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One of my clown has this string white poop? Is this normal?
He is still eating and swim normally.
My water parameters were ok on Saturday(weekly maintenance)
The only new additons were 4 corals
Is this normal poop from my clown?
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One of my clown has this string white poop? Is this normal?
He is still eating and swim normally.
My water parameters were ok on Saturday(weekly maintenance)
The only new additons were 4 corals
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IME stringy white poop is a symptom ... you’ll definetly be best served looking this one up ... put in “stringy white poop” and voila’. ....
can't see the video but my clowns always have white poop for what its worth and they seem happy as a clam (?)
I recall seeing something about people saying their clowns have white poop and that is ok - but generally white poop in other fish is an issue?? Idk
I recall seeing something about people saying their clowns have white poop and that is ok - but generally white poop in other fish is an issue?? Idk
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My clown had this when he wasn’t eating when I first got him. I found “parasites” as a possibility. Treated with PraziPro, but I noticed it afterward as well. The more I researched, the more confused I got. There were lots of conflicting opinions. It doesn’t seem like there is a downside to the PraziPro though.
Hope you find a solution you are comfortable with.
Hope you find a solution you are comfortable with.
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True, but w/o seeing it could be bad or yeah..nothing ..... next to white dots stringy poop always gets my attention .... can you repost vid I cant see it either?
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As stated, this is a symptom. It can be caused by bacterial infection, protozoan infection (Spironucleus), metazoans (worms), diet changes and for no apparent reason at all (and probably some of those are viral issues). Common in clownfish, I generally don't treat unless there is a second symptom. API's General Cure has ingredients that will help the serious causes for this, but I do have a problem with people trying to dose this orally. All oral meds are dosed at X mg of medication per kg of fish weight. When you soak food in a med, you have no idea how much is actually absorbed in the food, you don't know how much your fish weigh, and you don't know how much they ate! With all variables being uncontrolled like that, only pure luck will land you on the right dose.
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Hey Jay, thank you for the input.
I do see another option was Seachem Metroplex with Seachem Focus would be better rather than General Cure.
So with your suggestion, I will keep an eye on him.
What 2nd symptoms should I be looking for?
BTW this was this is same clown that was sucked in on my powerhead couple weeks back.
Will my clownfish ok after sucked in jebao powerhead?
Dang it . Just found this guy got sucked in the jebao wave.. with fish guard on it. I don't know how long he was in there. It's like he was just sleeping on the bottom part of the fish guard. Hopefully he'll make it through. After I shut the pump off and free him from it, he was just laying...
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So - the history of this fish getting sucked onto a powerhead would definitely be a "second symptom (grin). Metroplex/Focus has the same issue with getting a good dose, but I've not heard of any toxic reactions from folks that have tried it, so evidently the method isn't prone to over-dosing.Hey Jay, thank you for the input.
I do see another option was Seachem Metroplex with Seachem Focus would be better rather than General Cure.
So with your suggestion, I will keep an eye on him.
What 2nd symptoms should I be looking for?
BTW this was this is same clown that was sucked in on my powerhead couple weeks back.
Will my clownfish ok after sucked in jebao powerhead?
Dang it . Just found this guy got sucked in the jebao wave.. with fish guard on it. I don't know how long he was in there. It's like he was just sleeping on the bottom part of the fish guard. Hopefully he'll make it through. After I shut the pump off and free him from it, he was just laying...
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Well... Ok what should I do?
Metroplex/Focus?
Or GC?
And do I treat the other clown too?
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I would use metroplex/focus, both fish, since they are in the same tank.
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Well.. there is another fish. A Bicolor blenny. But I have not seen him eat pellets and maybe eating thaw frozen foods(algae marine/mysis/brine) so I guess just soaked the frozen food and go from there. 3 weeks once a day?
Thank you
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I would feed smaller amount, but twice a day. You really should see resolution in 10 days if it’s going to work. I always worry about going longer than that with any med except copper.
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