Foxface pooping GHA?

[Bender]

Hello everyone,

I recently introduced a Foxface into my Reefer 625 (after 6 week quarantine regimen) a couple weeks ago. He is a pig and has been eating everything I put into the tank; as well as going to town on the GHA. His belly is huge!

My question is it normal for him to basically "poop" stings of GHA? Over the past couple days I see GHA hanging from him as he excretes it.

Thanks!

 

[Redfoxtang]

Are the strings white in color?

 

[Redfoxtang]

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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I would read through this thread to see if this looks familiar to what your seeing!

 

[Bender]

Are the strings white in color?

Not at all, It is almost straight GHA - Almost like he is growing it.

 

[TriggerFinger]

My blenny releases straight nori sometimes after he gorges...I try to mix in meaty foods too

 

[Bender]

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...

www.reef2reef.com

I would read through this thread to see if this looks familiar to what your seeing!

Reading through the initial post, none of these symptoms seem accurate.

He is acting normally, eating away. No odd behavior no white poop. As stated earlier, it is like he is growing GHA from his rectum.

 

[vetteguy53081]

As they eat a lot of vegetation, it is less solid and will pass through fish as such. As long as it isn't white and stringy or cloudy milky, youre a-ok
Some foods you may want to offer it is:
LRS Herbivore diet
Mysis shrimp
Spirulina Brine shrimp
Formula 2 frozen and Flake
Nori seaweed.

ALSO ADD OCCASSIONALLY SELCON VITAMIN AND GARLIC EXTRACT TO ITS' FOODS.

 

[ReeferWarrant]

Like above posts said you should be fine. My Bi Color Blenny does the same with Nori, basically looks like it wasn't digested. The thing with any herbivore is plants are hard to break down for nutrients so it comes out looking similar to how it went in. Hence why herbivores are constantly grazing.

 

[Bender]

As they eat a lot of vegetation, it is less solid and will pass through fish as such. As long as it isn't white and stringy or cloudy milky, youre a-ok
Some foods you may want to offer it is:
LRS Herbivore diet
Mysis shrimp
Spirulina Brine shrimp
Formula 2 frozen and Flake
Nori seaweed.

ALSO ADD OCCASSIONALLY SELCON VITAMIN AND GARLIC EXTRACT TO ITS' FOODS.

I offer Frozen Hikari Mysis Shrimp and Frozen Hikari Spirulina Brine Shrimp daily in the evenings to everyone - usually a frozen cube of each/day. When home during weekends, days off they get fed 2-3 times a day.

Occasionally i give them Straight Brine Shrimp along with the above. I have Nori, but do not use it for the Foxface yet because i'm trying to get him to eat up the GHA.

LRS or Rod's - Are they advisable ontop of the above? I had rod's reef food years ago on an old tank. I like feeding a variety but not sure if I am already touching all basis - Midas Blenny, Foxface, Yellow Crois Wrasse, Two firefish, Royal Gramma. In qurrantine I have two clownfish and longnose hawkfish.

Like above posts said you should be fine. My Bi Color Blenny does the same with Nori, basically looks like it wasn't digested. The thing with any herbivore is plants are hard to break down for nutrients so it comes out looking similar to how it went in. Hence why herbivores are constantly grazing.

This is good news thank you. I was hopping it was him just passing it through since he's eaten so much of it.

 

[Reeffraff]

GHA is not an easy algae to digest. This, combined with the fact that your fish is eating a lot of it means that gut passage time will be shorter for an already hard to digest food. The end result is what you're observing. High amounts of poorly digested GHA in the feces. Just make sure you're offering the fish a variety of other, high energy foods as it's not likely extracting much from the GHA.