What Species Is My Fish?

[lelabell]

hi guys just started my aquarium couple of weeks ago, got 3 guppies and 6 neons so far.. and ive got this guy
can anyone tell me what species he is?
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[Truck]

common pleco, if your tank is no longer than 5 foot, get him rehomed

 

[lelabell]

common pleco, if your tank is no longer than 5 foot, get him rehomed

why?

 

[Truck]

can grow to 2 feet, and is a massive waste producer. bet the LFS didnt tell you that?

 

[lelabell]

can grow to 2 feet, and is a massive waste producer. bet the LFS didnt tell you that?

OMG 2feet!!!! i never got told that!!
is he meant to be nearly black?
what kind should i get then?

 

[Truck]

how big is the tank?

 

[three-fingers]

Can you get a closer pic of the plec? Looks not-to-healthy, seems to have some fungus on him or something.

 

[lelabell]

Can you get a closer pic of the plec? Looks not-to-healthy, seems to have some fungus on him or something.

My tank is 60L
Oh no i hope he is not ill!! god, pet shop people are useless!

 

[Truck]

yes they are useless, these 3 would be fine in your tank

bn pleco
clown pleco
bulldog pleco

 

[lelabell]

yes they are useless, these 3 would be fine in your tank

bn pleco
clown pleco
bulldog pleco

Are these easy enough to find?

i hope he is not ill

 

[Truck]

BNs are very easy to find.

he looks like he has white spot, does he have white specks on him?

 

[lelabell]

BNs are very easy to find.

he looks like he has white spot, does he have white specks on him?

ye he does, i bought him and he was an algae colour... but now hes black.. and has spotty bits
is white spot dangerous?

I might be being blond but what is a BN?

 

[Truck]

bristle nose pleco.

white spot is a cureable illness post a new topic in the emergencies section for more info

 

[lelabell]

bristle nose pleco.

white spot is a cureable illness post a new topic in the emergencies section for more info

thanks for your help

 

[OldMan47]

LelaBell, white spot, also called ich, is easy to treat if you catch it early on. The hardest part is making sure of the diagnois before charging off and doing the wrong treatment. Ich will show as very small hard looking spots that resemble grains of salt. There are body fungus and other things that will show up looking a bit fuzzy in small white spots too. The treatments for columnaris or fungus is not the same as for ich. Please have a close look because we really can't tell from this end with the quality of your pictures. Far too often, if you go set up a thread that says "i have whitespot what should I do" you will get exactly what you ask for but it may not be what you need. It is like calling a doctor and saying you have a fever, it doesn't give him much of a clue how to treat the real illness.