Hey guys, recently purchased a L397 pleco. When I set him/her? loose in 6ft tank I noticed he had this white 'stuff' on him? I thought it might just be his 'hair' or something like that as some google searches of L397 came up with similar looking 'hair' so I ignored it.
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The next day I was looking at him and noticed he had these white patches near his fins so I caught him and had a closer look and took some photos:
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I then placed him in my spare 100L tank with a betta fish and a longfin albino bristlenose.
Anyone know what this is? I don't have a test kit but when I got my water tested last week ammonia and nitrites at 0 with some nitrates. Before adding him I did a 30% water change for both tanks.. I've only had him for less than 2 days.
Thanks for all input