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Posted by skeemjl on December 16, 2002 at 20:00:49:
I hope that you can help. We have a common pleco, about 8” long, who we discovered was living in our koi pond (we moved into this house this summer and couldn’t see what was in the pond until after several cleanings). After doing a bit of research, it became clear that we should bring the pleco inside for the winter. So, we bought a 10 gallon aquarium and moved him inside. All seemed well for about 2 weeks. However, we returned from a 2-day vacation to find that he had a large (1/2 inch), tear-shaped ulcer on his chest, between his front fins. At first, there was just a scrape-looking outline. The next day, the center was gone, exposing a large sore. The sore hasn’t changed much since then.
Nevertheless, it gets worse. Yesterday, it became clear that the pleco had ick. He also seems to have pieces of gauzy white film floating above his head.
We had our water tested at the pet store and found that the ammonia level was off the charts. We have changed out half of the water. To treat the ick, we are slowly increasing the tank temperature by 2 degrees per day to 80 degrees, and are using half the recommended dose of ick treatment (ick clear, by jungle labs).
We’re very concerned about this pleco, and arrived in this situation “by accident.” We feel completely ill-prepared for this, but don’t want this fish to suffer or die. Will you please let us know what the sore might be and whether we’re doing the right things to help him? The only other creature in the aquarium is a small African frog. Thank you,
Jennifer