Crap... its white. Really

[gcuss]

Ok, maybe I like to worry... however, there was some pure white poo coming from somebody. These fish are inside and are only eating pellets and the occasional orange slice. All other poops have been the usual brown but somebody is dropping albino's.

Is this anything to be concerned about?

Seeing as I'm wierd, I looked at it under the microscope (not just weird, but I was curious about tiny worms or something) and I found nothing. No chunks, no real texture other than creamy (sorry this is so gross). Then looked at normal poo, so I could compare, and the normal stuff looked as you would expect.

ANYHOOOOO.... Is this any concern ??

Thank you in advance.

Grant

[ReneeB]

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES

I'm new to the koi world and can't be much help, but came across this link when looking up about ich. It talks about how to diagnosis poop.

[gcuss]

Quote: Originally Posted by ReneeB DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES I'm new to the koi world and can't be much help, but came across this link when looking up about ich. It talks about how to diagnosis poop.

Wonderful, thank you very much.

The only difference is that they weren't thin... It was only yesterday, but if it persists today, I'll take some measures.

Grant

[Tamianth]

3 things could be: White vegie: cauliflower.. Egg absorbtion or bacterial infection.

[bekko]

At operating temperatures, the intestine keeps on constricting and moving stuff along even when there is no serious solid waste to move. The white stuff sloughs off the intestinal wall and sort of encases the solid waste. If you fast the fish in clear water it will keep generating the white stuff until it starves to death many months later. In the absence of food the fish catabolizes muscle protein and fat to generate the energy it needs. While catabolism generates much less waste than metabolism, there is still some material to excrete through the intestine.

I have seen those descriptions for diagnosing feces. It seems to a female thing. Don't get too serious about it or you will worry yourself to death over nothing,

-ste veh

[Kristine]

I think prazi has directions mixing with food to get rid of internal parasites if that could be the cause.