I just saw a 18" long white poop floating in the tank. :dk:
Ok, for the icky stuff:
I have 2 pleco's (L021 and a Disjunctivus) they are about 5years old and 13.5" each, and 1 kuhli loach same age & 4". I've noticed that most of the poop is light brown, some is stringy and white, some have been dark brown, and some have been mixed, light brown ...stringy, then white then light brown again, once green after given zucchini. They also have driftwood, no live plants.
I just tested the tank ammonia 0, nitrites 0, nitrates 5, ph 7.2, hardness is between soft & hard, alkilinity is 120. temp is @ 74.5. They are in a 55g long tank, with a aqueon 55 filter, we do a 20% water change once a week with little gravel filtering for the poop, there is also 2 airstones going, on each side of the tank.
Their diet is algae waffers, flake food, driftwood, zucchini, tried mushrooms last night but they didn't eat it, they don't take well to new things, takes them a bit to get use to it.
My L021 has been not as active as the Disjunctivus, he stays behind the ceramic tree most of the day next to the airstones. He was out a lot today being pretty active looking for food and cleaning up the bits of brown algae, same as the disjunctivus ( he's usually the real active one). They seem to eat fine and their bellies are fat looking, so I'm sure they are eatting good, just don't understand the poop.
I think that is enough info, if you need more let me know, I just wanted to know if it's normal or internal parasites and if so how and what do I need to help them?
Ok, for the icky stuff:
I have 2 pleco's (L021 and a Disjunctivus) they are about 5years old and 13.5" each, and 1 kuhli loach same age & 4". I've noticed that most of the poop is light brown, some is stringy and white, some have been dark brown, and some have been mixed, light brown ...stringy, then white then light brown again, once green after given zucchini. They also have driftwood, no live plants.
I just tested the tank ammonia 0, nitrites 0, nitrates 5, ph 7.2, hardness is between soft & hard, alkilinity is 120. temp is @ 74.5. They are in a 55g long tank, with a aqueon 55 filter, we do a 20% water change once a week with little gravel filtering for the poop, there is also 2 airstones going, on each side of the tank.
Their diet is algae waffers, flake food, driftwood, zucchini, tried mushrooms last night but they didn't eat it, they don't take well to new things, takes them a bit to get use to it.
My L021 has been not as active as the Disjunctivus, he stays behind the ceramic tree most of the day next to the airstones. He was out a lot today being pretty active looking for food and cleaning up the bits of brown algae, same as the disjunctivus ( he's usually the real active one). They seem to eat fine and their bellies are fat looking, so I'm sure they are eatting good, just don't understand the poop.
I think that is enough info, if you need more let me know, I just wanted to know if it's normal or internal parasites and if so how and what do I need to help them?
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