It runs through the filter without the filter pad , and we add these tablets in daily for a week. Its day 3 of treatment today.

Do you think its a Fungal infection by the pictures?

Thanks!

 

I maybe wrong... but I don't really see any physical symptoms of a fungal disease.

Is your tank cycled properly?

Is the fish feeding properly?

 

Hi Frostbite77115,
As you have started to take care of an established tank you need to learn about the nitrogen cycle.
The tank has a full working nitrogen cycle but you don’t know how to keep it alive.

Its really important you learn about this bacteria we all have in our tanks keeping our fish safe.

I link to one of many articles on the subject.

Aquarium Nitrogen Cycle

We will answer any questions you have. Day or night someone will try and help. We are all volunteers .

The BN pleco looks to be OK from what I can see.?

Until you learn a little of how to keep the bacteria alive please don’t clean the tank.

PS ,
I think you might have a female BN

 

Maybe I did not notice the details but I think the bn pleco should be fine. It has a plump belly and its colours are nice.

But if you continue to see abnormal behavior or inactivity, you should test the water parameters

Cant tell frm the picture.

But is it lying upside down or sucking onto something

 

I am noticing that the eye of the pleco shown in the pictures is different looking then my BN plecos eye (picture shown). Maybe he is blind or partially blind? Just a thought.

 

Hello.

Back Story: -- So long story short , we recently moved into a house that a previous family member had been living in. They had a (30 gallon?) Tank with quite a few fish. Not totally sure of the species , but these fish started dying over time and the owner wasn't sure why. Then at some point , 2 other fish had babies together in this tank. The babies died , and basically this person decided to abandon the tank or it was too much work. So I guess this tank became like essentially a mud puddle. Low water level, the water had at one time contained Death and birth & I assume the water wasent changed really in either of those sagas. So there's just 1 guy left...a bristle nose pleco. One hardy fish ,had survived all of that and was living in a very low water level with disgusting water. Well anyway I've now decided to adopt this tank as we've moved in. I'm essentially new / I had tanks when I was younger but basically new. Our house here has "Hard water" meaning it has metals and minerals- it smells and tastes heavily of sulfur. So we got some water gallons from the store and I used them to do a water change...now some were spring water and some were drinking water (Covid water limits). I added 2 caps of stress coat with the water change out of fear of mixing these waters.

So here's my issue : We have the pleco and a snail in the tank now. I noticed that the pleco had acted unusually recently. It normally hides 24/7. It comes out to eat in the dark but when someone passes by it'll hide. So anyway recently I realized this guy was sitting on the floor in a front corner. It didn't scare when I was basically eye to eye with it. It shifted and moved abit. This lasted maybe 3 days?? Now its acting normal again. Ive added pictures- we think it has some "white patches" on its skin - but cannot confirm if he looked like this beforehand or not. So with the super odd behavior and the white stuff, I decided he and the snail may now have a Fungal/Bacterial infection ? So id like a diagnosis on my Pleco and any ideas of what this behavior was. The pleco is hiding like normal but I think he maybe looks thinner than normal? And he's sticking to new areas (often next to a bubbler tube). Could he be trying to gather oxygen because he can't breathe?

Please lmk what you think and ways to help. Ive gotten the filter back online and we are filtering an "All purpose" treatment from Tetra . For Bacterial, Fungal , ick , ect. It runs through the filter without the filter pad , and we add these tablets in daily for a week. Its day 3 of treatment today.

Do you think its a Fungal infection by the pictures?

Thanks!

Update. Pleco has died. Have made a new thread asking for ideas on death including pictures of body. Thanks everyone.