Another One Died

Jason,

It would be a really good idea if you posted your ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and pH readings, along with your water change schedule.

If they are dying that fast and it's not your other fish, then there is probably something going on in the water.

Roan

I have kept plecos in all sorts of conditions(not intentionaly ofcorse), water as cold as 64 degrees, ammonia and nitrites through the roof and still they don't seem to be affected.

Are you treating your water for chloramines or chlorine every time you do a water change? Also give us your ammonia and nitrite readings. One question, what kind of plecos and how big?

If you are not going to post seriously, you are wasting my time. You have been told to check your ammonia and nitrites, use a test kit from your LFS,it should only cost you a couple of dollars.

jasonskillz said:

i dont no the readings cuz i dont have anything to check lolz
wut do i use to no the ph n ammonia lvls?
i really dont no this stuff
i just add an esimated amount of chemicals after a water change n tats all
well the pleco, its like ummm i think its just the spotted ones
i was like 5-6 inches long
i thought tat a bigger pleco might b more resistant to the cuz of its death

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Jason,
In order to properly diagnose any potential problems you have in your aquarium, we need readings in ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, and pH. I bought my master test kit for $28 at my LFS, which at the time was expensive, but it's definatly been worth it. They also sell them at Big Als Online here. I recommend the Aquarium Pharmecuticals one as I know plenty of people on this board do.
http://www.bigalsonline.com/catalog/product.xml?product_id=19383;category_id=3111;pcid1=3233;pcid2=
A test kit is a great investment and I think it's one of the biggest things needed to diagnose potential problems. Some fish stores will also test your aquarium water for free.

If you cannot give us these values, how about something like this:
- How often do you change your water?
- What type/breed of pleco is it?
- What size is your tank/what type of filtration do you have?
- What chemical(s) do you add to your tank?
- Do you have any sort of guard on your filter inlet tube (strainer or something else)?
- Did the pleco exhibit any sign of disease or anything before he died?

I personally may not be able to determine a solution to your problem. There's people far more experienced than I here, but I'm pretty sure in order to figure out what problem your experiencing, you need to give everyone as much information as you can to help you.

Like they said, Jason, if we don't know what your readings are, we cannot help you at all.

Roan

Are you just throwing the pleco in the water after you get it from the shop?

Maybe he runs it thru the scanner first so he can photoshop it into a giant sasquatch pleco with a string or something ...