Fish pooping white

[FishFriend0]

Hello,
I have seen my guppy pooping white and am not sure why. I have also seen one of my platys pooping patchy white and brown poop as well. Does anybody have any idea what this could be?
Thanks

 

[emeraldking]

It usually means that they've got internal parasites or even worms.
There are commercial meds to treat those fish for it.

 

[Colin_T]

The following link has information about fish doing white poop. Considering the fish in question, I would say intestinal worms and probably round/ thread worms like Camallanus. Section 3 of the link has info on worms in fish.

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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[AJ356]

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[FishFriend0]

Thanks for the help guys, I suspected parasites but wanted to get a bit more help. I will go to the fish shop tomorrow

 

[Fishfunn]

Get this. Safe for fish, plants and the filter https://www.amazon.co.uk/your-order...es=&returnUnitMappingId=&shipmentId=UJ0RCvVFV

Please repost your link. The link you previously posted I cannot see.