Does my clown have worms?

Biff0rz · Nov 17, 2020

Tonight when feeding I noticed some white poop hanging from him. I'm not sure if this is considered 'white stringy poop' but it wasn't coming off easily under flow. Pic and vid attached.
Note - in qt (76 days) I treated with prazi.

sunken3 · Nov 17, 2020

he could.. but it could just be poop... would have to see what falls off to really know.

Biff0rz · Nov 17, 2020

sunken3 said:
he could.. but it could just be poop... would have to see what falls off to really know.

What should I look for when it falls off?

code4 · Nov 17, 2020

If you can treat him I would. Better safe than sorry and I have done it in display tank and no ill effects. Good luck

sunken3 · Nov 17, 2020

lol... i meant if you could see it fall off... and get it (or pull it from the fish)... if it wiggles... its not a poop

sunken3 · Nov 17, 2020

some fish have worms... i have never had a fish (that i know of) have ill effects from worms.. (now kittens and puppies.. totally different story). .. but i may have just been lucky.

Biff0rz · Nov 17, 2020

code4 said:
If you can treat him I would. Better safe than sorry and I have done it in display tank and no ill effects. Good luck

So prazi won't harm anything in a reef tank? What worries me is I already treated it once in qt and both clowns qt'd for 76 days. How do butterfly fish respond to prazi? And can this spread?

Biff0rz · Nov 17, 2020

sunken3 said:
some fish have worms... i have never had a fish (that i know of) have ill effects from worms.. (now kittens and puppies.. totally different story). .. but i may have just been lucky.

He's eating fine and his stomach is not sunken or malformed. Maybe this is ok??

sunken3 · Nov 17, 2020

Biff0rz said:
He's eating fine and his stomach is not sunken or malformed. Maybe this is ok??

me? i'd just keep an eye on him.

i have a cow fish that left a 4 inch reddish brown turd curled up on my frag rack a few days ago.. sometimes they are just there to gross you out.

code4 · Nov 17, 2020

I have angels and butterflies. No ill effects. I have treated mine more than once also. There is another medication mixture for hard to eradicate worms. But you can just watch and decide later. Good luck. Beautiful fish.