Glowlight Platy - White Stringy Poop

[CantCookToast]

Tank size: 10gal
pH: 7.6
ammonia: 0
nitrite: 0
nitrate: 5
kH: ?
gH: ?
tank temp: 78

Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior): One fish has white, stringy poop that is a few inches long.

Volume and Frequency of water changes: 50%, every 2-3 days. (new tank, less than a month old)

Chemical Additives or Media in your tank: AquaClear 20 filter, AquaPlus conditioner, Hagen Nutrafin Cycle used on water changes.

Tank inhabitants: 1x Silver Molly, 2x Glowlight Platy, 1x Coral Platy

Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration): None

Exposure to chemicals: None

I've read online that this is a fairly typical symptom of internal parasites. What is the best product to treat this and how urgent is it?

Would these work?

http/www.bigalsonline.ca/BigAlsCA/ctl3664/cp18003/si1317369/cl0/junglelabsparasiteclear8tabs

Thanks,

Kevin

 

[WILDER]

Long stringy white poo can be consitpation, bacterial infection, internal parasites.

What do you feed the fish.
Feed some shelled peas.

 

[CantCookToast]

Long stringy white poo can be consitpation, bacterial infection, internal parasites.

What do you feed the fish.
Feed some shelled peas.

I'll try the shelled peas. How long should I do this for?

 

[WILDER]

Need to improve the fish diet with some frozen foods like brime shrimp and daphnia.
Daphnia helps the fish digest it's food.

Also introduce some green veg into there diet like peas, broc, cabbage, sproats, lettuce, cucumba, spinach.

Feeds peas twice a week.
Cook frozen peas for a few minutes, let cool down and pop out of shell. Mush into small pieces and add to the tank.

If the peas don't clear the stringy white poo up, get back to the board.

 

[CantCookToast]

Need to improve the fish diet with some frozen foods like brime shrimp and daphnia.
Daphnia helps the fish digest it's food.

Also introduce some green veg into there diet like peas, broc, cabbage, sproats, lettuce, cucumba, spinach.

Feeds peas twice a week.
Cook frozen peas for a few minutes, let cool down and pop out of shell. Mush into small pieces and add to the tank.

If the peas don't clear the stringy white poo up, get back to the board.

Thank you very much!

For the green veggies, should I put them in in small/medium pieces or should I shred/dice/chop them with my food processor?

 

[WILDER]

Best to blanch all veg in boiling water for a few minutes.
I just chop the veg into small pieces so it fits in there mouths.
Lettuce and cucumba, just attach to a plant weight with a rubber band.

 

[CantCookToast]

Best to blanch all veg in boiling water for a few minutes.
I just chop the veg into small pieces so it fits in there mouths.
Lettuce and cucumba, just attach to a plant weight with a rubber band.

Will do, thank you.