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Hiya.
This is my ancistrus -

About a week ago, i found it lying on its back on the gravel. A few seconds after, it was okay again (got back to sucking the wood in the tank).
He was ok, until today, when i saw that he has a white spot on his belly, it doesnt look much like cotton..
Picture of it ->

(the other white spots that you can see on the bottom left of the picture were always there)
The temperature is 26 (Celsius degrees), dont know about the ammonia/nitrate.
There are plenty of live plants in the tank.
Any ideas what this white spot is? Fungus?
:O

Any other symptoms (other than the spot and lying on its back)? The white spot kinda looks like a regular abrasion.

Hi!

Ive regularly noticed my different Ancistrus sp. "sleeping" in a belly up position. Seems to be a normal thing for them. Maybe they fall off the caves/wood piece theyre attached to when falling asleep...just a theory.
The white patch looks like its from a fight...

Thanks for the fast replies,
there aren't any other symptoms (at least not anything that i know of)
I'm happy to read that the belly-up position is normal
A fight? Who could've done that? I also have in this tank Japonica shrimps, kuhli & clown loaches, SAE's and Cardinal tetras..
Thanks again

Probably the clown loaches.

So, there's nothing to do, beside of waiting untill it gets better?
(Cant use methylane blue cause of the shrimps)

I just use some anti-virus medicine to treat the similar symptom.

But one died, another is still with the symptom.