Pleco died, how to make sure the other is fine?

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abcdefghi

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Over the weekend one of my rubberlip pleco's died, I am pretty certain it was because he was not getting enough to eat. Comparing him to the other pleco, he was much thinner, and had the typical sunken in belly of a pleco not getting enough to eat.

I moved him to my 10G on Friday, and he made it through the night, even going so far as to eating some brown algae that was growing in there. But then died sometime Saturday.

I feed them sinking pellets, algae wafers, zuchini, cucumber, sinking crumbles, and the flake that falls to the bottom, is there anything else I can add? spinach? other vegetables?
 

toddnbecka

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It may have ben internal parasites that caused it to die. As long as the other one doesn't have a sunken belly it should be alright.
 
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