Just got a new aquarium, haven't had fish before. Everynow and then a fish seems to have a reddish string come out from beneath it. Is this poo? Sorry for the odd question.
2007-06-25 07:52:18 · 8 answers · asked by Hicktown girl66 6 in Pets ➔ Fish
You are right, that's just poo and nothing to worry about at all.
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2007-06-25 07:56:35 · answer #1 · answered by magicman116 7 · 7⤊ 1⤋
Maybe, if you've been feeding the fish red foods.
There's also the possibility of a parasite called camallanus. This is an intestinal worm that's dark red in color. These are visible when the fish is at rest, but pull back inside if the fish begins swimming. "Poo" will always hang out.
If this is camallanus, the most effective treatment I've found for this is a livestock dewormer called Levacide (Levamisol HCl) which you can only get through farm stores or veterinarians. Here's a link detailing the treatment: http://www.inkmkr.com/Fish/CamellanusTreatment.pdf
And it's not an odd question at all.
2007-06-25 08:01:44 · answer #2 · answered by copperhead 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Im guessing you have a goldfish... they are the ones with the most noticable excrement (poo). Yes, that would be fish poo.
Over the next few weeks (since its a new aquarium) you will probably notice your water will cloud... this is normal. Your tank will need to go through a cycle before it settles to a safe normal. In this time (3-8 weeks) you will need to keep a close eye on changes in your fish. It (they?) may get sick easily during this period. It (they) may even die. I do not say this to scare you, but I think it is best you know. You need to know what to look for as well as to know that their illness/death IF it occurs at all is not necessarily a reflection of your care during this period.
Get yourself a good book on freshwater aquariums (I recommend "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Freshwater Aquariums") It will explain the cycle, as well as the needs fish have. Good Luck.
2007-06-25 08:01:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Fish do poop interior the tank or in any water source they stay in, in the event that they are residing, they are pooping. the element with fish poop, and the rest interior the tank floating around, like leftover fish meals, and so forth, breaks down over the years and turns into ammonia, that's poisonous to fish. to not difficulty nevertheless, healthy micro organism that line the tank and clear out eats ammonia and change it into nitrites. Nitrites are additionally poisonous to fish, yet not as lots. Nitrites are additionally tooken via different sorts of healthy micro organism and grew to become right into a miles less non-poisonous type, Nitrates. Nitrates are basically risky to fish at very severe stages, and water variations are finished to decrease nitrate stages, and to get rid of a few greater poop from the substrate so as that it would not spike the two ammonia or nitrite stages. this is the fundamentals of the Nitrogen cycle, in case you prefer to examine greater look it up on google :) chuffed fish conserving, Cheers.
2016-12-08 18:31:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it is poo i had a fish and my teachers pet in the class was a fish so ive seen that and it is poo!
2007-06-25 07:57:21 · answer #5 · answered by FALLBALL 09!! 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes it is, it will eventually fall off and be sucked up into the filter.
2007-06-25 07:58:47 · answer #6 · answered by darkraven_2000 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes it is, I have fish too and it is.
2007-06-25 08:11:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes it is, i wouldn't be alarmed.
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2007-06-25 08:14:22 · answer #8 · answered by Tunish305 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋