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Dojo Loach digestion issues…?

April 26, 2017digestion dojo loach

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Dojo Loach digestion issues…?

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Hi, I’ve had my 15 gallon tank set up since the beginning of ’06. My dojo loach has been in the tank since the beginning and is 6.5 inches long and thick as my finger, he has lots of caves and hiding places and the tank’s well-planted. I noticed yesterday, when he pooped, he twitched a lot and this green/brown cloud starting coming out of him… some sort of fish-diarrhea followed by a chunk of what looks like an algae wafer. It happened again today. Afterwards, he just kept swimming like nothing happened. He gets a mixed diet of algae wafers, sometimes sinking shrimp pellets, and occasionally freeze-dried blood worms, plus bits of flake food that fall to the bottom. He’s kept with 3 fancy guppies and a red wag platy, all have been living together for +/- 1 year. My water is fine. Ammonia and nitrites at 0. I do weekly water changes of 10%. I couldn’t find any other forums/discussions about fish-diarrhea lol so hopefully you can help. -Dillon