Poo hanging out

[Rodders]

Why do my swordtails have poo hanging out their bottoms??? I feed a varitey of food, bloodworm(frozen) bloodworm in jelly, flake foods (three different types) brine shrimp in jelly. Tried them on shelled peas.
Any ideas? all the otheres are fine.

 

[black angel]

healthy poo should be short and chunky. if its longer and hanging then its either too much food or constipation. doesnt sound like constipation as they have a good diet. how much and how often are you feeding them?

 

[Rodders]

Once a day in the morning. A good pinch which they all finish in under 1 or 2 mintues.

 

[black angel]

if its mostly flake they are having then that could cause the problem, try feeding some live or frozen food at night as well to get them going again.

 

[WILDER]

What colour is the poo lovely.

 

[Rodders]

My yellow pair is kinda brown/lightbrown ish

Orange pair, dark brown.

 

[WILDER]

That fine, not internal parasites then.

 

[CTS]

I had swordtails and they did the same thing. Its probably from the flakes. I was gonna say maybe the algee, but there poo would be green then.

 

[Rodders]

I do feed more flake than other stuff, but only two days in a row then normally some frozen bloodworm or packet bloodworm or shrimp.

Shall i tend to feed less flake and more other stuff....

 

[WILDER]

Veg and frozen foods not alot of dried foods.

 

[Rodders]

What sort if veg?

I know they loved the peas the other day.

I tried cucumber, but they didnt really seem interested, but it wasnt feed time, was just trying it out.
They seem to like small things, rather than big chunks of stuff.

 

[WILDER]

Broc,savoy cabbage cut in small peices once it has softened, also try some algae tablets or waffers my fish love them.

 

[Rodders]

They get some algea tablet when i pop some in for my plecs at night.
I'll give the others a go!!

Thanks for all the tips and advice!!