Poop Color From Frozen Bloodworms

[SwordtailLady]

I've been feeding my swordtails frozen bloodworms among other things and I wanted to know what color their poop is supposed to be after eating the bloodworms. A lot of them have white/light-colored poop but no other symptoms, so it doesn't look like it's intestinal parasites or anything like that. Is white poop normal after frozen bloodworms?

 

[thereverendturtle]

It can be, as they don't digest the shells of the bloodworms.

 

[WILDER]

There waste should be brown in colour.
When I fed bloodworms to my fish there waste was a brownie red.

Feed some shelled peas to see if that clears is up.

White poo can be constipation, internal parasites, bacterial infection,.

 

[PrairieSunflower]

Brown to red with my fish. Weirdly, bloodworms make my fish sick, I've given up on them in favor of egg yokes.

 

[Dazzler666]

Just out of curiosity but how do you feed egg yolk to fish? I have read it before but still seems most odd!!! Lol.

 

[thereverendturtle]

Just out of curiosity but how do you feed egg yolk to fish? I have read it before but still seems most odd!!! Lol.

Hard boil an egg, remove the yolk, then break into bite size pieces. I find that although fish love it, it makes to much of a mess.

 

[PrairieSunflower]

Yes, exactly as above. I only feed egg yoke when I am going to do a water change that same day as it really is messy. I also do it as fry food sometimes (a bit of tank water in a cup, mash egg yoke into super fine fry mouth size pieces... definitely a must for a water clean after that though).

 

[SwordtailLady]

What medication do you recommend for internal parasites? How do I distinguish between internal protozoa and internal worms? I believe the treatment required is different for those two.