so white poop is bad?

[z32tt]

my clownfish has been pooping white for about a month now. he eats like a pig and exhibits no odd behavior too

 

[abugs1985]

Generally white stringy waste means an internal bacterial infection...strange that it's been that way for a month. Is your clown an ocellaris or a perc? False percs have much better immunity...this may explain why it's been wasting white for a month and still exhibiting normal behavior and not acting sick.

 

[z32tt]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7339513#post7339513 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by abugs1985
Generally white stringy waste means an internal bacterial infection...strange that it's been that way for a month. Is your clown an ocellaris or a perc? False percs have much better immunity...this may explain why it's been wasting white for a month and still exhibiting normal behavior and not acting sick.

ocellaris

 

[stykthyn]

what are you feeding him?

 

[z32tt]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7344453#post7344453 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by stykthyn
what are you feeding him?

OSI marine flake, twice daily.
mysis shrimp once a week

 

[besl]

This is an interesting thread as I noticed my orchid dottyback did this last night... should I be concerned? is there some pre-emptive action I should take? any prognosis - time/probability of suvival?

 

[evilfrog]

its called brookylena don't know about the spelling though and yes it is an internal infection. try to feed it a variety of foods and increase the nutriton by soaking the food in selcon.

-good luck

 

[abugs1985]

Brooklynella is generally known as "clown fish' disease" however many other fish can catch it as well. Agreed with evilfrogs statement...selcon works well. Vitamins for your fish are good to use regularly! Also try dipping food in garlic juices...garlic naturally increases fish immunity...pretty neat!

 

[reefNetWork]

what kind of garlic do you use for fish?

 

[angelsj247]

i think theres some kind of kent garlic you can buy.. othewise you can get a clove of garlic at the grocery store, chop it up and get as much juice as you can out of it.

 

[akbuuur]

very interesting

 

[abugs1985]

yeah...thats what I do...just crush up a clove and take the extracted juices and dip some fish food in it.

 

[besl]

Xtreme Garlic by Kent