Yeah a 55g is gonna still be too small to keep this guy past 8 inches unfortunately.
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You know, the parasite I had to do a lot of digging on as well, it's one seen more with fishing rather than aquarium fish, but can't say I haven't come across it. My eques cories actually had it when I first got them.
Had to go back to some of my early photos, but look at the Cory's tail here
It's an unusual one to come across, but it pops up time to time.
In my experience, it's usually either from fish wild caught or fish that came into contact with outdoor fish or came in contact with outdoor fish.
My rainbows came from a store that shared a filter with their koi stock... that's where theirs likely came from.
My eques cories--wild caught.
Cookies ' pleco, common plecos are often farmed in outdoor ponds!