bangaii died :(

[fiorano]

so i have had a bangaii cardinal fish for quite awhile now and the last week he stopped eating last week and today he had a weird long white poo that just kinda wouldnt let go. i thought that was kinda weird then all of a sudden i go down stairs and hes stuck to the power head? does anyone think this strange random poo had something to do with it? and if so if it can harm my other fish?

[kwirky]

a strange "white poo" that "wouldn't let go" is usually a sign of parasites or dropsy. Two different treatments. Parasites are a copper treatment, and I forget the proper treatment for dropsy.

Quarantining wild caught fish so you can observe them for signs of parasites is usually the best prevention method to keep something like that from happening.