I have a 6 to 7 inch gold saum with white stringy poop. It has been in a 90 gallon for a year with a jag oscar and jd. It is lowest on the pecking order. Currently it is in a 10 gallon hospital tank, two weeks now. I have PM most mods and people I feel know about this condition. I am treating it now with Api genera cure Metronidazole 250 mg Praziquantel 75mg according to package instructions. This is the second round of treatments with salt. I am also soaking its food in meds before feeding. It acts like it has a swim blatter problem, in the 90 he swims sideways and upside down, in the 10 he stays upright on the bottom. It has a hard time feeding on the surface and its stomach is starting to sink. Water conditions are ammonia 0.00 ppm nitrite 0.00 ppm nitrate 0~2 ppm looks closer to 0, ph is high 7.2~7.4 out of the tap, this is an api master water test kit. Water changes are 40 gallons weekly, filtration is ehime 2128 pro 2 and 9 watt u.v. sterilizer. Food is hikari cichlid gold, hikari krill, blood worms & super mill worms, last three are treat about once a week. I quit posting almost a year ago because of conflicts lack of responces and rude pm's. My fish needs help so if you have any idea to cure this we could use the help.
Gold saum
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I will try that but what is the best way? I have also been thinking that maybe it diet is to high in protein and I should get a more veggi pellet.Lupin;4371275; said:
I just read in another forum that freeze dried krill can cause the white poo condition. Anyone ever herd this?
Soak the pellets in garlic juice. What makes white poop harder to diagnose is because there are many causes of it. It can be GI tract lining discharge, internal bacterial/viral problem, internal parasites or even food. If it lost its appetite already, chances are good you may be batting internal bacterial/parasite issue at all.
If the fish is still eating, you can use fresh garlic minced, place the skinned peas in the garlic for a few hours. Feed the peas to the GT this will help the GI tract to purge and clear. If you have been using API General cure with no luck the problem is most likly bactiral. A broad spectrum antibiotic might be needed to clear the infection but start with the peas ASAP if it's eating, If it's not eating go directly to the anitboitic.
Your diet is IMO too high in proteen, I just posted in another thread that I feed about 75% vegitable and 25% animal proteen. I use skinned peas once a week with a daily feedings of Omega One Super Veggie pellets and Hakari Bio-Gold+. I feed an earthworm & some krill once a week but feed vegitable matter every day. It has been my observation that with these guys any meaty foods that don't pass through the digestive system quickly can start to grow bacteria so keeping things moving is important.
Your diet is IMO too high in proteen, I just posted in another thread that I feed about 75% vegitable and 25% animal proteen. I use skinned peas once a week with a daily feedings of Omega One Super Veggie pellets and Hakari Bio-Gold+. I feed an earthworm & some krill once a week but feed vegitable matter every day. It has been my observation that with these guys any meaty foods that don't pass through the digestive system quickly can start to grow bacteria so keeping things moving is important.