Juvenile clownfish with long stringy white poop

[jkim047]

I saw the stringy white poop on Saturday night and dosed with prazipro in the DT. They seemed slightly more energetic since then, but just now, I noticed more stringy white poop. Is it safe to dose General Cure today or Metro? Or should I wait til 5-7 from the first dose of Prazipro?

 

[MnFish1]

IMHO - before dosing anything more
1. How long have you had the fish
2. Was it quarantined
3. any other fish sick, etc.

See this link in the meantime:

Are really stringy white poops a sign of internal parasites or is it a myth?

In the disease part of the forum – it comes a lot of advises according handling stringy white poops that often show up when you buy a new fish. The general answer to this is that the fish have internal parasites – treat ASP and it is often recommended to treat with Metronidazole or its...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[jkim047]

IMHO - before dosing anything more
1. How long have you had the fish
2. Was it quarantined
3. any other fish sick, etc.

See this link in the meantime:

Are really stringy white poops a sign of internal parasites or is it a myth?

In the disease part of the forum – it comes a lot of advises according handling stringy white poops that often show up when you buy a new fish. The general answer to this is that the fish have internal parasites – treat ASP and it is often recommended to treat with Metronidazole or its...

www.reef2reef.com

1. I got them on Friday.
2. No quarantine. They were in copper at the LFS.
3. No other livestock.

 

[MnFish1]

1. I got them on Friday.
2. No quarantine. They were in copper at the LFS.
3. No other livestock.

Read the thread that I posted - and see what you think. (especially the first one from @Lasse)

 

[Lasse]

Are they eating and acting naturally (if a clown can do that ) ?

Sincerely Lasse

 

[jkim047]

Are they eating and acting naturally (if a clown can do that ) ?

Sincerely Lasse

They seem slightly low energy, but have been staying near the overflow. They will swim vertically with their head down a couple times a day, but not for that long. you can see a dark area in the orange one's belly. not sure if that's normal, but his color seems faded.

 

[DE FISH]

I had this with a clownfish only way i could resolve the problem was with panacur binded to the food with focus. Metro never solved the issue for me.

as per humblefish


Using a shot glass:

• 1 tbsp food (preferably pellets or frozen food)
• 1 scoop (~ 1/8 teaspoon) of medication (Fenbendazole)(panacur)
• 1 scoop Seachem Focus (this helps to bind the medication to food – but Fenbendazole is NOT reef safe)
• A pinch of Epsom salt to help expel dead worms/parasites
• A few drops of saltwater or fish vitamins
• Stir until a medicated food slurry has been achieved
• Feed after soaking for 30 mins
• Refrigerate or freeze any leftovers for future use

 

[Lasse]

See this. If they do not eat and seems shy and dark colouration you may need medication. I´m with Jay that treatment #4 (from the first post in that thread) normally is the way to go

Sincerely Lasse

 

[jkim047]

See this. If they do not eat and seems shy and dark colouration you may need medication. I´m with Jay that treatment #4 (from the first post in that thread) normally is the way to go

Sincerely Lasse

They are eating and don't seem shy. They'll be curious when I come up to the tank to feed.

 

[DE FISH]

They are eating and don't seem shy. They'll be curious when I come up to the tank to feed.

Mine was the same was eating like a pig but never gained any weight

 

[jkim047]

Mine was the same was eating like a pig but never gained any weight

Since I already dosed the DP with PraziPro only a couple days ago, do you think i should wait to bind med to food? Or can i do that now?

 

[Lasse]

For me - if a fish eat but not gain weight - dosing prazipro is good way to handle that (IMO)
If not eat, shy, dark coloured and white tiny poop - metradizanole

I would wait some day before doing anything more. Feed with frozen adult artemia

Sincerely Lasse

 

[DE FISH]

Since I already dosed the DP with PraziPro only a couple days ago, do you think i should wait to bind med to food? Or can i do that now?

You can wait but sounds so familiar to what I was dealing with I tried everything even imported metroplex from the states to the uk panacur sorted it out. But as you’ve already treated I’d hold back a week see how it plays out prazi/fluke solve never worked for me even when soaked in food

 

[Sharkbait19]

The clowns being in copper at the store wouldn't really solve internal parasites. Copper is more for treating ich and similar diseases, and it only works if kept at the proper levels. PraziPro, although good for treating flukes, doesn't necessarily extend beyond that one disease. Metroplex is also not meant for internal parasites, it's used more for ich and hexamita worms (HLLE). You may want to consider other medicines such as panacur or Fritz Expel-P.

 

[Lasse]

it's used more for ich and hexamita worms (HLLE).

Not really - it is effective against hexamita like flagellates in the digestive tract.
praziquantel is also effective against internal worms

Sincerely Lasse

 

[Grumblez]

White stringy poop alone does not indicate internal parasites. It can be a result of diet (not eating enough or what they eat)You already did one dose so might as well do a second of prazi to cover your bases but I wouldn't stress.

It's true copper won't really treat internal parasites but should at a minimum keep internal parasites from spreading from fish to fish and I would be surprised if they came from ORA to LFS with internal parasites off some sort.

 

[MnFish1]

White stringy poop alone does not indicate internal parasites. It can be a result of diet (not eating enough or what they eat)You already did one dose so might as well do a second of prazi to cover your bases but I wouldn't stress.

It's true copper won't really treat internal parasites but should at a minimum keep internal parasites from spreading from fish to fish and I would be surprised if they came from ORA to LFS with internal parasites off some sort.

I do not think this is 'for sure'. I have to say - I dont know a lot about the advanced lifecycle of internal parasites in various fish - but my guess would be that the parasites excreted in feces - at least some of them - would be some kind of cyst - as compared to a whole parasite. Thus - my strong intuition is that I would not rely on copper to affect the spread of internal parasites.

 

[DE FISH]

White stringy poop alone does not indicate internal parasites. It can be a result of diet (not eating enough or what they eat)You already did one dose so might as well do a second of prazi to cover your bases but I wouldn't stress.

It's true copper won't really treat internal parasites but should at a minimum keep internal parasites from spreading from fish to fish and I would be surprised if they came from ORA to LFS with internal parasites off some sort.

Perhaps not however they can get internal parasites from the LFS