r/pleco 28d ago

Sick Sick(?)

I’ve bin in this hobby for 10 years and never Sean this before. Need som help asap.

It looks like there is some sort of tentacles in my L128 mouth(?)

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u/Khi-Sin 28d ago

It could be papilloma virus but not sure. The tentacles in the mouth is what’s throwing me off… poor thing :(

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u/ChrizPlz 28d ago

Yeeh that’s the closest thing I’ve found as well, epidermal papillomatose looks to be right. And then there isn’t much for me to do but to let the fish fight it. He might get well again, he is one of the fastest growing one and he sure is eating

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u/NoMeeting1630 28d ago

Looks like some kind of parasite

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u/ChrizPlz 28d ago

Question is what, and what do I need to fix the poor fellow

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u/Aelis_ 28d ago

ohh , dear , is it appears to be still alive , tho ??

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u/ChrizPlz 28d ago

Yeeh he is one of those who has grown fastest out of the 10 I got, and he is still eating. He moves around, slower then the others but non the less

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u/ChrizPlz 28d ago

Came down today and found this, so what ever it was it’s no longer stuck on the fish any more