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My L15 died and I’m devastated
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My L15 died and I’m devastated

Link to the whole situation that’s going on in my community tank.

I lost one of my L15s this morning and I’m so disappointed and frustrated. I had to treat the tank for parasites so I added ParaCleanse to the tank. That medication can drive oxygen levels down but I have an air stone and surface agitation. I woke up to one of them floating belly up this morning. I’m pretty sure I suffocated them.

I’ve never had luck with plecos despite having apistos, otos, corydoras, and tetras. They all seem to die within months of getting them. I’ve never thought that plecos can be such a fickle fish.

I have a liquid test kit and my parameters are ph 6.5-7, ammonia 0, nitrite 0, and nitrate ~5 (plants). It’s a 75gal tank with plenty of seasoned wood and plants. I always feed the bottom of my tank heavily because of the corys. I also give them zucchini, cucumber, and broccoli whenever I can. What on earth is going on? Or am I just having a series of unfortunate circumstances?

u/glister_stardust — 9 days ago
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My “prolific breeders” aren’t breeding 🫩

Hi everyone

In early August I purchased a pair of adult lemon blue eye BNs, advertised and sold as a “prolific breeding pair”

I certainly wasn’t expecting them to spawn right away, but given what I’ve heard of how spawning BNs is basically easy mode cause they just love to do it, I’m a bit dismayed at what I’m missing here.

It’s only the pair in the tank + a handful of Amano shrimp and a couple mystery snails, so they shouldn’t feel bothered or anything. The tank is kept at 74°F with a pH of 7.2, medium flow and highly oxygenized with 2 filters and an airstone. There’s 6 different tunnels for them, two large pieces of drift wood, and some large dense ulvaceus adding cover as well. I provide a mix of algae wafers, soilent green repashy cubes, spirulina powder, and a tiny bit of ACO magic fish feed every other week for a bit of varied protein.

As far as I can understand, I’m providing ideal conditions. And the fish are doing great themselves. Just no spawning.

Any idea what I’m missing here? These are my first plecos so I’m paranoid that for such an “easy to breed species” and being a “prolifically breeding pair” mine haven’t spawned yet. I feel like I’m missing something important.

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u/FoxGirl42069 — 11 days ago
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L144 lf sw albinos

I finally got my grabby hands on 2 of these little buggers

u/Warm-Frame-2848 — 11 days ago
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Happy Birthday/Anniversary to Shlurp!

Happy Horp-a-versary Shlurp!! This was the day we got him one year ago, October 4th at the same hour, 4:11PM. This is the day we celebrate his birthday. 🥳 I made him a blanched zucchini cake with algae wafer and protein wafer sprinkles, all his favorite foods. He liked it! Here's to many more years with my baby boy. 🥰💕

u/wonderfulwiglett876 — 10 days ago
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Pleco deaths

Hello, for the last few days I have been losing my plecos in my tank mysteriously. The first few times it was some babies so I didn't think much of it but recently I lost two of my leopard frog pleco which I have had for several months without without problems. I asked about this in a Facebook group and someone said that it might be a internal bacterial infection. Here's some pictures. Any help would be appreciated

Edit- all fish died during the night and all water parameters look good.

u/toleusa — 11 days ago
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What type of pleco is this?

My roommate got this pleco from Petco a few months ago and I’ve sort of taken over her tank so I need to know what exactly Is in there lol. She doesn’t remember and when I look up different types, none of them look like this one.
Any help would be appreciated, thank you!

u/Positive-Rice2133 — 11 days ago
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L014 sunshine pleco Scobinancistrus aureatus

Please excuse the dirt on the substrate , failed experiment with plants, Look at how beautiful my boy is. L014

u/thisisnotanalt55 — 12 days ago