Sophia Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 I reckon it was a worm. This is what I found today in my super wonderful perfect tank - noone has ever been sick in here ever! Never been mixed with the fish that was sick in my other thread, never been overcrowded. It looked like it was coming from the anus and though it was getting caught around the fins and antennae (? :oops: ) and whipped about all over the place it did look alive. While I mulled over which vet to spend the rest of my pay at, one of the other gourami sidled up and bit it off him. I caught it and took it out. It tapered at the end and I couldn't see an end like the worms that attach to the body. So... time for some Droncit or Panacur then? Looks like it hasn't been my week with fish ailments &c:ry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 white poop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted May 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 ooh that's a surprise. It really looks like a poop in the last photo but it was so swirly when attached. His friends wanted to snack on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 :sick: :sick: :sick: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted May 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 one fish's poop is another fish's treasure :thup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted May 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 good news, I found another one and it was definitely a poop - phew! sorry about the poop thread everyone :sml1: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshlikesfish Posted May 30, 2011 Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 We all love a good poop thread :sage: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted May 30, 2011 Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 What are you feeding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ichthus Posted May 30, 2011 Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 What are you feeding? ooh that's a surprise. It really looks like a poop in the last photo but it was so swirly when attached. His friends wanted to snack on it Feeding white poop - apparently... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted May 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 Feeding white poop - apparently...haha - sort of they get white/grindal/black/micro worms, daphnia/mozzies/bugs, thawed brine shrimp/bloodworm, flake food and tiny fish bits all sorts of things. it might also have had a go at a bit of shrimp pellet or sinking wafer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarrodrussell Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 one fish's poop is another fish's treasure :thup: +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted June 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 2 of the infamous White Poopers were found dead on the gravel within a short distance from each other yesterday afternoon. One had a bump along it's back and gill/cheek area was reddish, the other was perfect except for some redness around the middle of the tail. Too small to see anything other than major damage, of which there doesn't seem to be any. Unfortunately ran out of nitrate test kit but ammonia and Ph were all fine. The only other difference now is that the biggest gourami is now looking particularly unsociable and hanging out at the back of the tank. All I can put it down to is either aggression among the 4 or they ate something that didn't agree with them. For dinner the night before they'd had microworms and some dried brine shrimp, nothing spectacular or out of the ordinary. The other remaining fish is unperturbed and continues to mill around the tank as if nothing happened... maybe he is the guilty one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted June 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 What are you feeding? Alan, is there something you were thinking of that isn't good to feed them? Also this evening saw a CPD briefly chase a gourami away from the food so I wonder could they have done it! :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 White poop can relate to what they have eaten. eg Whitworms. It is not normally white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted June 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 Hmm I also wondered if they are eating any eggs the CPDs are laying since the females are usually fat but I haven't seen any fry yet. They don't get white worms more than once a week or 2, my stock isn't very high at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted June 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 On Sunday I moved the white pooper to the cory tank where the diet is different, and no alleged eggs to chomp on. After 3 days of being down there, the only poop I have seen on him is a very long brown one. He is also now quite grumpy being in a bare tank. Gourami 2 that was left behind in the planted tank currently has a white poop, where before he didn't have any because he didn't get to live in and among the moss log. Detective FishHead has now closed the case of the White Pooper. Next I will see if I get any CPD fry when there isn't someone combing the area looking for snacks. :smln: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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