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You may be right about a fight. The remaining Pleco didn't look right. Previously they had both been doing the up and down the side of the tank climb, slow somersaults and the ilk (durn they are graceful when they want to be). After I removed the dead one the survivor's skin faded to white...

The tank with its current occupants has been running about eight months. The two Koi was pulled in from my pond for the winter (Northeastern US) because last year (winter 02/03) only four of seven survived the pond freezing solid and the day before the move I saw a heron standing in the pond...

I have a 60 gallon tank with a Koi (about 7 inches) and two Plecos (sucker fish). All has been well for months. This morning the larger Pleco (it was about 9 or 10 inches and it seemed fine yesterday) was found on the tank bottom near the filter inlet quite dead. His normally spotted...