Clownfish with stringy brown poop

[ruckuss]

Hey guys,

This morning I noticed my snowflake clown has a long stringy brown poop.. not white.. Its is still stuck to him., has been for at least a couple hours.

Any thoughts? Parasites? Treatment?

thanks,
SR

[ruckuss]

wow.. nothing?

[aadams22]

Well i was watching this post because my rainsford goby had a similar problem, but hes not doing well (cant get him to eat)

 

But he doesnt appear to have any other issues

[ruckuss]

My clown seems to have recovered.. I put him in QT, and monitored him for a bit.. Hope your goby recovers

[ajmckay]

Brown poop = good

 

White poop = bad

 

common causes are parasites, sometimes bacteria. Hopefully you've seen the last of it but it wouldn't hurt to keep it in QT for a bit just to be sure it's eating well and behaving normally.

[Benny314]

Ever heard the phrase 'You are what you eat'?

The food the fish are feeding on will affect their bowl movements just like us humans.

My tang has looser often green ish poop as it is constantly grazing on algae on my rocks as well as nori, where as things like my clown and chromis will have browner stickier poop as they tend to be eating high protein meaty foods apart from days they are fed flake and pellets at which point they have a bit of a 'drier' lighter coloured flaky and loose poop as there is no meat fats etc to bind it up.

 

Fish need a balanced and healthy mixed diet to keep them healthy and ensure they are getting all the nutrients needed to keep their colour and immune systems up.

 

Unfortunately a fish not eating is always bad news as they soon loose strength and ability to fight off infection. Again a balanced mixed diet helps keep the fish healthy in the first place reducing risk of sickness in the long run.