I am new here this is the second tank I have ever had I got two clown fish two weeks ago and one just started acting funny it is sluggish has no appetite one red spot once and awhile it darts erratically and always has strings of feces hanging
Help please!!!!!
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melypr1985
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Is the poop white and stringy?
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melypr1985
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Ok, so i suspect internal parasites. Here's how to treat
Internal/intestinal parasites:
Symptoms - Internal parasites are also “worms,” but these target a fish’s intestines. As a result, the main symptom is white stringy poop. It has to be white; brown stringy poop, for example, can just mean intestinal irritation which requires no treatment.
Treatment options - API General Cure (a medication containing both praziquantel and metronidazole). Some species of internal worms are resistant to prazi, while others are resistant to metro, but usually not both. :wink: Seachem MetroPlex can be dosed directly in QT, or soaking fish food with it provides an alternative (and reef safe) treatment option. Two other available options are: Paracide-X (mixed in food) and Paracide-D (in-tank treatment).
Internal/intestinal parasites:
Symptoms - Internal parasites are also “worms,” but these target a fish’s intestines. As a result, the main symptom is white stringy poop. It has to be white; brown stringy poop, for example, can just mean intestinal irritation which requires no treatment.
Treatment options - API General Cure (a medication containing both praziquantel and metronidazole). Some species of internal worms are resistant to prazi, while others are resistant to metro, but usually not both. :wink: Seachem MetroPlex can be dosed directly in QT, or soaking fish food with it provides an alternative (and reef safe) treatment option. Two other available options are: Paracide-X (mixed in food) and Paracide-D (in-tank treatment).
melypr1985
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Metro in that medication is an antibiotic and I think it will help with the red sore as well as help with the internal parasites
melypr1985
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I would treat with metronidazole. Seachem Metroplex and Fishvet's Metro-MS are two commercially available products. Metro will a) Treat the intestinal worms (white stringy poop) and b) Treats both Brooklynella and Uronema marinum (which that red spot may be.) If the red spot persists, I would add a broad spectrum antibiotic such as Kanaplex and/or Furan-2.
Is the fish in QT or in the DT?
Is the fish in QT or in the DT?
You can try soaking metro in fish food using Seachem Focus as the binder. However, if he isn't eating much then I fear he may not get enough of the medication inside his intestines. So it would be best to place him in a QT so you can dose metro directly into the water.
However, I would continue to feed metro to your DT just in case this has spread to any of your other fish.
melypr1985
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good call Doc. The metro on it's own would be better than getting less of a dose of it when combined in a med like the one i suggested above. especially if that's uronema
Metro is becoming more & more useful to me. I recently successfully treated a BSJ for that dreaded "Blue Spot Jawfish Disease" using metro & kanaplex and it worked great. I was even able to add sand to the QT whilst treating him to make the fish more comfortable.
melypr1985
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Really good to know. I would love to get another BSJ but I'm terrified to lose another one to this disease.
melypr1985
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That's a humblefish question so I'll let him answer it. It's tuff because uronema doesn't need a host to live so there's no fallow period that will make it safe for that clown to return. We just dont know if it's that or brook. Hense the reason I leave this part to humble. He's the man when it comes to this stuff
For now I would only assume the clownfish has intestinal worms; the white stringy poop supports this. No big deal there really, as metro will knock it out.
Now the red spot could be uronema or possibly a bacterial infection. We just have to wait & see if/how it spreads.
For now, there is no reason to go fallow so long you are soaking metro in the fish's food in the DT.
Now the red spot could be uronema or possibly a bacterial infection. We just have to wait & see if/how it spreads.
For now, there is no reason to go fallow so long you are soaking metro in the fish's food in the DT.
