White Stringy Poop

[jlk]

If you want to try one of these products, go ahead. I honestly dont think they do anything more than what healthy water & some salt can offer but this is just my opinion. If you want to try some meds, look for Maracyn Plus. If they dont have this, Maracyn 2 (not regular maracyn). If these are not available,triple sulfa or furan 2 are two other options. If you decide to euthanize, theres a sticky at the top of this section with information. Let us know what happens!

 

[Meesha]

Good luck!

 

[Lifeoffroad]

May piece be with him. That article to euthanizing a fish was good. I have already done it the most humane way and it taught me that sometimes putting the fish down is the beat thing for owner and fish.

 

[jlk]

I am so sorry

 

[Lifeoffroad]

I am so sorry

Me to but sometimes its better for the fish. It sometimes seems like it stresses out the fish in the tank to.

Thanks for all you help though. I am hopeful I wont need to contact you for sick fish. (Fingers crossed) but I really appreciate all your help and will contact you in the future. Maybe we could share tank pics.

 

[jlk]

I wish I could have helped more but we are limited in what we can realistically do without the aid of an aquatic vet and I know thats out of the budget for most of us (me included). Good luck with the rest of your guys!!

 

[Lifeoffroad]

I wish I could have helped more but we are limited in what we can realistically do without the aid of an aquatic vet and I know thats out of the budget for most of us (me included). Good luck with the rest of your guys!!

This is very true. Alot of the times I see the cure being only something an aquatic vet could do. I don't even know if I could locate one. I was glad I could rid my tank of calamanus worms. Thanks and good luck to you as well!!

 

[Meesha]

This is very true. Alot of the times I see the cure being only something an aquatic vet could do. I don't even know if I could locate one. I was glad I could rid my tank of calamanus worms. Thanks and good luck to you as well!!

I didn't even know you got such a thing as an aquatic vet?

 

[jlk]

Yep! They are few and far between and quite expensive!

 

[Lifeoffroad]

I didn't even know you got such a thing as an aquatic vet?

Only one I've seen was at the Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific. They work behind glass. Pretty cool.

 

[jlk]

Alot of the vet schools/universities have them. In the Philly suburbs, there are only two aquatic vets for all of SE Pennsylvania/tri-state area (beyond U of PA) that I know of- one actually makes house calls!

 

[Lifeoffroad]

Alot of the vet schools/universities have them. In the Philly suburbs, there are only two aquatic vets for all of SE Pennsylvania/tri-state area (beyond U of PA) that I know of- one actually makes house calls!

That's sweet! Wish I could get house calls. I just wish I could identify and treat illness better. There so much on the internet it almost makes it harder. To much contradiction.

 

[Lifeoffroad]

So I hope someone sees this so I don't have to start a new post. I still have some white long stringy poop. I can't believe it is a parasite as I haven't seen it for some time and nobody appears to be ill.

Here are some pics. What's the best food meds to get?

 

[jlk]

Hi! I doubt you will find much at your lfs but you can try. Jungle makes an anti-parasite medicated food (petsmart). If you have no luck, Angelsplus sells good quality medicated foods.

Aquarium Supplies

 

[Lifeoffroad]

Hi! I doubt you will find much at your lfs but you can try. Jungle makes an anti-parasite medicated food (petsmart). If you have no luck, Angelsplus sells good quality medicated foods.

Aquarium Supplies

Do you think that looks like parasites or just a diet issue?

Any suggestions on what food to get?

 

[jlk]

I dont remember exactly what you have used to treat your guys but I remember you did prazi. What else did you try?

 

[Lifeoffroad]

I dont remember exactly what you have used to treat your guys but I remember you did prazi. What else did you try?

That's it. It seemed to come and go so I thought there wasn't an issue.

 

[jlk]

Hmm.... see first if you can find the Jungle anti-parasite food. It has metro, prazi & levamisole. The problem is, I believe this product has been discontinued but may still be in some petsmarts. For the med flakes, you can get a small thing of metro flakes & fenben flakes. You have already tried prazi & I dont think the levamisole flakes will be necessary (but i may be wrong). If after trying this route theres no change, then you may need to address their diet.

 

[Lifeoffroad]

Hmm.... see first if you can find the Jungle anti-parasite food. It has metro, prazi & levamisole. The problem is, I believe this product has been discontinued but may still be in some petsmarts. For the med flakes, you can get a small thing of metro flakes & fenben flakes. You have already tried prazi & I dont think the levamisole flakes will be necessary (but i may be wrong). If after trying this route theres no change, then you may need to address their diet.

Yeah I have pure levamisole and I did put a pinch of that in a while back. My understanding of that medication is it will only treat nematodes or worms. I could be totally wrong I don't know. The Petsmarts here in CA do not sell any medicated food. Nor does PETCO. I will check my LFS they do have a lot of medicated items. I think its diet but I guess you just can't tell ( unless I had a microscope and then knew what to look for) they have been on a diet of frozen brine shrimp and flake food. I think if I didn't give them vitamins once a week they would show something more but (knock on wood) they are pretty strong fish.

 

[jlk]

Ok! Well, let us know what happens! Good luck to your guys!