Hello! I got my bristlenose pleco along with my first tank, so I've had him for a while. Unfortunately, I have reason to suspect he's not very happy at the moment. I want to know if there's anything I can do to make him more comfortable in my current setup:)
What makes me think he's not happy is that I often see him with his fins clamped, he usually just stays in corner, I never see him foraging, and nowadays he's quite light in color and his coloring is spotty.
Picture is of the tank my pleco is in. It's 84 liters (~22 gal), and houses 9 neon tetras and 5 panda corydoras (Will be getting more corys soon). There are also a few stray cherry shrimp.
Adding tannins to make the water darker is a good idea, but is there anything else I can do for him? This includes diet and decorations and anything you believe could help him. Leaf litter might also be worth a try, am I right?
Thank you for any help!
Posted by One-shrimp
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You could try giving him algae wafers to see if it’s a lack of food thing. Don’t the shrimp compete with it for food? Maybe there isn’t enough, but this is just a guess.