hello everybody...ive read a few threads about this "white stringy poo" that seems to be pretty common in platies...i have 2 lady platies in a cycled 5gal tank...ive had them for about 3 months now...when i got them they were about 3/4'' and now they are almost 2''...ive noticed this white poo since i got them...never thought much of it until i found these threads...the only thing that has me al little bit confused is that they are ok...they eat ok and swim all over the tank all day long...they grew quite a bit...and their poo is not all white and stringy...first comes the normal poo and then it keep coming out but white...(sorry for being so specific)...i was going to move them to the 29gal which houses some rasboras for the moment and use the 5gal as a QT for the rest of the fish im going to add to the 29...but now i dont know...show i treat them with medicated food before i add them? TIA...
not quite sure...
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mattrox
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Treat them with medicated food as a precaution. The disease can take sometime and if all of it is white and stringy it is often in the latter staged of the disease.
mattrox
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I don't get medicated food here 
SO I don't know what brands there are. metronidazole is the active ingredient.
Look at this thread.
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=51523
SO I don't know what brands there are. metronidazole is the active ingredient.Look at this thread.
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=51523
Apocalypse_Gold
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I use a Jungle brand anti-parasite food. You can buy it online from petsmart.com
