COLOSSAL Amount of Stringy Poop

[Gemtrox42]

First off wow, pretty sure my fish is going to die. Based on the rate of excretion it looks like this happened over the course of a few hours. He is acting normally otherwise. I confirmed it is poop and not a parasite. I'd like to know if this is constipation and if so what treatment is recommended. And lastly I'd like to know if anyone else has seen this before. I'll admit I feed mostly pellets and ground up flakes or brine shrimp, but in my 8 years of fishkeeping I certainly haven't.

 

[Rocky998]

Thats a lot of poop

 

[Rocky998]

Thats a lot of poop

But to answer the thread for real... I think he just released all his issues... I mean, excretion of waste is natural... Our dog gets fed the same amount of food twice a day with a few snacks here and there but poops like 5-6 big clumps daily... Its insane

 

[Gemtrox42]

Update: This is him an hour later. And its still coming out

 

[Rocky998]

Update: This is him an hour later. And its still coming out

Oh, you mean like its been a long time and he's still going? Ouch... He must be constipated... Try feeding him microwaved peas with the skin removed... @StripySnailGirl04 made this thread: https://www.fishforums.net/threads/tutorial-on-how-to-prepare-boiled-mushed-peas.478756/ which shows you how to prepare them... It will help a lot with constipation in fish

 

[Colin_T]

So many jokes I could make about this. Maybe the shrimp scared the poop out of him.

Eat a lot, poop a lot.

The poop is coloured so nothing to worry about.

If the poop is white and stringy, then it's a problem.

 

[Gemtrox42]

Eat a lot, poop a lot.

He couldnt have been constantly eating though. So most of that was just inside him for some time. I knew ours is huge but It's crazy how large the intestinal tract is even in such small animals!