However he does still eat. Healthy stool usually has some mucus in it – it might be white or yellow, but is present in such small amounts that you probably can’t see it. After a day or two of close observation you should have a better feel for what is going on in your tank. i have a sailfin pleco that has long white poop, literally 2 feet long. If it is an intestinal obstruction epsom salts should help, but I don't see the point of raising the temp. There has been some aggression toward him from the female lately, but that’s mostly simmered out. Fish do a stringy white poop for several reasons. Fish Discussion Forums. Total: 0 (members: 0, guests: 0) F. Foxchase New member. My Balloon belly molly has been fine, but today I have noticed her hovering at the bottom of my fish … White stringy poop Thread starter Foxchase; Start date Jan 19, 2021; Users who are viewing this thread. The white thready poop from bloat (and any other intestinal obstruction) is kind of clear and very fine and thready. White stringy poop Thread starter ... . Stringy white fish poop.. By loroll1991, 6 years ago on Tropical Fish. i havent really notice it eat much food yet, since i just got the tank. An Overload of Mucus. But in a lot of threads I have found it says the fish usually dies? and it hasnt let loose for the past 3 or 4 days. i dont know why the poop is white and stringy can someone let me … Now two days ago I dosed the tank with stress zyme and stress coat and turned off the UV sterilizer. Today I noticed our male clown has some stringy white/translucent poops. Intestinal worms Symptoms: White stringy feces, pinched stomach, loss of color, fish eats voraciously but still seems to … I noticed last week one of them has white stringy poo?? Sorry to be so graphic in the title, but there isn't really anything else to explain it! If it's hanging out of the fish's anus, it's probably poop, but if it's white and stringy, that indicates an illness, most likely internal parasites. White Stringy Stuff in Stool: Why and What to Do. See if there are more symptoms, or more fish changing their behaviour or pooping the same white stringy poop. Stringy white fish poop.. Internal Issues For simplicity’s sake, there are 6 basic problems a marine fish may experience on the inside: 1. If the white strings are hanging from the fish's skin, fins, or gills, they are an external parasite, probably anchor worms or possibly flukes. Here are a few things that might be causing the white stringy stuff in your stool: 1. He also has a single white spot, on his “chin” that’s hard to photograph, but it’s too big IMO to be ich or anything, and it’s kind of translucent. That's because it is not food waste, but mucous. 1) Internal Bacterial Infections causes the fish to stop eating, swell up like a balloon, breath heavily at surface or near a filter outlet, do stringy white poop, and die within 24-48 hours of showing these symptoms. White Feces/Long Stringy Poop in Fish If you see yellow to white feces and/or the long, lumpy, stringy, and segmented poops present in the tank water or hanging from the fish’s anus, then you should be concerned about possible diseases such as intestinal parasites, internal infections, high levels of stress, and etc. Fish Diseases - Diagnosis & Treatment . 80,847 80.8K. ive been putting algae wafers in for my pleco, he hasnt touched it and likes to stick to a rock hideout and the back wall. When I do a search, it says it’s a parasite and possibly bloat?