help! whitish clown pleco!

[jewelcichs]

hello i just purchased a clown pleco today and it its about 1-1.5 inches in length but it appears to have whitish stuff on its body especially near the dorsal fin. Can anybody help identify what it is? and if it is harmful how to treat it?

 

[OrionGirl]

Hard to tell. I agree it doesn't look normal, but it might just be sloughing off slime coating. Give it a day?

 

[FreshyFresh]

Hopefully it's just a wound from where it came from?

Perhaps keep up on your water changes to speed healing.

 

[jewelcichs]

Thanks for the replies guys I think it may just be a wound with the stress from the wound aswell in will try to keep up the water changes and update later