waaaah! my black moor, guinness, has zig zag poo! hes definately a he. hes even had babies! ive hand spawned him for goodness sake! oh, why do all my males have identity issues!? i have a bubble eye male with an outy too! water qualitys great. hes being treated for flukes at the moment. does that make them have *clears through* problems?

Hi Amy
Are you sure he's a he? The only thing I've read about zig-zag poo is that it usually comes out of egg-bound females. I'm not sure what else may cause it . . .

Good luck with the flukes-- I've heard they can be difficult to deal with.

an internal parasite can do it too feed him nothing but peas for a few days and see if that helps if not then get a medicated food.

Can you define zigzag poo. Are we talking browny bits, white bits browny bits white bits??

If so you have just explained something very very interesting which relates to my poor comet that died a few months ago!!!

its white and zig zag. thats all there is at the moment. very odd......