Intestinal parasites? Please Help

[Craig Lambert]

I have two true perculas that have been in my 75G display tank for 3 weeks, and both (on occassion) exibit one of the symptoms of intestinal parasites. Every few days they will have stringy white poop. They show no other signs. They are very active swimmers and excellent eaters. I have a QT tank set up to treat them with metronidazole, but there is no way in hell I can catch either of them. I'm tempted just to give them garlic soaked food and see if they recover on their own. (In the event they actually have something). There is only one other fish in the tank (a royal gramma), so they really aren't under any stress. It's a 75G with a 100 lbs lr. What should I do?

 

[ezhoops]

IME sometimes clowns with exhibit strigy white poop for unknow reasons, maybe stress,etc. I know I have a pair of ocellaris that the male once in a while has white stringy poop and he never has or had a disease. I say its just stress sometimes, but not always. If he shows no other symptons I would just keep a close eye on him. Treat in QT if necessary. Fish traps work great. You must use it for a couple days though