Hello again,
So I finally got a hold on some prazipro. Ive been soaking Swayzes food monday-wednesday for two weeks now. First few days after treatment his poop is completly normal - no more white strings! But then 4-5 days later the white stringy poop is back!! Should I keep feeding him praziPro or should I try something else?
PraziPro not working
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Read this before posting!!
Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.
1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.
We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.
While you wait for assistance:
One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.
Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
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Re: PraziPro not working
How does he look?
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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Re: PraziPro not working
He is a bit (very!) camerashy, but I managed to take two pictures wher you can see his belly. I think he looks a bit rounder?
He is very happy and eats well.
His poop look a lot better since I started with the prazipro. But then a few days after treatment, the white strings are back.
He is very happy and eats well.
His poop look a lot better since I started with the prazipro. But then a few days after treatment, the white strings are back.
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Re: PraziPro not working
Here are the pics.
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Re: PraziPro not working
At this point, keep feeding him healthy meaty foods soaked in Vita=chem & see if he fattens up. Stringy poop isn't ALWAYS a sign of IPs. Emaciation is a better indication & he looks better.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
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Re: PraziPro not working
+1 to PP. I wouldn't worry too much. I currently have one abt the same size. Looks fine to me. Just need to fatten it up a bit.
I am not a Troll, I am just pissed..!
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Re: PraziPro not working
Thank you. Will let you know how he gets on 
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Re: PraziPro not working
Hello again,
I managed to get a picture of the stringy poop. Its like its got bubbles in it and a big lump at the end. What do you think, guys?
I managed to get a picture of the stringy poop. Its like its got bubbles in it and a big lump at the end. What do you think, guys?
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Re: PraziPro not working
Oh and these picturs were taken about an 1,5 hours after eating 3 small snails.
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Re: PraziPro not working
I think he looks great!
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
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Re: PraziPro not working
Thank you. I dont want to overreact and worry for no reason, but he means the world to me! Never have I studied so much poop. My boyfriend thinks Ive gone mad. "Look at this poop" "what do you think about this poop" "does this poop look normal to you". Hmm... I must be mad 