Weird long and clear feces

skr791346 · Mar 18, 2019

Has anyone seen fish poop like this? Definitely different from the white stringy internal parasite poop. It looks like phlegm, long stringy clear outer casing with little round brown masses inside. (Similar to frogspawn cluster, rough sketch attached)

Wrasse has gone through Copper, GC (dosed & oral), metro and been in DT for about a month. Her abdomen looks a bit swollen too but she did recently just eat before the picture. Eating and swimming around normally.

Frtdrmrose7 · Mar 18, 2019

skr791346 said:
Has anyone seen fish poop like this? Definitely different from the white stringy internal parasite poop. It looks like phlegm, long stringy clear outer casing with little round brown masses inside. (Similar to frogspawn cluster, rough sketch attached)

Wrasse has gone through Copper, GC (dosed & oral), metro and been in DT for about a month. Her abdomen looks a bit swollen too but she did recently just eat before the picture. Eating and swimming around normally.

I’ve never seen that before but maybe @HotRocks or @4FordFamily has.

MTBake · Mar 18, 2019

I've never seen anything like this either.

Following to see what this is.

skr791346 · Mar 18, 2019

I highlighted one of the pics / you can almost make out the brown round masses inside the clear casing. Very odd

Frtdrmrose7 · Mar 18, 2019

Are you sure that’s fecies and not part of his sleeping cocoon? It looks like it’s coming from the Anus but I have to ask.

Brad Miller · Mar 18, 2019

Frtdrmrose7 said:
Are you sure that’s fecies and not part of his sleeping cocoon? It looks like it’s coming from the Anus but I have to ask.

Good suggestion !

skr791346 · Mar 18, 2019

Frtdrmrose7 said:
Are you sure that’s fecies and not part of his sleeping cocoon? It looks like it’s coming from the Anus but I have to ask.

Yup, definitely being expelled from anus. He's been out all day and pic was taken middle of the day after feeding.

VSVP bet · Mar 18, 2019

Strange for sure, no idea, following.

drstardust · Mar 18, 2019

+1 to the no idea pool. Never seen such a thing. Hoping that someone will know for sure and I learn something new today

4FordFamily · Mar 18, 2019

Yeah that’s a new one to me as well. Is he still dragging it along?

Big G · Mar 18, 2019

Hexamita can cause white or clear feces. Best to treat with Metro + Focus + food so it gets directly to the gut. Treat for 10-14 days.

skr791346 · Mar 19, 2019

4FordFamily said:
Yeah that’s a new one to me as well. Is he still dragging it along?

When I checked during lunch, it was no longer there. Seem to have expelled it out completely.

Big G said:
Hexamita can cause white or clear feces. Best to treat with Metro + Focus + food so it gets directly to the gut. Treat for 10-14 days.

I'll try another round of oral treatment and hopefully it improves.

I'm wondering if fenbendazole soaked food might be better than GC or Metro soaked food? Her belly does seem a bit more swollen still than usual but this picture from today was taken a few hours after feeding.

Big G · Mar 19, 2019

Another option: http://www.americanaquariumproducts.com/AquariumMedication3.html#piperazine

skr791346 · Mar 19, 2019

Big G said:
Another option: http://www.americanaquariumproducts.com/AquariumMedication3.html#piperazine

A bit nervous about trying Piperazine, not much info on that medication online whether it's safe to use in a reef tank after soaking in food. :\

enthb · Dec 18, 2019

I know this thread is a little old but I was wondering if anyone figured this out. I have a scribbled boxfish in quarantine that just did this exact same thing to the drawing above.

You can see at the very bottom of the cup its like a strip of mucous with brown dots in it. I am new to the hobby and I may be overfeeding. I give it hikari marine A pellets one here and there throughout the day and a frozen feeding in the evening. It has brown feces with clear stringy sometime but it isn't white and stringy. It is eating like crazy and always begs for food. Ive had it in quarantine a little over a week now. It acts energetic and healthy but Im just not comfortable pulling the trigger to treat if it might be unnecessary.