Discus Poo Question

[beechey]

ive had a few poo`s recently that are floaters lol should i be worried?
is this common as its a first for me

 

[Colin_T]

ive had a few poo`s recently that are floaters lol should i be worried?

rofl

sorry but the way that is phrased is funny.
I hope the statement is actually about your fish and not you

if the fish are fed a lot of dry food it often causes them to ingest air as well. The air passes through their body and mixes with the poo, thus causing floaters

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

Have you been feeding a lot of beef heart?

 

[beechey]

no the opposite i aint fed them beefheart for about 3 weeks just dry food

 

[beechey]

honest its about my fish lol
phrased that way onperpuse ha ha

ive had a few poo`s recently that are floaters lol should i be worried?

rofl

sorry but the way that is phrased is funny.
I hope the statement is actually about your fish and not you

if the fish are fed a lot of dry food it often causes them to ingest air as well. The air passes through their body and mixes with the poo, thus causing floaters

 

[rabbut]

if the fish are fed a lot of dry food it often causes them to ingest air as well. The air passes through their body and mixes with the poo, thus causing floaters

no the opposite i aint fed them beefheart for about 3 weeks just dry food

I think Colin hit the nail on the head

Constant dry food feedings can also caurse constipation, so I'd try get some fresh/frozen/live food in there also. This should fix the issue of floaters and avoid constipation

All the best

Rabbut

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

no the opposite i aint fed them beefheart for about 3 weeks just dry food

Ah ok, sometimes fat can cause feces to float, something to do with the density I believe. But if that's not the case then I would definitley agree with the others.

 

[beechey]

thanks for the replys i used to buy my beefheart of someone from ebay but he no longer seems to sell it
where else can i buy it like in big a4 sheets?

 

[rabbut]

You need more that just Beefheart and dry for a healthy diet. Keep em on BH and dry for too long and you will get HITH sooner or later

I personally don't feed BH, as I have read that it can caurse fatty liver diease, though for the sake of me, I can't find the source.

Mine get dryed 2 feeds a day (Vipakraft Discusin) and Tropical Qunitette twice a day also, which is a mix of five frozen foods

All the best
Rabbut

 

[beechey]

i have lots of different dry foods mix it up all the time
my discus eat any thing not fussy atall

 

[rabbut]

An all dried food, or majority dried food, diet still isn't good. With the short digestive tract of the Discus fish, they are increadibly prone to, erm, blockages, from dried food. You want at least a 50-50 split between fresh/frozen/live and your dry pellets for long term health. Having more than one dry food type though is good, as it reduces the chance of any vitamin defficiencies from one food

 

[beechey]

i still feed them prawns and pea`s and they eat the clown loaches cuebumber, and beef heat flakes

i was just one discus that had the floaters lol

 

[Colin_T]

You can usually buy beef hearts from a butcher, however as mentioned it shouldn't be a mainstay of their diet. As part of a varied diet it can be used but the fish do better on marine based foods like raw fish, shrimp/ prawn, and squid or octopus. They will also eat worms (earthworms or other types of small worm), insects and insect larvae, daphnia, brineshrimp and other small crustaceans. They should also get some dry food as well.

The more variety they get the better they do and the fewer problems you will have if you are no longer able to get a particular food. Sometimes the fish go on hunger strikes when their diet is changed or you are no longer able to provide them with their usual diet. If they are eating a varied diet to start with, it doesn't matter if you are unable to get one type of food as they will be use to eating other foods as well.

 

[simonas]

I'm interested in this thread cos one of my discus had a stringy poo that was quite transparent.

I feed some dry, mainly frozen brine with spirulina, some beef heart and a lot of discus diet frozen food which has greens in as well

 

[Colin_T]

Transparent or white stringy poo is often associated with an internal problem, usually bacterial or protozoan.
Make sure the tank is clean and the water quality good. If everything is ok then look up Hexamita as it quite often infects discus and angelfish.