URGENT!! Pleco turned white, dying...

[Holly9937]

The pleco is in QT, so I will definately keep him in fresh water there, until he is cured or dies. Should I consider euthanizing? since his top fin is down to the rays is he suffering much?

The fish in the main tank all seem very healthy and happy, plan to do the water change tomorrow. The only change to the tank recently was the addition of a piece of driftwood, but I got it from big als, so I'm assuming it was pretty safe.

 

[Emg]

I don't euthenize my fish, even if they don't look like they're going to make it. I just make them as comfortable as I can with clean warm water and hope for the best......I'd give him a shot...and see how he does in QT.

When I loose a fish....they go in the planter out on my front step...

 

[kyle3]

yeah i'd say there's a good chance he'll pull through fins re-grow especially if the bone is still there.

 

[budrecki]

You need to do the water change today!@#?

 

[Holly9937]

The pleco is in clean water in QT. The main tank will have to wait until tomorrow unless you want to come babysit my 8 week old and complete a paper for a graduate level economics class that is due tomorrow :rant:
I realize that high nitrates are not ideal, but another day is not going to hurt. I am a very responsible fish keeper, and this is not a regular occurence.

 

[Emg]

The pleco is in clean water in QT. The main tank will have to wait until tomorrow unless you want to come babysit my 8 week old and complete a paper for a graduate level economics class that is due tomorrow
I realize that high nitrates are not ideal, but another day is not going to hurt. I am a very responsible fish keeper, and this is not a regular occurence.

So THERE !!

 

[budrecki]

Sorry Holly9937, if you don't have the time to care for your fish maybe you think about finding them a new home.

 

[DaisyTattoo]

Sorry Holly9937, if you don't have the time to care for your fish maybe you think about finding them a new home.

Just because she doesnt have time to do a water change today doesnt mean she shouldnt have fish. She is taking time to find out what is wrong with them isnt she? At least she is doing something by moving the pleco to a QT tank. Just by having a QT tank she is doing more than alot of the people on this website. Geeze, sometimes you people are just too harsh. Especially when someone is actually trying to do something right.

 

[kyle3]

there's definately an obligation in taking on keeping a creature alive and happy

however it sounds like holly's got her priorities straight and her other fish probably already held out for the extra 12 hours

we really do get carried away with the harshness on this forum sometimes.

last night at the LFS a man came in and wanted to tell the clerk that his fish were all dying suddenly b/c his filer kicked the bucket- he refused to accept that not doing a water change for a year and half was the problem or that his filter stopped working b/c he hadn't replaced the evaporated water yet and it burned up b/c it couldn't reach the water anymore
(plus he was using RO for replacement with crushed corral in the filter).

Now he deserves harshness not Holly

 

[DaisyTattoo]

I agree Kyle...it just kind of upsets me when people come here looking for help and instead of advice they get criticism. Everyone learned somehow ya know? Most of us made tons of mistakes in the beginning, but I think some people forget about their past mistakes.