Fish with yellow stringy poop

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Jack Dempsey
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Jul 20, 2012
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Hello, I noticed my flowerhorn has yellow stringy poop that does not get excreted out easily. The poop becomes attached but will eventually fall off maybe after few hours or so?? The poop has little tiny yellow looking dots in it. I noticed this about a week and half ago and he has been lethargic since then.

Water parameters are all within normal range, temp is 82 F.

I was thinking maybe it's parasites but I've only fed him dried pellets and nothing has changed for the past 3 years. Skeptical how the parasites would've been introduced. Has anyone seen this before? Please provide me with your insight, thanks!

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