1st day owning question.

[saltyalys]

I put my fish in yesterday with some snails and crabs.
One fish had normal poo and the other white and stringy. I read that white means parasites.
If they both came from the same pet shop and tank wouldn’t they both be infected?

 

[ScubaFish802]

It can also be caused by stress, not fully digested food, etc.. They all appear healthy, eat well, all that?
If so I would just keep an eye on them for now

 

[cshouston]

I second my colleague from the green mountain state. Stress can absolutely cause discolored feces. If you’re concerned, you can treat prophylactically with API General Cure.

 

[saltyalys]

Ty for your quick responses. I’ve been lurking and learning. I’m so scared I’m going to mess up.
I was so happy the water was finally ready for fish.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Stress or diet (such as feeding mysis can cause white).
I question age of tank and how long tank was cycled?

 

[saltyalys]

Live rock with dry, live sand and some kind of fancy water they sold me that was “bio active”. I cycled for like 2 weeks. It’s a fluval 13.5 and all the water tests come back fine.
This store has no bad reviews so it’s probably stress and they probably sell me way more than I need.

 

[BrandonS]

any water test results?

they can be in the same tank at a fish store and not both have the same parasites. This depends on how long they were in the tank, life cycle of the parasite, eating habbits, etc..