I'm at a loss, really and truly confused by all of this.
Here is what I know:
- tank temp 77-78
- 2 feedings per day of mixed foods. nls 2mm pellet and northfin veggie pellet and cichlid pellet. also feeding hikari algae disc 11mm or something like that. they get soft very quickly and Kai loves them.
- nitrates are mainly kept under 5ppm with a weekly large water change.
- he has had this issue his whole life, or at least since I have had him. Sometimes it seems worse and other times it seems like its gone.
- he eats well, shows awesome coloration and personality and remains active all day long. no heavy breathing no pitting or holes developing in his head, no visual parasites on his skin, eyes are very clear, very responsive with me and his surrounding. he doesn't do and flashing or scratching and he never hides like sick fish tend to do.
The only thing that would indicate something is wrong is his feces which I am starting to wonder if he just has a overly sensitive stomach. Is this a thing with fish? I keep checking his poops recently under a scope and can't find a single thing that looks out of place. nothing moving that for sure, no worm like shapes or any small parasites, literally nothing but organics.
For those who are not aware of some of his history with me I will try and recap.
I got him at 2" back in oct 2016 and he is now over 7". He hurt himself once on a twig near his eye and shortly after developed what I thought was a small pit in his forehead. I am still not sure what it is but part of my thinks is a sensory pit. it has been the same size for 8-9 months and nothing else has developed since. all his other sensory pits look completely normal too. During that time I treated him with metro + focuse and food, also tried using prazipro for internal parasites.
I then bought a microscope and discovered he had worms, I treated with levamisole and wiped them all out over 2 treatments. I literally saw the worms alive in his feces to dead to gone. he has had clean feces now for several months but still has these clear / white poops the odd time. sometimes its a daily thing and other times its like once a month.
I also did a meth blue dip a few times during the metro treatment to ensure no infection / bacteria would form, was mostly precautionary.
I am looking for any feedback / advice that might help. I am more then willing to provide as much information / pictures that I can. Maybe this is something I can't resolve ever?!?!?!
Here is what I know:
- tank temp 77-78
- 2 feedings per day of mixed foods. nls 2mm pellet and northfin veggie pellet and cichlid pellet. also feeding hikari algae disc 11mm or something like that. they get soft very quickly and Kai loves them.
- nitrates are mainly kept under 5ppm with a weekly large water change.
- he has had this issue his whole life, or at least since I have had him. Sometimes it seems worse and other times it seems like its gone.
- he eats well, shows awesome coloration and personality and remains active all day long. no heavy breathing no pitting or holes developing in his head, no visual parasites on his skin, eyes are very clear, very responsive with me and his surrounding. he doesn't do and flashing or scratching and he never hides like sick fish tend to do.
The only thing that would indicate something is wrong is his feces which I am starting to wonder if he just has a overly sensitive stomach. Is this a thing with fish? I keep checking his poops recently under a scope and can't find a single thing that looks out of place. nothing moving that for sure, no worm like shapes or any small parasites, literally nothing but organics.
For those who are not aware of some of his history with me I will try and recap.
I got him at 2" back in oct 2016 and he is now over 7". He hurt himself once on a twig near his eye and shortly after developed what I thought was a small pit in his forehead. I am still not sure what it is but part of my thinks is a sensory pit. it has been the same size for 8-9 months and nothing else has developed since. all his other sensory pits look completely normal too. During that time I treated him with metro + focuse and food, also tried using prazipro for internal parasites.
I then bought a microscope and discovered he had worms, I treated with levamisole and wiped them all out over 2 treatments. I literally saw the worms alive in his feces to dead to gone. he has had clean feces now for several months but still has these clear / white poops the odd time. sometimes its a daily thing and other times its like once a month.
I also did a meth blue dip a few times during the metro treatment to ensure no infection / bacteria would form, was mostly precautionary.
I am looking for any feedback / advice that might help. I am more then willing to provide as much information / pictures that I can. Maybe this is something I can't resolve ever?!?!?!
