Electric blue acara

[Galvin88]

Hey guys,
So the last couple of days i noticed my Acara has been pretty quiet and most staying in one spot but didnt notice anything wrong anywhere.
This morning i noticed he had a white stringy poo, i took the photo at 11:30am and the poo is still there now at 14:30.
Anyone have any idea if this is a problem and if so how to treat him.
Thanks

 

[FishHobby99]

Hey guys,
So the last couple of days i noticed my Acara has been pretty quiet and most staying in one spot but didnt notice anything wrong anywhere.
This morning i noticed he had a white stringy poo, i took the photo at 11:30am and the poo is still there now at 14:30.
Anyone have any idea if this is a problem and if so how to treat him.
Thanks

saw that once in my goldfish. It dropped off. Read it‘s caused by constipation. I didn’t treat. He’s fine. Only happened the one time

You can google dietary adjustments

 

[Colin_T]

If the fish is eating well and doing stringy white poop it's usually intestinal worms.

If the fish has stopped eating completely, does a stringy white poop and bloats up, it has an internal bacterial infection.

If the fish is only eating a bit, does stringy white poop and is not acting normally but is still moving around a bit, it has an internal protozoan infection.

See the following link for information about stringy white poop in fish. It covers all 3 of these issues and includes treatment where applicable.

What to do if your fish has Stringy White Poop.

Fish do a stringy white poop for several reasons. 1) Internal Bacterial Infections causes the fish to stop eating, swell up like a balloon, breath heavily at the surface or near a filter outlet, do stringy white poop, and die within 24-48 hours of showing these symptoms. This cannot normally be...

www.fishforums.net

 

[Galvin88]

Thank you i will give it a read

 

[FishHobby99]

Thank you i will give it a read

It didn’t drop off?

 

[Galvin88]

It didn’t drop off?

From the times a stated no, but just come back home now and its gone

 

[FishHobby99]

That’s good, hope it’s a poop, but I am new the hobby & could be way off. Constipation was the first thing that popped up when I googled. It fell off & the fish and his tank mates are fine.