Stringy stuff on clowns?

[dylan ringwood]

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alt="" /> hopefully you get see it but a strand of white something underneath it never seen something like this. Thanks

 

[wannabeeareefkeeper]

It's hard to see with the current picture. Anyway to borrow a camera from someone. I did a search here at ARC and found 2 items. Here's the links:

http://www.atlantareefclub.org/forums/showthread.php?t=65686&highlight=Stringy+stuff">http://www.atlantareefclub.org/forums/showthread.php?t=65686&highlight=Stringy+stuff</a>

[IMG]http://www.atlantareefclub.org/forums/showthread.php?t=54166&highlight=Stringy+stuff">http://www.atlantareefclub.org/forums/showthread.php?t=54166&highlight=Stringy+stuff</a>


Not sure if this information is helpful or relates to what you see in your aquarium.


Wannabee

 

[dylan ringwood]

WannabeeaReefKeeper;991574 wrote: It's hard to see with the current picture. Anyway to borrow a camera from someone. I did a search here at ARC and found 2 items. Here's the links:

http://www.atlantareefclub.org/forums/showthread.php?t=65686&highlight=Stringy+stuff">http://www.atlantareefclub.org/forums/showthread.php?t=65686&highlight=Stringy+stuff</a>

[IMG]http://www.atlantareefclub.org/forums/showthread.php?t=54166&highlight=Stringy+stuff">http://www.atlantareefclub.org/forums/showthread.php?t=54166&highlight=Stringy+stuff</a>


Not sure if this information is helpful or relates to what you see in your aquarium.


Wannabee[/QUOTE]
Thank you I read both and thought maybe that was it but I just walked in the door and it was off him and floating in the tank [IMG]http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/10/15/9e78402f7dea6307b23ae054559e58f6.jpg alt="" /> it's just behind the clown

 

[rdnelson]

Looks to me like he didn't clean himself up very well.

 

[dylan ringwood]

rdnelson99;991581 wrote: Looks to me like he didn't clean himself up very well.

I'll take a messy clown over a parasite one any day

 

[rdnelson]

I think it was a normal "movement".

 

[jennm]

Is it stringy poop? If so, they may have intestinal worms - and so might your other fish.

Praziquantel (Prazi-Pro) is good for that. There are some foods that have either Praziquantel or Levamisole in them (or both).

Metronidazole will work too.

In addition to stringy poop, look for pinched bellies or emaciated looking fish, even if they eat well. If they have intestinal worms, the worms rob them of the nutrition they consume.

Don't leave it untreated, it won't end well. And you need to treat all the fish because fish eat each others' poop and they get reinfested.

Jenn

 

[dylan ringwood]

JennM;991617 wrote: Is it stringy poop? If so, they may have intestinal worms - and so might your other fish.

Praziquantel (Prazi-Pro) is good for that. There are some foods that have either Praziquantel or Levamisole in them (or both).

Metronidazole will work too.

In addition to stringy poop, look for pinched bellies or emaciated looking fish, even if they eat well. If they have intestinal worms, the worms rob them of the nutrition they consume.

Don't leave it untreated, it won't end well. And you need to treat all the fish because fish eat each others' poop and they get reinfested.

Jenn

As of right now they seem fine, but I will see if I can't get what they need how long do you normally have to treat them for the worms

 

[dylan ringwood]

And this is the 1st time I've seen this stringy stuff off the clown is it possible to be a 1 time thing? As I look into getting some metronidazole?

 

[jennm]

What have they been eating lately?

Unless they've eaten something weird that would cause their poop to be abnormal (think... Taco Bell... LOL) then it's unlikely that it's a one-time thing.

Jenn

 

[dylan ringwood]

Eating the normal foods pellets mysis and a frozen food that is considered a vegetable for them

 

[dylan ringwood]

Picked up metro today

 

[jennm]

Metronidazole should clean 'em out.