barking pleco help please

What kind of bucket was it?
 
I've nevered heard of that ever happening, the barking i mean, my pleco's blow bubbles all the time. that's pretty normal. Sounds like you got hosed on an all ready ailing fish.... sorry to hear :(
 
Oh come on people this is an obvious case of possession lol but seriously sorry for the loss. I never had this happen to me but I recall a bark is stress related. As to why who knows Cough cough...possession...cough cough
 
I've never heard of plecos croaking, but I know Raphael catfish do it. He may just have been kept in poor conditions and then the fresh new water and clean tank just did him in. This happens a lot...just read some of Chefjamesscott posts about rescuing fish who have been kept very badly and can't transition to the new environment.

Honestly, I just find it unlikely that someone sold a sick fish knowingly just to make ten bucks. I think it's more likely that the fish way outgrew the tank, had been living in filth for a long time, and was shocked to be introduced to a sparkly clean spacious tank...and the shock killed him. It happens, something about osmoregulation and adjusting to TDS levels...
 
i have to agree with platytudes. i think a mixture of tank conditions and stress(fear) is what killed your pleco. I have never had good luck with transitions of larger fish like that anyway. not asying that is always the case though. im sorry for you loss. I know that raphael cats bark when pulled out of the water for whatever reason, so i think it has something to do with water conditions.
 
Mine will come to the surfage and gulp air, making a slurping sound. He'll do it about every 30 minutes for a day or so then not again for a month. I was told that this is somewhat normal behavior. since he stopped, i didnt question it.

sounds strange. Not sure what to think about that...
 
hmmm odd. I know my raphael made that noise when i was bringing home but nothing quite like that.
 
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