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Hello,

Ive treated Swayze (my baby fahaka) for IPs for 5 days with JBL Gyrodol. Soaked his food in it. But Im not sure if he is still infected or if he ever was to begin with. His poop is sometimes white, sometimes brown. Sometimes stringy, sometimes a big lump.
He eats well and is very active. Not sure if he is too thin - please see picture.
His las poop consisted of a lot of brown strings. It looked a bit like a bush of bloodworms (which was his last meal) except for the brown colour. The other day his poop was a big white lump, but he did eat some white fish.
But then again sometimes its been white and stringy.
I dont know what to do! Ive ordered some prazipro so should get that in a gew weeks. But are these IPs in my head rather than in Swayzes belly? Is it normal for him to have brown stringy poop or should it be more solid?

Parameters are:
Ph: 7
Ammonia: 0
Nitrit: 0
Nitrat: 0
Salt: 0

Tanksize is 530 liters and Swayze is alone in it.
Did a 40% WC yesterday. Change between 30-50% once a week.
I feed him once a day: snails, bloodworms, schrimps (live and dead ones), various types of fish like salmon and white fish, muscles, squit, scallops.

I hope you don't have IPs in your head!!!
I'm not familiar with the meds you used. I think you should try again with the Prazi, as I know that should work well for this. He does look thin to me.

Why are you showing no nitrate?

He does look a little thin to me too. Try the prazi too. Also up your feeds slightly til you see a slightly rounded tummy, it may not be ips as their poop will resemble their food a bit, treat again with the new meds as a precaution and see where you go from there

Thanks for replies.
I managed to get a picture of the poop yesterday when it was a little white string (see pic) and today when it was a brown bush (see pic).
When I feed him he gets round and fat, but a bit lumpy belly sometimes. A few hours later he is tiny again. He has been growing in lenght tho over the last month Ive had him. I will have to wait for the prazipro and just hope it gets here.
Ive ordered a new testkit as well. I dont think mine is working as it has always just shown 0.

So I recieved prazipro today. But how much should I give him? He is about 3" long but I have no idea how much he weighs. I am going to soak it in half a cube of bloodworms. Do I mix it with water or just add the parzipro directly to the food?