Oscar fish white poop

White feces in fish also called white stringy poop is a fairly common symptom in both freshwater and marine aquarium fish which not always accompanies a certain disease. Aquarium fish not eating and has white poop. Oscar Swollen Stomach - Duration 2 29.

However most of the time the lumpy and or white stringy feces or sometimes even yellow poop in discus fish is a sign of fecal disorders such as internal diseases and in

Oscar fish Let s get to the gut of the problem. Especially if it concerns white poo. White poo again is a sign of intestinal parasites in the fish. Any time a fish has white poo i recommend treating the entire tank with such meds as pimafix which treats 95 of internal and external parasites in on fish. I use pimafix for all of my fish and any parasites they may have. After i saw the white stringy poop last night he started to have another one. However after about a 1 4 inch or so of it being stringy and white it was attached toa normal looking pretty large and girthy red poop. He still cont his above activity ie sitting on bottom for a few min than hovering for a few min.

Ich is a highly infectious disease so if you see white spots on one fish it is likely that the others in the tank have already been exposed. For this reason it is typically better to treat the whole tank rather than quarantining the infected fish. Treatments for ich include salt baths increased tank temperature potassium permanganate No not all white poop in other words hexamita. There are a few remedies but it may need all to cure. You can get metro jungle also makes a metro powder. Gel-tek has metro that you use to feed or put into their food. It may take days to weeks to cure good luck.

Fungal infections fish will swim erratically scratching visible cotton like substance on the skin around the eyes or mouth. The fish may also dart back and forth for no reason. Parasitic infections lethargic excess mucus or slime on the body visible worms or white spots scratching against rocks or wood breathing heavily.