Is he ok?

[LiQuOrIcE]

Hello,

2 weeks ago we got a plec, black with white spots, max length 6 inches.

was like a peppermint plec, but aparently its not.

Last few days he is sometimes green with yellow spots?

all our other fish are fine (3 angels, 7 platies & 3 clown loaches).

Nitrate is 0
amonia is 0
ph7
nitrate 40 mg/l

Is this normall? he is still moving around, active etc.

Cheers

 

[-cAtFiSh-]

my bristlenose pleco sometimes changes colour. sometimes he is black with white spots, sometimes he is plain dark brown and sometimes he goes very light brown. i think they just change colour to camoflage so i dont think it would be anything to worry about.

 

[SQRL]

if you notice more and more little white spots i would treat for whitespot, but yeh i think it's common for them to change colour

 

[digital_run]

I'd want to be sure 100% about what kind of plec he is....do you hav a pic?

 

[Tropicana Man]

As far as i am aware the plecs go lighter in colour when they are unhappy and dark when they are happy.

A question or two to ask yourself is are the other inmates stressing your plec or is he underfed or is there not enought air filteration?

 

[Earthgirl]

Hi there,

Both of my bristlenoses change colour as they move to different areas of my tank. I have a peppermint pleco and when I bought him, the pet store that he looked exactly like an Inspector pleco. He was about $5 more, so I took the peppermint. I have also never heard of an Inspector pleco. Picture of the little guy would help.