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stuquarium Enthusiast Posts: 262 Kudos: 275 Votes: 0 Registered: 28-Oct-2004	hey guys in my 10G i have 3 platies. 2 girls and a boy. the tank recently had an green water problem but todays the 1st day the tanks been ok. looking at one of the girls she has a thick dark green length of poo coming out of her. it's pretty consistant and hasnt broken off yet.. 30mins! what is it? and how to i fix it ?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:37
kitten Fish Guru Meow? Posts: 2266 Kudos: 2194 Votes: 19 Registered: 18-Nov-2003	I noticed the same thing happen to my guppies when I was relying heavily on Spirulina flakes for their staple food. (I was running low on normal flakes and was saving that for my more carnivorous betta girls...) I assumed it had to do with the high veggie content of their food, because when I noticed it happening, I cut back on the spirulina and it stopped. shrugs I could be completely wrong, but that's what caused it in my case, from what I can tell. ~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:37
stuquarium Enthusiast Posts: 262 Kudos: 275 Votes: 0 Registered: 28-Oct-2004	hmm good piont. i did change flakes before i got rid of the green water. so maybe thats all it is.. next time i feed 'em i'll keep an eye on it thanks
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:37
fishyhelper288 Fish Guru Posts: 2161 Kudos: 1951 Votes: 137 Registered: 29-Feb-2004	its from the algea, i had my girls set up in the 10 gallon i cleaned from the ex and i had a bit of algae left on some of the ordiments, and for the first few weeks they all had green poo, so i stopped feeding everyday and my fav platty (orange wag) was always picking at the algae and pretty soon the algae that had been left was well under controll enough to make it a fry tank without worrying about an outbreak, now i have an outbreak of fry so i recruted a betta for the job
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:37
Cory_Di Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 7953 Kudos: 2917 Votes: 25 Registered: 19-Dec-2002	My guppies are always pooping green. Its because they pick at the algae all day long. In fact, before I got my otos, the two guppies I had use to do a pretty good job at keeping the brown and early green algae in check . I think it is a healthy sign myself, that they are getting their veggies. Algae is good for them.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:37


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