so the day before yesterday he was doing fine seemingly, sticking to the glass, eating algae etc.
The tank had been slightly neglected over the last two weeks as ive been dealing with some very big bad stuff in my life, but i had kept up doing water changes once a week.
Sunday i did a 50% change and gave the tank a good cleaning, it had some almost crusty algae on the glass or something so i wiped that all down.
I didnt see the pleco much during the WC, but when I did he seemed ok.
Lastnight, I notice him lying on his side on the bottom of the tank, not really doing anything.
I gave him a little nudge with my algae cleaner, and he righted himself, but didnt move much at all. So thinking he was hungry I dropped in a sinking wafer and moved it beside him.
he sort of moved on top of it, but that was it.
Then i noticed my betta go and attack him, to which i nudged the betta with the cleaning rod.
then the betta got curious as to what "god" was doing and swam up to examine the rod, still in the water.
Is it possible that at some point between monday and tuesday my betta beat my pleco to death?
the betta tends to leave the cories alone but he will often go and hit the pleco or scare him away. he is a complete bully towards the pleco, but basically ignores the cory cats.
I put the betta in his cup lastnight for the night to see if the pleco survives, and if he does i dont know what to do.
The tank had been slightly neglected over the last two weeks as ive been dealing with some very big bad stuff in my life, but i had kept up doing water changes once a week.
Sunday i did a 50% change and gave the tank a good cleaning, it had some almost crusty algae on the glass or something so i wiped that all down.
I didnt see the pleco much during the WC, but when I did he seemed ok.
Lastnight, I notice him lying on his side on the bottom of the tank, not really doing anything.
I gave him a little nudge with my algae cleaner, and he righted himself, but didnt move much at all. So thinking he was hungry I dropped in a sinking wafer and moved it beside him.
he sort of moved on top of it, but that was it.
Then i noticed my betta go and attack him, to which i nudged the betta with the cleaning rod.
then the betta got curious as to what "god" was doing and swam up to examine the rod, still in the water.
Is it possible that at some point between monday and tuesday my betta beat my pleco to death?
the betta tends to leave the cories alone but he will often go and hit the pleco or scare him away. he is a complete bully towards the pleco, but basically ignores the cory cats.
I put the betta in his cup lastnight for the night to see if the pleco survives, and if he does i dont know what to do.