Clownfish white poop

[instantaquatics]

Parameters:
Ammonia 0
Nitrate 0
Nitrite 0
Alk 11.8
Mag 1280
Calc 450

10 gallon standard aquarium

Stocking: 2x ocellaris clownfish, 1x blue leg hermit.

A bit if a backstory is that I hardly ever feed my clownfish, but I'm going to get more ontop of that. This tank went without a water change for 3 months and the paraneters above were what they came out as. I dod a water change last week because my zoas looked funny and lost their skirts and a few closed or got lengthy stems. The w/c didn't solve it. I fed them reef roids, still weird looking.

Anyway, I fed my clowns a bunch of bug bites today and my female clown pooped white. In fact, all the times I can remember this fish pooping, it was white. It has no other symptoms and is perfectly healthy looking and I have had them for a little over a year.

I'm setting up a new 40 gallon breeder and I wanted to fix this before I switch them over. I have garlic guard and was wondering if I should add that to their food.

 

[Mjrenz]

Your problem is most likely internal parasites or worms. Feeding food soaked with general cure and focus will be your best method to treat.

Praziquantel

Edit: this is older information, a new post is here: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/dosing-praziquantel-pzq.1105700/ Praziquantel (de-wormer) What It Treats – Flukes (Monogeneans), Black Ich (Turbellarians), and intestinal worms. How To Treat – There are a few aquarium products which...

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[instantaquatics]

Your problem is most likely internal parasites or worms. Feeding food soaked with general cure and focus will be your best method to treat.

Praziquantel

Edit: this is older information, a new post is here: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/dosing-praziquantel-pzq.1105700/ Praziquantel (de-wormer) What It Treats – Flukes (Monogeneans), Black Ich (Turbellarians), and intestinal worms. How To Treat – There are a few aquarium products which...

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Thanks. Just ordered prazi pro

 

[Mjrenz]

Thanks. Just ordered prazi pro

You're welcome, if the prazi doesn't knock it out then it's possible that it's internal parasites and not worms or you could have encountered a prazi resistant worm. In that case metronidazole or fenbendazole would be needed in the food.

 

[instantaquatics]

You're welcome, if the prazi doesn't knock it out then it's possible that it's internal parasites and not worms or you could have encountered a prazi resistant worm. In that case metronidazole or fenbendazole would be needed in the food.

Thanks. I just fed them bug bites with garlic guard. I'll keep this up until the poop turns normal. They went nuts for it.

Funny because they're active, eating a lot and look perfectly fine. What do internal worms even do?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Either internal parasites as others stated OR something it ate making poop white especially if it being fed Mysis shrimp.
Add garlic extract to its food and if the white repeats, treat with either Metronizadole or praziquantel. Ive had luck with PraziPro (reef safe)
Change up diet using flakes, LRS and plankton and brine shrimp with garlic

 

[Mjrenz]

Thanks. I just fed them bug bites with garlic guard. I'll keep this up until the poop turns normal. They went nuts for it.

Funny because they're active, eating a lot and look perfectly fine. What do internal worms even do?

They will steal nourishment from the food the fish eats essentially starving them. Here is some more information about internal issues

Internal Issues

Internal Issues For simplicity’s sake, there are 6 basic problems a marine fish may experience on the inside: 1. Intestinal worms Symptoms: White stringy feces, pinched stomach, loss of color, fish eats voraciously but still seems to be losing weight. Treatment of choice: Praziquantel...

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[instantaquatics]

Either internal parasites as others stated OR something it ate making poop white especially if it being fed Mysis shrimp.
Add garlic extract to its food and if the white repeats, treat with either Metronizadole or praziquantel. Ive had luck with PraziPro (reef safe)
Change up diet using flakes, LRS and plankton and brine shrimp with garlic

The food I fed was brown, they are bug bites (brown gradules).

 

[vetteguy53081]

The food I fed was brown, they are bug bites (brown gradules).

Try a different soft food. If still white- treatment necessary

 

[instantaquatics]

Try a different soft food. If still white- treatment necessary

Alright thanks.

 

[Mjrenz]

I'm thinking treatment is necessary since the op said that it's been ongoing for a while

 

[instantaquatics]

I'm thinking treatment is necessary since the op said that it's been ongoing for a while

First time I got clowns I fed them bloodworms (dont kill me). The poop turmed white. A year later I see poop again and it is whitem I feel like they'd be dead if it was a problem. Going to try garlic and vary it up.

 

[Mjrenz]

First time I got clowns I fed them bloodworms (dont kill me). The poop turmed white. A year later I see poop again and it is whitem I feel like they'd be dead if it was a problem. Going to try garlic and vary it up.

Hopefully they do alright for you, if it doesn't clear up the general cure plus focus would be the best treatment to start with