White stringy thing hanging from clownfish

[saltyphish]

Order some prazi pro online at marinedepot.com or bulkreefsupply.com. Don't risk it. Stringy white poop hanging on the fish is a good indication of parasites. The treatment won't harm the fish especially since you said it is eating really well. Sometimes I have noticed prazi can make them eat less. But you want to make sure, otherwise if your fish does have parasites it will slowly waste away while you think it is doing great. Best advice you can get.

 

[Luka]

How can they advertise it as a parasitic disease expellant?

 

[Naiad]

And I quote "MICROBE-LIFT/Herbtana supports the fish's immune
system, driving off the excess parasites. Since they cannot
return to the fish during that treatment, the majority of the
parasites will starve without a host. So, although MICROBELIFT/
Herbtana does not directly kill parasites, it is
ultimately responsible for their death."

 

[Luka]

I am going to go back to my LFS and see if he has the other stuff that I fuse with the food if not then I will get prazi

 

[Naiad]

Key words excess and majority.

 

[melypr1985]

I am going to go back to my LFS and see if he has the other stuff that I fuse with the food

Focus by Seachem

 

[Naiad]

And metro if you are going that route. It will take care of all intestinal parasites nit just worms

 

[Luka]

Okay so that's the best way to go? Is it difficult fusing them together?

 

[Luka]

Now this particular fish wasn't eating and he started today could that mean anything?

 

[Naiad]

Not really difficult to make it just taste horrible so most fish don't eat lots. I would also pick up garlic to help hide the taste.

 

[Naiad]

He is probably just stressed from all the commotion. I am assuming he was wild caught. The fact he started eating means he settled in. It also means he is still in good shape. When a fish with internal parasites won't it is a fast decline.

 

[Luka]

It wont be too late if I get that stuff tomorrow? And garlic like store garlic? I think he was captive bred.

 

[melypr1985]

It wont be too late if I get that stuff tomorrow? And garlic like store garlic? I think he was captive bred.

You can use the juice from store garlic as long as the ingredients ONLY list garlic and nothing else. You can buy garlic extract at your LFS for this purpose though. The best way to go is to use the Metro in a QT tank. You can feed it to them using Focus to bind the metro to the food. Either of these should work, though dosing the water in a QT is the best method IMO

 

[Naiad]

Unlike others internal parasites are slow killers. You should be ok if you can't get the stuff until tomorrow. Just remember he should be considered contagious so if you have other fish treat them as well.

 

[Luka]

I don't have a QT tank....so what do I do now. I am noticing a white cloudishy spot very small in his eyes. I can't tell if it is on the other fish as well, he doesn't swim up to me. Is it just the lights or should I be worried about this too?

 

[Naiad]

That is a shame that a captive breed fish was exposed. If you do a little reading on here you will find that a qt doesn't have to actually be a tank. There are many simple and cheap options.

 

[Luka]

Its not the white lights just turned on the blue, its located in the center of the eye.

 

[Naiad]

Very possible it is flukes. The meds for the internal parasites will kill these too.

 

[Luka]

I feel bad for him... So if I need to treat them all whats the point of QT? And thanks for your help guys i really appreciate it. I hope this thread helps others as well.

 

[melypr1985]

I feel bad for him... So if I need to treat them all whats the point of QT? And thanks for your help guys i really appreciate it. I hope this thread helps others as well.

So, if you bind the metro to their food using Focus you can keep them in the DT and just medicate with their food. A QT is important becuase the best way to use metro is by dosing the water. Metro could cause harm to other inhabitants in your tank, like inverts, so it's best done in a separate tank. especially if you have to use antibiotics to treat bacterial infections caused by the flukes (if they are indeed present). antibiotics cant be done in the display