help !!! couple plecos doin like death rolls or flickin ??

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craigzeb
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help !!! couple plecos doin like death rolls or flickin ??

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noticed couple of plecs spinning like a croc death roll or flicking ????? when there bunched up or around each other is it a disease or a warning off to other plecs ???
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Re: help !!! couple plecos doin like death rolls or flickin

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Maybe choking by eating too large pieces of food ?!
In that case, take them out and try to open mouth with a pincet.
Place some extra aeration and decrease temperature.

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Re: help !!! couple plecos doin like death rolls or flickin

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dont think its choking ?? only seen them do it few times they do it then go back to normal and are all over the tank or go back to their caves no sign of illness or anything just the odd flick now and then weird ?? i have plenty of aeratio in tank with air stones and a 1200lh filter
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