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Help the stupid, what exactly is a common pleco's species?

@Naeco: It's not bristlenose for sure. Not really sure what species common actually is so... This guide, may help you identify it, and generally that website is very good when it comes to plecos etc. catfish.
Yours definetly has more dorsal rays than some plecos, so that's a good identifaction marker. Sailfin I think is the term they are commonly called, but there are many species of them. From the guide Pterygoplichthys -group seemed matching and looking through pics, there are couple species that at least somewhat match to your pleco (orangey color with dark spots, over 10 dorsals).

[satuurnity]

Hi!
I just did a water change in my tank (I do one every week) and all of a sudden the water turned quite cloudy? I'm not really sure what could be wrong because the filter and heater and everything are still working, it's just the filter keeps making weird noises. The fish seem fine but it only just happened so I'm still worried. It's a planted 10gal with filter, heater, air stone, and lights, it has been cycled (about a year ago), it has sand substrate, there a five neon tetra and an assassin snail, PH is and always has been 7.6 and ammonia is 0.
Thank you!

Nevermind, fixed thank you xx

[sharklava14]

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[StrikingEmber36]

Help!

I noticed tonight that my female betta has these white spots on her eyes... Everything I looked up said that it was because of bad water quality, but our water quality is fine... any other reason why she might be like this?? She's also more pale than usual, but looks otherwise healthy.

Here's what our test kit said:

GH: 30
KH: 40
PH: 6.5
NO2: 0
NO3: 20

To me it looks just like her normal eyes! Bettas quite often marble, and have control over marbling their eyes too. That is what it loooks like to me.

[jayus]

Help!

I noticed tonight that my female betta has these white spots on her eyes... Everything I looked up said that it was because of bad water quality, but our water quality is fine... any other reason why she might be like this?? She's also more pale than usual, but looks otherwise healthy.

Here's what our test kit said:

GH: 30
KH: 40
PH: 6.5
NO2: 0
NO3: 20

-snip-

To me it looks just like her normal eyes! Bettas quite often marble, and have control over marbling their eyes too. That is what it loooks like to me.

I can vouch for eyes marbling! My female betta Rogue's eyes started blue, turned black, and then turned blue.

[Naeco]

Help the stupid, what exactly is a common pleco's species?

@Naeco: It's not bristlenose for sure. Not really sure what species common actually is so... This guide, may help you identify it, and generally that website is very good when it comes to plecos etc. catfish.
Yours definetly has more dorsal rays than some plecos, so that's a good identifaction marker. Sailfin I think is the term they are commonly called, but there are many species of them. From the guide Pterygoplichthys -group seemed matching and looking through pics, there are couple species that at least somewhat match to your pleco (orangey color with dark spots, over 10 dorsals).

Thank you! He or she looks like this type: Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps. I picked it out at meijer and they said it was a Common Pleco. In all honestly, all of their plecos look different in fin structure, color, and overall body shape. Not huge differences though. I mainly picked it out because it looked healthy plus had a really pretty color. Here is a picture of that type that resembles mine.



Looks like him but mine has more orange.

[Naeco]

Oh, and what size tank would I need for a pleco that should get up to around 17in

[scuttlefish]

Hello! I just set up my 55 gallon, does anyone have any advice/links for 'fishless cycling'? Preferably ones that you can do with fish food? Thanks in advance!

[jayus]

Hello! I just set up my 55 gallon, does anyone have any advice/links for 'fishless cycling'? Preferably ones that you can do with fish food? Thanks in advance!

THis is a good source! I've heard to put fish food in stockings and float that in the tank, it'll break down and start the cycle. And you don't have to clean it up.

[|Lace|]

Help!

I noticed tonight that my female betta has these white spots on her eyes... Everything I looked up said that it was because of bad water quality, but our water quality is fine... any other reason why she might be like this?? She's also more pale than usual, but looks otherwise healthy.

Here's what our test kit said:

GH: 30
KH: 40
PH: 6.5
NO2: 0
NO3: 20

-snip-

To me it looks just like her normal eyes! Bettas quite often marble, and have control over marbling their eyes too. That is what it loooks like to me.

I can vouch for eyes marbling! My female betta Rogue's eyes started blue, turned black, and then turned blue.

Me too! Mushu's eyes turned blue, then yellow then black.
My betta is a male though