sick fish

[glasstapper]

my veija sajica T-bar has long stringy white excrement , doesn't want to eat, tried the boiled peas others in that 55 seem okay, waiting at the glass for dinner, tanks been running now for 6 months i vary thier diet from bloodworms, to flake, pellet tank currentl is of low salt content- nill really- H2O sched is every week 35% new charcoal once a month params are mighty fine, any help on how to properly identify the problem would be great, off to drain a few gallons tks

 

[An t-iasg]

glasstapper, I have never had this specific problem. But I remember reading here that white stringy waste probably means internal parasites. If the fish doesn't want to eat, that could point to the parasites too. You could try Jungle Labs Pepso food, or Parasite Guard. Here's the link I was reading: http://www.junglelabs.com/pages/aquarium.detail.asp?item=70

 

[glasstapper]

tks an, much apreciated , hope all's well in Indianapolis

 

[An t-iasg]

Hi glasstapper,
Everything is extremely well in Indianapolis! We hiked at the city park and now we're taking a little break before we walk around the canal again.

I was thinking about your fish. What kind of bloodworms are you using? Maybe some parasites were in the food, or maybe not if only one fish seems affected. I like Hikari frozen and freeze-dried food. The website says the frozen food is sterilized three times, and the freeze-dried food is pharmaceutically freeze-dried. Both say parasite-free. I have been using the frozen and freeze-dried bloodworms and daphnia from Hikari for about a year now.

http://www.hikariusa.com/products.htm