Please help me identify and save this pleco from being boilt !
Hi all, I just recently moved into a house with two other people, one of them has this fish tank they have had for a few years, when I moved in I was told everything in it had died and it was just... still running and using power.
Thank god it was still all on though because two nights ago I was sitting on the couch and saw a dark shape flash through the tank... went to investigae and found this beautiful little pleco. Is alive !!! Today I went to check on it and the tank felt unusually warm, I checked the temp it was at 90 degrees ! I looked up and searched results said that plecos only live between 70-80 so I turned down the heater ASAP and opened the lid of the tank for ventilation.
I am so concerned bout the pleco bc I dont know how long it's been in those temps, can't get any judge on it's health by looking at it... ?? If I asked i am sure the owner would 100% be open to cleaning and rehabilitating the tank with my help and i definitely want to, so any suggestions would be appreciated, anything additional that can be done for the pleco right now, what gallon tank this is, it says Eclipse on it, cleaning advice, what kind of substrate for the pleco or if those pebbles are okay?
I have a little experience with basic fish/ tank care, I used to have a betta for a few years, had goldfish, crawdads XD , some snakes, a lizard... but it has been years since those times so ..
Sorry for the bad picture, the pleco is hiding out and really hard to get a photo of.
Thank you in advance everyone !
*update as I write this post i went to check the temp of the water it is slowly dropping, the pleco has actually moved and when I went and shined my light on it it moved around some more. Hoping that's a good sign