Emperor Angel White Poop

[Dunshster]

To start: I have had my 120 gallon tank settup with 200 lb's liverock for nearly a year with the most recent additions 3.5-4 months ago which were a few lyretail anthias and an emperor angel.

I feed the tank formula 1 pellets, formula 2 pellets, New life spectrum, frozen mysis, blood worms, and a few other frozen packs. I mix all the frozen stuff in a bowl and add kent marine zoe, a drop of garlic xtreme, and selcon. I also give them a couple strips of seaweed a week.

Ammonia and nitrate are 0 and nitrate is always steady around 5.

I have never actually seen my emperor angel poop until today and it was pretty white. He is acting 100% normal and is still eating like a pig, I just fed him again and am hoping to see if he will poop again.

Do you think this is some sort of parasite? or can this be a normal occurance, I really love this fish and do not want to loose it.

Thank you very much for your time.
-Chris

 

[jnc914]

Was it stringy white poop? If it was , then it is likely an internal parasite, as most of the Large Angel group tend to carry some sort of parasite either externally or internally. There are several ways to ensure that the fish is not carrying parasites. You could do a formalin bath, or treat the entire tank with Praziquantel (aka Prazi-Pro), or remove fish to a QT and treat with Metronizdol(spelling?). All of the prior mentioned dips or medications are effective with both internal and external parasites. I have luck in the past with Prazi and the Metro- doses in the display. Never use Formalin in the display, it can be poisonous to coral and inverts, as it contains formaldehyde. Good Luck.