red spot on clown plecos fin

[squirt_12]

I was looking in my tank the other day and I noticed that one of my clown plecos has a red spot on his fin. It sort of looks like a bloody spot but inside the skin. Is it ok?? It is too difficult to get a picture of it but should he be ok??

[gm72]

If it is hemmorhagic septicemia he is likely doomed. Hard to tell though without a picture.

[squirt_12]

If it is hemmorhagic septicemia he is likely doomed. Hard to tell though without a picture.
Ok so I did a quick little search and that sounds like it. But when I looked at pictures of it...it looked nothing like what mine has. It is just a little red spot on his fin.
I would get a pic but it is really hard to and they all come out blurry and you can't see the red spot.

[cocoa_pleco]

its septiciemia. it starts with one red spot and thats all it takes. i had a aulonocara albino cichlid a year ago that had red lining at the base of his top fin, i figured its always been there

within a day, he wouldnt eat, 2 days, the would barely move, 3 days, he wouldnt move at all, 4th day i popped him, since the disease is painful when it gets to the heart

[squirt_12]

its septiciemia. it starts with one red spot and thats all it takes. i had a aulonocara albino cichlid a year ago that had red lining at the base of his top fin, i figured its always been there

within a day, he wouldnt eat, 2 days, the would barely move, 3 days, he wouldnt move at all, 4th day i popped him, since the disease is painful when it gets to the heart
oh man. That really sucks. He was been like this for about 2-4 days. He is still sucking on the glass and shows no sign of stress.

[cocoa_pleco]

keep the water really clean, he might make it if he shows no lethargy

[squirt_12]

keep the water really clean, he might make it if he shows no lethargy
lethargy??

[cocoa_pleco]

lethargy is kinda like lazy, if he starts sitting in one place and looking weak he probably has septicemia

[kitten3326]

I had a bala shark that developed red blotches, just the same I will try to find a pic for you and you can see if it looks the same, I also though it was septicemia, but was told if it was it would kill everything in my tank very quickly, I isolated him and treated with melafix, however he did die in the end, but I lost nothing else in my tank.

[kitten3326]

Sorry squirt, I must have deleted those pics, I will keep looking though, Good luck I hope he makes it.

[squirt_12]

Well he is still doing fine. Moving around the tank.

kitten3326 thanks for looking for a pic. Its alright if you don't have one.

[kitten3326]

Just checking squirt to see how your pleco is doing, is he still doing well

[squirt_12]

Yeah he is doing fine. Still eating and swimming around. Doing great.