Please Help with Oscar

[VJCIII]

I have an Oscar for about a month he’s eating perfect he’s slowly growing and he’s extremely active. Every time he goes to the bathroom however it’s translucent white. I fed him medication for about 10 days and it’s still the same. Is this normal? What’s the throwing me is that he’s growing he’s active and he’s eating but he’s still pooping white all the time.

 

[Colin_T]

What medication did you use?

It probably has intestinal worms. See section 3 of the following link for treating them.

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...

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