Funeral Flush for Algae Eater #1
I woke up this morning to find that the Pleco algae eater I just bought four days ago had died. I haven’t had a fatality in this aquarium before, so I think the fish was not well when I bought it.
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Will head out to buy the smaller type of algae eater I found while doing the research I should have done to begin with, at PetSmart where I’ve purchased all my fish and find their fish to be healthy. Also need to ask about preventative meds just in case the tattered fins the dead Pleco had are from a disease and not an attack or injury. It looked like an injury to me, and had I taken a closer look at the fish while it was being netted in the store, I would have rejected it because of those injuries.
Another aquarium lesson: always watch you fish being netted to ensure you get what you expect before you drive home, particularlyl if you live 20 miles from the nearest decent pet stores with aquarium stock like I do.
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