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Ok, woke up this morning to find Microfiche had about an 1/2 inch of poo hanging from him (little pig ate half a cherry mussel last night). I've read the IP articles and I've followed all the IP threads but I want to make sure. The poo is white/tan in color ans looks like little pearls connected pearls. I'm pretty positive it's IP's but I'd feel better with more opinions.

Got any pictures?

I'll see if I can get my wife to take some (gotta have her do it'll just be a blur). BRB

Pictures:




And some beagles for good measure!

That would be a "YES". It's time to treat him while he's still eating. Do you have gel-tek ultra cure px on hand?

Got it! I was prepared, I was trying to get rid of a bout of ich prior to prophylacticly treating him for IP's. I see that idea is shot down the tubes! I managed to get Gel-tek from Petmountain.com a few weeks ago when everyone was saying it was getting scarce. Thanks for the second opinion, means a ton to have someone with more puffer knowledge verify what I'm thinking.

At least the ich is not visible anymore and he seems more comfortable in his skin. The frayed tail is also healing nicely since I brought his SG up to 1.002 and added some Melafix. I had to order Melafix from DFS because my LFS owner said it is junk (she called it Vicks for fish) and she wouldn't order it for me....So far I think it's a wonder med.

Sounds like your lfs owner dosen't know what she's talking about. Good thing you got us.

Hey, I like Vicks and its sure good for me when I don't feel good.. what's wrong with that?

Yeah, sounds like you're on top of it but that's definately IP poo...

Yea, after 3 days of treatment his color is coming up and he is staying fatter longer after feeding. Just in the few days since I posted the pics his fins have improved remarkably by using Melafix, btw, I love Vick's too.

Yay for improved color and Vick's!